Ken Shirriff's blog
Computer history, restoring vintage computers, IC reverse engineering, and whatever.
- By Ken Shirriff
- Based in United States of America
- Roughly two posts per month
Posts per month
| Month starting | Posts |
|---|---|
| Jan 2023 | 8 |
| Feb 2023 | 5 |
| Mar 2023 | 4 |
| Apr 2023 | 2 |
| May 2023 | 1 |
| Jun 2023 | 0 |
| Jul 2023 | 3 |
| Aug 2023 | 2 |
| Sep 2023 | 1 |
| Oct 2023 | 3 |
| Nov 2023 | 2 |
| Dec 2023 | 4 |
| Jan 2024 | 3 |
| Feb 2024 | 3 |
| Mar 2024 | 2 |
| Apr 2024 | 1 |
| May 2024 | 1 |
| Jun 2024 | 1 |
| Jul 2024 | 2 |
Any gaps could be due to errors when fetching the blog’s feed.
Most recent posts
In this article, I look inside a chip in the IBM 3274 Control Unit.1 But before I discuss the chip, I need to give some background on mainframes. (I didn't completely analyze the chip, so …
Intel released the powerful Pentium processor in 1993, a chip to "separate the really power-hungry folks from ordinary mortals." The original Pentium was followed by the Pentium Pro, the Pentium II, and others, spawning a …
To use the Montreal subway (the Métro), you tap a paper ticket against the turnstile and it opens. The ticket works through a system called NFC, but what's happening internally? How does the ticket work …