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This tiny 3D-printed Apple IIe is powered by a $2 microcontroller

RetroTV1 Tech.

The venerable ESP8266 from Espressif is an awesome piece of kit which is often overlooked for more powerful microcontrollers, such as the Raspberry Pi Pico 2 and the ESP8266's successor, the ESP32. But Adventures in Retro Computing has managed to integrate the ESP8266 into a tiny 3D-printed Apple IIe setup. And best of all, it emulates the classic Apple machine!

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