Hackaday Superconference

Hackaday Supercon 2018

The Pasadena Hackaday Superconference edition whose official badge reused the Hackaday Belgrade retrocomputer badge lineage with BASIC, CP/M, a color display, keyboard, speaker, flash storage, AA power, and expansion hardware.

Pasadena, California · United States · 2018

Hackaday Supercon 2018 Retrocomputer Badge

The 2018 Hackaday Superconference badge was a battery-powered handheld retrocomputer with a 320x240 color display, mini QWERTY keyboard, speaker, flash storage, expansion header, BASIC interpreter, and Z80 CP/M emulator.

Lifecycle

Add-ons & Upgrades

Hackaday Supercon 2018 Retrocomputer Badge archived

badge app

BASIC programming environment

The badge exposed an onboard BASIC interpreter with badge-specific commands for display, LED, audio, GPIO, serial, and program storage experiments.

Compatibility: Hackaday Supercon 2018 Retrocomputer Badge

Hackaday Supercon 2018 Retrocomputer Badge historical

community archive

Badge-hacking project gallery

The curated Hackaday.io list preserved attendee-built cases, Atari and Apple-like emulators, games, music, QR generation, Morse code, Bluetooth chat, and plotter firmware hacks.

Compatibility: Hackaday Supercon 2018 Retrocomputer Badge

Hackaday Supercon 2018 Retrocomputer Badge source-backed

hardware expansion

Expansion header and proto-board

The Supercon version added proto-board support and documented GPIO, I2C, serial, and SAO-style expansion paths for attendee-built peripherals.

Compatibility: Hackaday Supercon 2018 Retrocomputer Badge

Hackaday Supercon 2018 Retrocomputer Badge archived

retrocomputing environment

Z80 CP/M emulator

The stock firmware included a Z80 emulator running CP/M with classic software hooks such as Zork and Sargon, turning the badge into a tiny retrocomputer.

Compatibility: Hackaday Supercon 2018 Retrocomputer Badge

Operational history

Issues & Camp Impact

Hackaday Supercon 2018 Retrocomputer Badge note

lineage reuse · source-backed · documented

The Supercon 2018 badge was based on the Hackaday Belgrade 2018 badge rather than a wholly unrelated Pasadena-only design.

The compendium keeps the US Supercon record separate while preserving the Serbian Belgrade design lineage and firmware evolution.

Hackaday Supercon 2018 Retrocomputer Badge note

missing rights-cleared image · local project policy · needs licensed original replacement

No local Supercon 2018 badge photo has been added because Hackaday article images, Hackaday.io images, and repository assets have not been paired with complete reuse rights, attribution, original-source URL, and processing notes.

The entry remains source-backed and image-free rather than copying public photos without a complete image provenance record.

Resources

Supercon 2018 badge firmware article article · Hackaday firmware source for Jaromir Sukuba's BASIC work, CP/M emulator context, Voja Antonic hardware design, Ziggurat29 tokenizer speedups, and Zork/retrocomputing lore. Supercon 2018 badge hacking report article · Hackaday field report documenting the badge-hacking area, LED sculptures, shift-register examples, wireless add-ons, and community projects during Supercon. The Supercon Badge Is A Freakin' Computer article · Hackaday reveal source for 320x240 color display, full QWERTY keyboard, BASIC, CP/M, games, Easter eggs, GPIO/I2C/serial hacking, and Belgrade lineage. 2018 Supercon badge hacks list community archive · Hackaday.io list preserving 25 hardware, software, BASIC, music, enclosure, emulator, chat, QR-code, and display projects for the 2018 badge. 2018 Supercon badge project project page · Official Hackaday.io project source for the retrocomputer concept, attendee distribution, BASIC/CP/M table of contents, hardware hacking notes, proto-board files, and MIT firmware-license statement. 2018 Supercon badge repository source · Public Hack-a-Day firmware repository for the Retrocomputing BASIC Badge, MIT license, built-in features, firmware hex, and modification guidance.

Sources

GitHub: Hack-a-Day/2018-Supercon-Badge Retrieved 2026-05-15 · Source repository for firmware, built-in feature list, BASIC commands, 3-voice audio, serial communications, Z80 CP/M, firmware hex, and MIT license. Hackaday: Jaromir Sukuba: The Supercon 2018 Badge Firmware Retrieved 2026-05-15 · Firmware source for Jaromir Sukuba, BASIC interpreter expansion, Ziggurat29 tokenizer work, CP/M emulator, and Zork/retrocomputer context. Hackaday: The Supercon Badge Is A Freakin' Computer Retrieved 2026-05-15 · Reveal article source for 320x240 display, full keyboard, BASIC, CP/M, game/demo firmware, Belgrade reuse, and GPIO/I2C/serial hacking suggestions. Hackaday.io: 2018 Hackaday Superconference Badge Retrieved 2026-05-15 · Primary project source for attendee distribution, retrocomputer framing, keyboard/display/speaker/flash/AA-battery hardware, BASIC/CP/M software, files, and MIT firmware-license statement.