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Why did The Ben Heck Show end and What Happened to The Ben Heck Show ?

cstanton — Thu, 13 Oct 2022 12:26:00 GMT

A lot of time has passed since The Ben Heck Show was renamed to 'element14 presents' - and in that time we still have a lot of avid fans of Ben Heck viewing the old episodes, and finding "The Ben Heck Show" across the internet,...(read more)

EPIC BUILD!!!

peg9 — Mon, 09 Dec 2019 15:02:36 GMT

I apologise if this is the wrong place to post this but I'm need of assistance. My brother was hurt really bad at work. He hit his head on a high voltage power line. It blew a hole in his head and He lost his left hand and most the function In his ri...(read more)

Odroid XU4 and the OGST Screen

ianpaulstone — Fri, 01 Jun 2018 10:51:36 GMT

Hi Ben! Before you leave your excellent show, would you be able to try to fit one of these screen fronts into a N64 cartridge so I can fit one in the slot of my Nintendo XU4 build? https://www.amazon.com/OGST-Gaming-Console-Kit-XU4/dp/B07D3...(read more)

Lets Mod The Apple 1 Laptop!!! Ben Heck Show

pickle383 — Tue, 06 Feb 2018 04:46:46 GMT

I really enjoyed watching the Apple 1 Laptop build! But I thought it would be cool to see it do more than "HELLO WORLD" I thought a good idea would be to make a mini external floppy drive, but using an SD card instead of a floppy disc (the...(read more)

SEGA Megadrive test kit [homebrew MOD]

paulpsomiadis — Tue, 30 Jan 2018 18:47:28 GMT

Hello once again folks – after a VERY long time, my next mod is ready!Some people will remember me from my Radica mods HERE:viewtopic.php?f=58&t=17720 viewtopic.php?f=58&t=1517Anyways onto the meat-and-potatoes of this article...Original forum...(read more)

Great Challenge for the Ben Heck show! GBZ!

safari9982 — Fri, 19 Jan 2018 21:46:40 GMT

You may have heard of the Game Boy Zero, but instead of building a standard game boy zero, try to fit as many features as you can, into the original DMG gameboy shell! Essentially it uses a Pi Zero, powerboost 1000c, TFT composite lcd, etc. What...(read more)

New colsole mod idea

jonio75 — Tue, 16 Jan 2018 08:38:14 GMT

i kniw youve done system combos in the past, but what if you made a magic playstation box, that could play ps1, 2, 3, AND 4 games?! I was thinking that you could either use an original fat ps3, which plays all the first 3 playstation generation games...(read more)

A new console mod idea

jonio75 — Tue, 16 Jan 2018 08:35:19 GMT

Atari Dragster - My Best Time

ninjatrent — Tue, 02 Jan 2018 20:14:30 GMT

6.27 is my best time so far. There's room for improvement.(read more)

TIS-100 Physical Representation

trocar — Thu, 13 Jul 2017 17:25:05 GMT

I would love to see a TIS-100 inspired physical machine: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/TIS-100 * A small display over each of the nine cores to show the code.* A larger display to show the input stack and outputs.* The ability to reprogram...(read more)

TBHS build idea

tindaleluke — Thu, 22 Jun 2017 02:00:56 GMT

I think ben should build a computer with a 6502 cpu and multiple rom images from diffrent computers from the 80's(read more)

Help needed please

sue_harrison@live.co.uk — Sun, 11 Jun 2017 22:49:10 GMT

Hi, I have just found out about you having given up using any games console since the N64. I want to buy or at least find out how I could get my hand on one of your Xbox one controllers I am a left arm amputee following a traffic ac...(read more)

Right hand only xbox 1 controller request

sue_harrison@live.co.uk — Sun, 11 Jun 2017 22:48:03 GMT

help my ben

craftcop123456 — Fri, 09 Jun 2017 06:12:05 GMT

Ben can you help me fix my old gameboy the screen is brocken and can you posibly add a backlight.(read more)

My Idea about the Logic game board connectors.

mikeyzy — Fri, 19 May 2017 03:21:42 GMT

I come up with a design that could work out for the logic game, it solves both splits output into multiple and false connections (e.g. connect an output to another output).The idea is to have a directional wire that can only go from an output to an i...(read more)