The Trans-Harmonium is a Strange Kind of Radio-Musical Instrument: Pianos use little hammers striking taut strings to make tones. The Mellotron used lots of individual tape mechanisms. Meanwhile, the Trans-Harmonium from [Emily Francisco] uses… https://t.co/xpJ1no9we4 #hadtips https://t.co/g6UCBgSRy3

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Radio Station WWV: All Time, All the Time: Of all the rabbit holes we technical types tend to fall down, perhaps the one with the most twists and turns is: time. Some of this is due to the …read more https://t.co/dmPjnJXIIN #hadtips https://t.co/QAAYTvzOhK

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x86 ENTER: What’s that Second Parameter?: [Raymond Chen] wondered why the x86 ENTER instruction had a strange second parameter that seems to always be set to zero. If you’ve ever wondered, [Raymond] explains what he learned …read more https://t.co/L8IwyFSJTl #hadtips https://t.co/BGrCxXxdse

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ThunderScan: The Wild 1980s Product That Turned a Printer Into a Scanner: Back in the 1980s, printers were expensive things. Scanners were rare, particularly for the home market, because home computers could barely handle basic graphics anyway.… https://t.co/YPBz5lrxLz #hadtips https://t.co/GThGquXlRi

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