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IBM MCGA Gate Array Reverse Engineering

Hacker News Top · yesterday Cached

This project reverse engineers IBM's MCGA gate arrays used in PS/2 models 25 and 30, revealing detailed schematics and new features such as genlock capability and undocumented registers.

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Running DOS on Behringers DDX3216 with a DIY x86-Bios from Scratch

Hacker News Top · 2026-06-13 Cached

A developer documents their journey of writing a custom x86 BIOS from scratch to boot DOS on a Behringer DDX3216 mixing console, which uses an AMD Elan SC300 386 SoC.

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ESP32 Bit Pirate, a Hardware Hacking Tool with WebCLI That Speaks Every Protocol

Hacker News Top · 2026-06-05 Cached

ESP32 Bit Pirate is an open-source firmware that turns an ESP32 into a multi-protocol hacking tool, supporting sniffing and interaction with various digital and radio protocols via serial or web-based CLI.

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Project Blackwell: It Will Work, Eventually — Making an RTX Pro 6000 Run in a Dell R730 at 650K Context

Reddit r/LocalLLaMA · 2026-05-30

A developer documents the extensive hardware and firmware hacking required to run an NVIDIA RTX Pro 6000 Blackwell GPU in a legacy Dell PowerEdge R730 server, achieving 650K context length for local AI inference.

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Patching my guitar amp's firmware

Lobsters Hottest · 2026-05-29 Cached

The author reverse engineers a Yamaha THR10c guitar amp firmware via UART and JTAG, dumps and patches it to fix bypass gain, and builds an API.

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@bunkaich: The limit of my inspiration = the limit of Codex. It's that seriously amazing—Codex can do absolutely anything. This is…

X AI KOLs Timeline · 2026-05-26 Cached

A user used OpenAI's Codex to reverse-engineer and fix a faulty AliExpress MP3 player, rewriting its OS to resolve Bluetooth audio stuttering and improve controls.

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Found a way to cool the DGX

Reddit r/LocalLLaMA · 2026-05-12

A user reports successfully using tap water to cool a DGX server while running the Qwen3.5-122b model at high GPU utilization, maintaining safe temperatures.

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Rooting a VMC2040 security camera

Lobsters Hottest · 2026-05-08 Cached

This blog post is the first part of a series on rooting an Arlo VMC2040 security camera, covering hardware examination, UART discovery, and initial bootloader analysis.

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Building Transit Tracker

Lobsters Hottest · 2026-05-07 Cached

The article details the development and viral success of 'Transit Tracker,' an open-source DIY project for creating custom public transit arrival boards using ESPHome and LED matrices.

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