Now [mcuhacker] is working on bringing some of those memories back by getting a PC-XT emulator running on an ESP8266. For the x86 CPU emulator, he ported Fake86 which is written in C, and created ...

What can’t the little $5 WiFi module do? Now that [lhartmann] has got an ESP8266 controlling the motors of a 3D printer, that’s one more item to check off the list. What’s coolest about this ...

That's where an ESP8266 comes in. It's basically a Wi-Fi microcontroller that you can hook up to more or less anything, and there are a few reasons why you should consider it as the centerpiece of ...