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Open Hardware/Modding/Retro: GNU-like Mobile Linux, Old Amigas, and More

Posted by Roy Schestowitz on Nov 25, 2024

Linux On Mobile ☛ 2024-11-17 [Older] Weekly GNU-like Mobile Linux Update (46/2024): Phosh 0.43.0, Droidian 100 and other numbers

Andrew Hutchings ☛ Restoration of a barn find Amiga 2000: part 1

I recently acquired an Amiga 2000 for £350 which was in an unknown state, but had many upgrades in it. There is a lot to go through with this machine, so I’m going to break this up into multiple parts. For the first part, I’ll see if I can get the motherboard working.

Andrew Hutchings ☛ Two special Amiga 4000s: Repairing Jops

Last time I worked on Jops, I left myself a lot of work to do. This weekend I picked it up again to work on. So, here is the update!

Tom's Hardware ☛ Ubitium announces development of 'universal' processor that combines CPU, GPU, DSP, and FPGA functionalities – RISC-V powered chip slated to arrive in two years

“Our Universal Processor does it all – CPU, GPU, DSP, FPGA – in one chip, one architecture. This isn’t an incremental improvement. It is a paradigm shift. This is the processor architecture the AI era demands,” Ubitium CEO Hyun Shin Cho says.

Stargirl Flowers ☛ Prusa has learned nothing

In other respects, it's a massive disappointment as it marks the death of Prusa's open hardware and fundamentally misses why Prusa has struggled to compete in the consumer 3D printing space.