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Kevin Karhan :verified:<p>Given that I want to target <code>i486</code> with <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://infosec.space/@OS1337" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@<span>OS1337</span></a></span> but don't want to deal with obsolete hardware that is dying of old age, I think it's more fitting to consider a sort-of mainboard to shove some 486SX-SOM with <code>PC/104-Plus</code> on and have the few necessities hooked up to it. Maybe even put it inside a <em>THINN</em> <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/Pizzabox" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Pizzabox</span></a>-style <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/case" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>case</span></a>? </p><p>It would also make a new <em>"bridge"</em> machine to interface old PCI &amp; ISA hardware and allow connecting i.e. a <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/QuadFlop" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>QuadFlop</span></a> and roll with that... </p><p><a href="https://github.com/OS-1337/tiny486" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="">github.com/OS-1337/tiny486</span><span class="invisible"></span></a></p><p>Thoughts, <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://mastodon.scot/@rasteri" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@<span>rasteri</span></a></span> <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://chaos.social/@polpo" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@<span>polpo</span></a></span> <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://dialup.space/@TechTangents" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@<span>TechTangents</span></a></span> <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://bbs.kawa-kun.com/users/lazygamereviews" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@<span>lazygamereviews</span></a></span> <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://digipres.club/@foone" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@<span>foone</span></a></span> ??</p><p><a href="https://infosec.space/tags/Tiny486" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Tiny486</span></a> <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/embedded" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>embedded</span></a> <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/EmbeddedComputing" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>EmbeddedComputing</span></a> <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/retro" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>retro</span></a> <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/RetroComputing" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>RetroComputing</span></a> <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/Linux" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Linux</span></a> <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/EmbeddedLinux" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>EmbeddedLinux</span></a> <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/Development" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Development</span></a> <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/DevKit" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>DevKit</span></a> <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/DevelopmentKit" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>DevelopmentKit</span></a> <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/ideas" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>ideas</span></a> <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/concepts" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>concepts</span></a> <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/Hardware" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Hardware</span></a> <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/OpenSource" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>OpenSource</span></a> <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/OpenSourceHardware" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>OpenSourceHardware</span></a> <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/Mainboard" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Mainboard</span></a> <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/i486" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>i486</span></a> <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/i386" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>i386</span></a> <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/i487" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>i487</span></a> <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/486SX" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>486SX</span></a> <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/486DX" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>486DX</span></a> <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/PCI" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>PCI</span></a> <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/ISA" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>ISA</span></a> <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/BridgeMachine" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>BridgeMachine</span></a> <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/Bridge" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Bridge</span></a> <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/PC104" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>PC104</span></a> <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/PC104Plus" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>PC104Plus</span></a></p>
Brad Linder<p>M5Stack Tab5 is a dev kit with a 5 inch touchscreen display, a 2MP camera, and an ESP32-P4 dual-core, 32-bit 400 MHz RISC-V processor, a 40 MHz RISC-V MCU, and a bunch of wired &amp; wireless I/O. Available now for $60. <a href="https://www.cnx-software.com/2025/05/09/m5stack-tab5-tablet-esp32-p4-iot-development-kit-5-inch-touchscreen-display-and-front-facing-camera/" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">cnx-software.com/2025/05/09/m5</span><span class="invisible">stack-tab5-tablet-esp32-p4-iot-development-kit-5-inch-touchscreen-display-and-front-facing-camera/</span></a> <a href="https://fosstodon.org/tags/ESP32" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>ESP32</span></a>-P4 <a href="https://fosstodon.org/tags/RiscV" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>RiscV</span></a> <a href="https://fosstodon.org/tags/DevKit" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>DevKit</span></a> <a href="https://fosstodon.org/tags/M5StackTab5" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>M5StackTab5</span></a> <a href="https://fosstodon.org/tags/M5Stack" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>M5Stack</span></a></p>
Brad Linder<p><strong>This pocket-sized PC is made from an old smartphone motherboard</strong></p><p>You often hear that the phone in your pocket has more processing power than the room-sized computers that NASA used to help send astronauts to the moon. But modern smartphones also have relatively limited lifespans – while some device makers are doing a better job of offering long-term support, it’s often cheaper or easier to replace an old phone than it is to fix a cracked display or replace […]</p><p><a rel="nofollow noopener" class="hashtag u-tag u-category" href="https://liliputing.com/tag/citronics/" target="_blank">#citronics</a> <a rel="nofollow noopener" class="hashtag u-tag u-category" href="https://liliputing.com/tag/dev-kit/" target="_blank">#devKit</a> <a rel="nofollow noopener" class="hashtag u-tag u-category" href="https://liliputing.com/tag/devkit/" target="_blank">#devkit</a> <a rel="nofollow noopener" class="hashtag u-tag u-category" href="https://liliputing.com/tag/ewaste/" target="_blank">#ewaste</a> <a rel="nofollow noopener" class="hashtag u-tag u-category" href="https://liliputing.com/tag/fairphone/" target="_blank">#fairphone</a> <a rel="nofollow noopener" class="hashtag u-tag u-category" href="https://liliputing.com/tag/fairphone-2/" target="_blank">#fairphone2</a> <a rel="nofollow noopener" class="hashtag u-tag u-category" href="https://liliputing.com/tag/recycling/" target="_blank">#recycling</a> <a rel="nofollow noopener" class="hashtag u-tag u-category" href="https://liliputing.com/tag/sbc/" target="_blank">#sbc</a> <a rel="nofollow noopener" class="hashtag u-tag u-category" href="https://liliputing.com/tag/upcycling/" target="_blank">#upcycling</a></p><p>Read more: <a href="https://liliputing.com/this-pocket-sized-pc-is-made-from-an-old-smartphone-motherboard/" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">liliputing.com/this-pocket-siz</span><span class="invisible">ed-pc-is-made-from-an-old-smartphone-motherboard/</span></a></p>
Kevin Karhan :verified:<p><span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://mastodon.social/@orion3311" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@<span>orion3311</span></a></span> is that an OG <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/modBook" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>modBook</span></a> and <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/Android" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Android</span></a> <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/Devkit" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Devkit</span></a> <em>and</em> a Sony <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/UX1" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>UX1</span></a> that got <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/Hackibtosh" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Hackibtosh</span></a>'d???</p>
ftg<p>New (to me) devkit acquired. <br>It's by WiSpry for their WS1050 digitally tuned capacitor. <br>But the big thing for me is not the neat DTC, but that it is a known good, known working combination that talks RFFE to the DTC.<br>So I have something to compare against, if I try figure out my own implementation.</p><p><a href="https://mastodon.radio/tags/RFFE" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>RFFE</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.radio/tags/devkit" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>devkit</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.radio/tags/wispry" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>wispry</span></a></p>
Kevin Karhan :verified:<p>I'm convinced that folks like <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/MVG" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>MVG</span></a> could use a 256MB <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/Xbox" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Xbox</span></a> for <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/GameDevelopment" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>GameDevelopment</span></a> in a <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/DevKit" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>DevKit</span></a> configuration..</p><p>So yeah, there are use-cases... Just very, very few to justify such a <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/mod" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>mod</span></a>. </p><p><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=R2hvSL30Rlg" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">youtube.com/watch?v=R2hvSL30Rl</span><span class="invisible">g</span></a></p>
Kevin Karhan :verified:<p><span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://mastodon.world/@steamdeckhq" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@<span>steamdeckhq</span></a></span> OFC <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/GameDevs" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>GameDevs</span></a> love the <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/SteamDeck" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>SteamDeck</span></a> because it's an <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/affordable" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>affordable</span></a>, <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/powerful" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>powerful</span></a> and easy to develop for <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/handheld" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>handheld</span></a> that is using <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/amd64" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>amd64</span></a> architecture, so it's easy to <em>"port"</em> to it.</p><ul><li>Add to the fact that it's basically the <em>"low end bar"</em> for <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/LinuxGaming" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>LinuxGaming</span></a> for 5-10+ years and we can all agree that <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/IndieDevs" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>IndieDevs</span></a> get the best of <em>both</em> worlds (<a href="https://infosec.space/tags/Consoles" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Consoles</span></a> &amp; <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/PC" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>PC</span></a>) in an affordable package and without the need to sigh a gazillion NDAs and pay huge deposits just to get a single <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/TestKit" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>TestKit</span></a>-Style <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/DevKit" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>DevKit</span></a>.</li></ul><p>The SteamDeck took the right lessions from <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/XNA" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>XNA</span></a> &amp; <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/OUYA" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>OUYA</span></a> and positively disrupts <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/Gaming" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Gaming</span></a> on <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/Linux" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Linux</span></a> and <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/MobileGaming" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>MobileGaming</span></a> too...</p>
Kevin Karhan :verified:<p><span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://digipres.club/@foone" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@<span>foone</span></a></span> sadly those.bs stickers are legal in other juristictions, like the <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/EU" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>EU</span></a>!</p><ul><li>And the device (likely an <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/Xbox360" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Xbox360</span></a> <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/DevKit" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>DevKit</span></a>) is lilely for a studio in the EU...<a href="https://digipres.club/@foone/112912312299781942" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">digipres.club/@foone/112912312</span><span class="invisible">299781942</span></a></li></ul>
Kevin Karhan :verified:<p><span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://grapheneos.social/@GrapheneOS" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@<span>GrapheneOS</span></a></span> <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://infosec.exchange/@matchboxbananasynergy" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@<span>matchboxbananasynergy</span></a></span> And I guess noone has even dared to make a <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/DevBoard" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>DevBoard</span></a> or <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/DevKit" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>DevKit</span></a> that does supoort <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/GrapheneOS" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>GrapheneOS</span></a> and isn't a disassembled <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/GooglePixel" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>GooglePixel</span></a>...</p><p>Maybe <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://mastodon.social/@olimex" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@<span>olimex</span></a></span> or <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://fosstodon.org/@PINE64" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@<span>PINE64</span></a></span> may be interested?</p><p>I mean I wished for better support of GrapheneOS, and I guess similar to <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/grsecurity" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>grsecurity</span></a>, these hardening features are all intertwined and not optionalities one can choose to add or remove on a whim at build time...</p>
Freezenet<p>Someone tried to pass off a Playstation 5 developer kit as a pizza oven. This in an effort to sell it so that it can see the wider open world. All they did was add a spatula and a slice of pizza over top of it. Naturally, Sony put a stop to thi- wait, this actually worked???</p><p><a href="https://www.tomshardware.com/video-games/playstation/pizzastation-5-development-pizza-kit-sold-for-6500" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">tomshardware.com/video-games/p</span><span class="invisible">laystation/pizzastation-5-development-pizza-kit-sold-for-6500</span></a></p><p><a href="https://noc.social/tags/Sony" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Sony</span></a> <a href="https://noc.social/tags/Playstation5" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Playstation5</span></a> <a href="https://noc.social/tags/DevKit" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>DevKit</span></a> <a href="https://noc.social/tags/Hardware" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Hardware</span></a></p>
Vingt Trois Seize 💎<p>WII-U Development Kit</p><p><a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/Console" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Console</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/Wii" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Wii</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/Nintendo" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Nintendo</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/WiiU" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>WiiU</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/DevKit" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>DevKit</span></a></p>