LockerGnome: RetroDaily tech news worth retelling: the drama, the hackery, the odd builds and the people behind them.https://lockergnome.com/Someone simulated a Commodore 64 pin by pin, so you can break it on purposehttps://lockergnome.com/commodore-64-pin-by-pin-simulator/https://lockergnome.com/commodore-64-pin-by-pin-simulator/A developer who goes by antirez put c64-hw-sim on GitHub, and it simulates the Commodore 64's motherboard pin by pin.Fri, 23 Oct 2026 02:13:00 GMTRetroretrocommodoreemulationThe man who put Lemmings on the Palm Pilot just put his whole Palm OS toolbox on GitHubhttps://lockergnome.com/palm-os-toolbox-on-github/https://lockergnome.com/palm-os-toolbox-on-github/Aaron Ardiri, the developer behind the Palm OS port of Lemmings, just published about a gigabyte of old Palm OS development material on GitHub.Fri, 23 Oct 2026 02:08:00 GMTRetroretropalmopen-sourceWindows 98 just got USB 3 and Thunderbolt drivers, 28 years latehttps://lockergnome.com/windows-98-usb-3-thunderbolt-drivers/https://lockergnome.com/windows-98-usb-3-thunderbolt-drivers/Windows 98 went on sale on June 25, 1998, according to Wikipedia, and in 2026 it can read a Thunderbolt NVMe drive.Fri, 23 Oct 2026 02:07:00 GMTRetroretrowindowsdriversOne hobbyist built a working laptop around a 6502, the chip inside the Apple IIhttps://lockergnome.com/6502-laptop-apple-ii-chip/https://lockergnome.com/6502-laptop-apple-ii-chip/A maker who goes by TechPaula built a laptop around a 6502, the 8-bit chip from the 1970s that Hackaday points out was in the Apple II, and now they've finished a second one.Fri, 23 Oct 2026 02:05:00 GMTRetroretro6502laptopsHe wanted a Spectrum laptop, so he built onehttps://lockergnome.com/spectrum-next-laptop-build/https://lockergnome.com/spectrum-next-laptop-build/"I wanted a Spectrum Next laptop.Wed, 21 Oct 2026 16:00:00 GMTRetroretrofpgaApple's cancelled future now opens in a browserhttps://lockergnome.com/apple-copland-in-a-browser/https://lockergnome.com/apple-copland-in-a-browser/Apple cancelled Copland in August 1996, and you can now boot it in a browser tab.Wed, 21 Oct 2026 14:00:00 GMTRetroretroappleemulationTwo Commodore 64 sound chips get a USB connection to modern computershttps://lockergnome.com/commodore-64-sid-chips-usb/https://lockergnome.com/commodore-64-sid-chips-usb/A maker who goes by LouD built a board that plugs real Commodore 64 sound chips into a modern computer.Wed, 21 Oct 2026 00:40:00 GMTRetroretrocommodoreaudioJawnCon put its conference schedule inside an emulated Macintosh Plushttps://lockergnome.com/jawncon-schedule-emulated-macintosh-plus/https://lockergnome.com/jawncon-schedule-emulated-macintosh-plus/JawnCon, Philadelphia's hacker conference, built this year's schedule as a HyperCard stack and runs it "in a Macintosh Plus, in a 68k emulator in your browser," according to the event's schedule page, though a plain web version is there too for anyone in a hurry.Tue, 20 Oct 2026 21:00:00 GMTRetroretroappleemulationwebDuke Nukem 3D now fits on a tiny RP2350 boardhttps://lockergnome.com/duke-nukem-3d-rp2350/https://lockergnome.com/duke-nukem-3d-rp2350/Duke Nukem 3D now runs on a microcontroller.Tue, 20 Oct 2026 18:00:00 GMTRetroretrogamingraspberry-piA tool called Wafel checks whether your Wii U storage is failinghttps://lockergnome.com/wafel-wii-u-storage-check/https://lockergnome.com/wafel-wii-u-storage-check/The Wii U's weak spot is its internal storage, and a tool called Wafel Installer can now test it from the console's own web browser.Tue, 20 Oct 2026 15:00:00 GMTRetroretrogamingnintendoYou can play PS2 games in a browser now, recompiled from the original codehttps://lockergnome.com/ps2-games-in-a-browser-recompiled/https://lockergnome.com/ps2-games-in-a-browser-recompiled/PlayStation 2 games are running in a web browser, no emulator attached.Wed, 14 Oct 2026 21:00:00 GMTRetroretrogamingemulationweb