Cool Websites

• https://voidstar.blog/5150-setting-up-tape-deck-connection-because-the-5150-can/
  • Using a Cassette tape deck with the IBM 5150.
• https://cheever.domains.swarthmore.edu/
  • Incredibly useful website for learning about Bode Plots and control systems.
• https://ece.uwaterloo.ca/~aplevich/Circuit_macros/
  • Software for typesetting schematics.
• https://web.archive.org/web/20190822132648/http://wwwu.uni-klu.ac.at/magostin/cirkuit.html
  • Software for typesetting schematics.
• https://blog.krusher.net/en/2018/09/graphics-cards-of-the-ibm-era/
  • Cool information about CGA, MDA, and Hercules graphics cards for the IBM 5150.
• http://www.foxaudioresearch.ca/LA610.htm
  • Interesting information about the UA LA-610 Preamp (+ mods).
• http://www.r-type.org/exhib/aai0527.htm
  • This site has a lot of information about tubes. This tube specifically is used in the Fluke 415B (which I own) and other high voltage Fluke power supplies of that era. The homepage is pretty sketchy though...
• https://www.seriss.com/people/erco/
  • For cool things such as this:
  • https://www.seriss.com/people/erco/unixtools/wyse-setup/
• https://dbwbp.com/
  • This site holds an archive of old synth roms at the following URL:
  • http://dbwbp.com/synthbin/
• https://tachibanahina.com/
  • A voice actor I like.
• https://www.jaapsch.net/
  • Specifically, the site relating to the Hitachi HD6301-HD6303 Microprocessors.
  • The Hitachi HD6303RP was used in the Yamaha SPX90 and SPX90II, which I hope to reverse engineer in the future.
• https://hiwatt.org/DIY/
  • Information about DIY Hiwatt amplifiers.
• https://prettydiff.com/
  • A cool blog,
• https://randomascii.wordpress.com/2019/09/08/taskbar-latency-and-kernel-calls/
  • A cool blog.
• http://bee.mif.pg.gda.pl/ciasteczkowypotwor/
  • An absolutely huge amount of manuals
• https://www.audiomatica.com/tubes/
  • Information about common tubes.
• https://www.waveguide.se/
  • Cool projects.
• https://www.marshallforum.com/threads/simple-attenuators-design-and-testing.98285/
  • A thread about amp attenuators.
• http://wiki.openmusiclabs.com/wiki/BA662
  • A clone of the BA661 OTA (Operational Transconductance Amplifier) used in various Roland synthesizers in the 80s.
• https://www.analogisnotdead.com/article25/circuit-analysis-the-boss-bd2
  • An analysis of the Boss BD-2 Blues Driver Pedal.
• https://en.algorithmica.org/hpc/pipelining/branchless/
  • Blog about High Performance Computing.
• https://graphics.stanford.edu/~seander/bithacks.html
  • Bit hacks in the C programming language.
• https://github.com/dendibakh/perf-ninja
  • Blog/course about "low-level performance anaylysis and tuning".
• https://github.com/dendibakh/perf-ninja
  • Blog/course about "low-level performance anaylysis and tuning".
• https://www.jakewiesler.com/blog/essential-vim-movements
  • Essential Vim movements.
• https://vimtricks.com/p/50-useful-vim-commands/
  • More Vim commands.
• https://thevaluable.dev/vim-advanced/
  • Advanced Vim tricks.
• https://en.algorithmica.org/hpc/
  • Blog about high performance computing.
• https://web.archive.org/web/20250928183723/https://www.agner.org/optimize/
  • Agner Fog's Software Optimization resources.
• https://www.brendangregg.com/perf.html
  • Brendann Gregg's website on perf.

YouTube Channels

• w2aew
• EEVblog
• IMSAI Guy
• ZenwizardStudios
• Akitika
• Numitron displays