Thanks to the high level of integration, today’s computers can be made smaller and smaller.
Recently, hardware hacker Stuart Brand crammed a fully functional PC into a tape that looks very retro.
According to reports, the hacker was so interested in the ZX Spectrum, an 8-bit keyboard PC made in 1982, that he built the tape computer to celebrate the computer’s 40th birthday.
Released in 1982 at £125 ($4,700 today), the Sinclair ZX Spectrum was a compact and affordable PC when it first launched. And it is designed to use tape for storage, which is also the original intention of its tape computer.
Because of the small internal volume,Stuart Brand used the Raspberry Pi Zero W chip from the Raspberry Pi, and then soldered in the USB port and A/V port to connect to an old CRT monitor.
He also built a custom heatsink out of sheet metal for safe overclocking of the Raspberry Pi. Brand said the system took just 16 seconds to boot into the ZX Spectrum Emulator.
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