https://twiar.net North America's Premiere Amateur Radio News Magazine Wed, 04 Feb 2026 07:37:14 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.9.4 https://twiar.net/wp-content/uploads/2020/05/cropped-twiarlogo512px-32x32.jpg https://twiar.net 32 32 https://twiar.net/2026/02/20/via-hackaday-the-inner-workings-of-the-intel-8086s-arithmetic-logic-unit/ https://twiar.net/2026/02/20/via-hackaday-the-inner-workings-of-the-intel-8086s-arithmetic-logic-unit/#comments Fri, 20 Feb 2026 19:45:49 +0000 https://twiar.net/?p=39316 In the 1970s CPUs still had wildly different approaches to basic features, with the Intel...]]> https://twiar.net/2026/02/20/via-hackaday-the-inner-workings-of-the-intel-8086s-arithmetic-logic-unit/feed/ 1 https://twiar.net/2025/10/22/via-hackaday-6502-puts-on-an-sdr-hat/ https://twiar.net/2025/10/22/via-hackaday-6502-puts-on-an-sdr-hat/#comments Wed, 22 Oct 2025 23:45:41 +0000 https://twiar.net/?p=35480 The legendary 6502 microprocessor recently turned 50 years old, and to celebrate this venerable chip...]]> https://twiar.net/2025/10/22/via-hackaday-6502-puts-on-an-sdr-hat/feed/ 1 https://twiar.net/2025/08/07/via-hackaday-happy-birthday-6502/ Thu, 07 Aug 2025 14:45:43 +0000 https://twiar.net/?p=34417 The MOS Technology 6502 is a microprocessor which casts a long shadow over the world...]]> https://twiar.net/2025/05/04/via-hackaday-a-cheap-yellow-display-makes-a-video-walkie-talkie/ https://twiar.net/2025/05/04/via-hackaday-a-cheap-yellow-display-makes-a-video-walkie-talkie/#comments Sun, 04 May 2025 16:45:58 +0000 https://twiar.net/?p=31179 The ESP32 series of microprocessors with their cheap high-power cores and built-in wireless networking have...]]> https://twiar.net/2025/05/04/via-hackaday-a-cheap-yellow-display-makes-a-video-walkie-talkie/feed/ 1 https://twiar.net/2024/10/07/via-hackaday-no-z80-no-problem/ Mon, 07 Oct 2024 08:45:00 +0000 https://twiar.net/?p=23630 Earlier this year Zilog stopped production of the classic 40-pin DIP Z80 microprocessor, a move...]]> https://twiar.net/2024/09/18/via-hackaday-an-80386-upgrade-deal-and-intel-486-competitor-the-cyrix-cx486dlc/ Wed, 18 Sep 2024 22:11:30 +0000 https://twiar.net/?p=23607 The x86 CPU landscape of the 1980s and 1990s was competitive in a way that...]]> https://twiar.net/2024/09/14/via-hackaday-the-computer-we-all-wish-wed-had-in-the-8-bit-era/ Sat, 14 Sep 2024 15:45:00 +0000 https://twiar.net/?p=23113 The 8-bit home computers of yore that we all know and love, without exception as...]]> https://twiar.net/2022/10/30/podcast-this-week-in-amateur-radio-edition-1235/ Sun, 30 Oct 2022 19:15:53 +0000 https://twiar.net/?p=12842 Release Date: October 29, 2022 Here is a summary of the news trending This Week...]]> https://twiar.net/2021/12/19/podcast-this-week-in-amateur-radio-edition-1190/ Sun, 19 Dec 2021 05:35:48 +0000 https://twiar.net/?p=6797 Release Date: December 18, 2021 Here is a summary of the news trending This Week...]]>