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Camp Davis South sees its first C-17 in over 20 years

13 September 2026 at 06:05
A U.S. Air Force C-17 Globemaster III landed at Camp Davis South, part of Marine Corps Base Camp Lejeune in North Carolina, marking the first time the heavy-lift aircraft has touched down there in more than 20 years. The roughly 140-ton jet, longer than half a football field, landed alongside Canadian C-130 transports to support […]
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Hand-Coded ASM Powers Homebrew SNES Game

11 September 2026 at 14:30

Nintendo has made many game consoles in its long history β€” one that famously overlaps that of the Ottoman Empire β€” but only one of them was ever Super. It’s that console, the Super Nintendo Entertainment System, that [Inkbox] has decided to delve deeply into as he crafts a game in assembly using all the hardware tricks he can.

Hardware tricks he’ll need, given he’s limited to the two 64 kB RAM banks and 3.58 MHz Ricoh 6502-based CPU. Even the 4 MB limit he sets for a historically-accurate homemade cartridge seems positively claustrophobic by modern standards. The game he’s after making is a top-down adventure game a la Zelda, and [Inkbox] gets right into the weeds explaining how the SNES works as he shows his work in this nearly hour long video. If you’re looking for a deep dive into the architecture, along with how it is meant to be used, you could certainly find worse sources. Everything from the different graphics modes to what registers handle sound are covered in this and the previous video in the series.

We can’t help but call out his dedication to open source β€” the SNES Sound Engine he has put up on GitHub looks like it could be a real asset to anyone else doing this kind of homebrew. The game itself is on itch.io and is pay-what-you-want.

[Inkbox] doesn’t just limit himself to the SNES’s 6502-esqe assembly β€” he’s done impressive work in x86 ASM, too.

iPhone Duo vs Galaxy Z Fold8: Which Foldable Should You Buy?

11 September 2026 at 12:05

Apple’s first foldable meets Samsung’s eighth-generation Fold. Here’s which makes more sense for Apple loyalists, multitaskers, and other premium buyers.

The post iPhone Duo vs Galaxy Z Fold8: Which Foldable Should You Buy? appeared first on TechRepublic.

iPhone Duo vs Galaxy Z Fold8: Which Foldable Should You Buy?

11 September 2026 at 12:05

Apple’s first foldable meets Samsung’s eighth-generation Fold. Here’s which makes more sense for Apple loyalists, multitaskers, and other premium buyers.

The post iPhone Duo vs Galaxy Z Fold8: Which Foldable Should You Buy? appeared first on TechRepublic.

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