# Ep095: Booting FreeDOS from a Vinyl Record, Floating on Mushrooms, and Tunneling Through a Living Room

- Show: [Hackaday Podcast](https://hardwarepodcasts.com/podcast/hackaday-podcast)
- Published: 2020-11-27
- Length: 14m
- Page: https://hardwarepodcasts.com/podcast/hackaday-podcast/2020-11-27-ep095-booting-freedos-from-a-vinyl-record-floating-on-mushrooms-and-tunneling-th
- Listen: https://hackaday.libsyn.com/hackaday-podcast-ep095-booting-freedos-from-a-vinyl-record-floating-on-mushrooms-and-tunneling-through-a-living-room

## Summary

Hackaday editors Mike Szczys and Elliot Williams discuss recent hardware hacking news, including the reverse engineering of the Nintendo Game & Watch by Conrad Beckman and the release of Espressif's RISC-V based ESP32-C3. They also cover the decommissioning of the Arecibo Observatory and showcase winners from the circuit sculpture contest, such as Eric Brandl's Walden instrument. The episode concludes with a lightning round of quick hacks, featuring a mushroom mycelium canoe by Kate Ayers and booting FreeDOS from a vinyl record.

## Chapters

- [0:01](https://hardwarepodcasts.com/podcast/hackaday-podcast/2020-11-27-ep095-booting-freedos-from-a-vinyl-record-floating-on-mushrooms-and-tunneling-th#t=1) Introduction and Thanksgiving Greetings
- [0:53](https://hardwarepodcasts.com/podcast/hackaday-podcast/2020-11-27-ep095-booting-freedos-from-a-vinyl-record-floating-on-mushrooms-and-tunneling-th#t=53) Nintendo Game & Watch Reverse Engineering
- [3:12](https://hardwarepodcasts.com/podcast/hackaday-podcast/2020-11-27-ep095-booting-freedos-from-a-vinyl-record-floating-on-mushrooms-and-tunneling-th#t=192) Espressif ESP32-C3 and Arecibo Decommissioning
- [6:03](https://hardwarepodcasts.com/podcast/hackaday-podcast/2020-11-27-ep095-booting-freedos-from-a-vinyl-record-floating-on-mushrooms-and-tunneling-th#t=363) Circuit Sculpture Contest Winners
- [8:30](https://hardwarepodcasts.com/podcast/hackaday-podcast/2020-11-27-ep095-booting-freedos-from-a-vinyl-record-floating-on-mushrooms-and-tunneling-th#t=510) Quick Hacks: Infinity Table, Dual Core Processor, and Mushroom Canoe
- [10:34](https://hardwarepodcasts.com/podcast/hackaday-podcast/2020-11-27-ep095-booting-freedos-from-a-vinyl-record-floating-on-mushrooms-and-tunneling-th#t=634) Quick Hacks: Spectrometer, 3D Printed Cloth, and Vinyl Booting

## Topics

- [Chips, FPGAs & semiconductors](https://hardwarepodcasts.com/topic/chips-and-fpgas)
- [Maker community & events](https://hardwarepodcasts.com/topic/maker-community)
- [Fabrication & craft](https://hardwarepodcasts.com/topic/fabrication-and-craft)
- [Embedded firmware](https://hardwarepodcasts.com/topic/embedded-firmware)
- [Sensors & measurement in products](https://hardwarepodcasts.com/topic/sensors)

## Most relevant to

makers and hobbyists

## Mentioned

- Nintendo Game & Watch (product)
- STM32 (chip)
- Conrad Beckman (other)
- Espressif (company)
- ESP32-C3 (chip)
- RISC-V (chip)
- Arecibo Observatory (other)
- Eric Brandl (other)
- Walden (product)
- Kate Ayers (other)
- Adrian Studer (other)
- Jack Foreman (other)
- Joseph (other)
- FreeDOS (product)
- IBM PC 5150 (product)

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