Minimalist Europe Card Bus (MECB) – Backplane Design
This follows on from my Introduction of the Minimalist Europe Card Bus (MECB), where I outlined my preferred design, for recreating some of my 8-bit CPU experiences from the late …
“Black & Gold Edition” – TL866 Programmer Adapter for 27C322 & 27C400/800/160 EPROMs
The popular TL866II Plus Programmer was recently offered in a special Black Edition. This special Black Edition includes a much higher quality “Aries” branded Zero Insertion Force (ZIF) socket. To …
TMS9929A VDP Rediscovery and Alternative Retro VRAM Solution
TL;DR The TMS9929A / TMS9928A / TMMS9918A are Video Display Processors produced by Texas Instruments in the Retro 8-bit era of the early 1980’s. They were used in a number …
Minimalist Europe Card Bus (MECB) – Background & Introduction
TL;DR Europe Card Bus (ECB) is a Retro CPU Bus standard from the late 1970’s / early 1980’s. The “Minimalist Europe Card Bus” (as I call it), is a Retro …
Retro 8-bit – Motorola 6809 – 80’s WireWrap Homebrew
I’d been unboxing some of my electronics maker history, that had almost been forgotten after having been packed away in storage for 35 years (or so). One of my first …
My eBay seller frustration (Please use Tindie)
I’ve made my TL866 Programmer Adapter for 27C400/800/160/322 EPROMs available to enthusiasts via eBay, ever since I developed and perfected it a number of years ago (as documented in my …
Usage Guide for TL866 Programmer Adapter for 27C400/800/160/322
Although usage of the Digicool Things EPROM Programmer Adapter has been covered in other posts, and the reading of a Mask ROM and programming of an EPROM is also visually …
EPROM Adapter v1.1 update & back in stock!
Our EPROM Adapter for the TL866 EPROM Programmer has been updated to v1.1 for 2018! If you’d like one of these Adapters, you’ll find a Kitset or a Fully Assembled …
EPROM Programmer Adapter is now up on YouTube
It took me a while, but I finally allocated some time to allow creating a video to demonstrate the usage of our TL866 EPROM Programmer Adapter for 27C400/800/160 and 27C322 16bit …
EPROM Programmer Adapter for 27C400/800/160 and 27C322 16bit EPROMs
If you’d like one of these Adapters, you’ll find a Kitset or a Fully Assembled & Tested option, on Tindie: https://www.tindie.com/stores/DigicoolThings/ The Fully Assembled & Tested Adapter is also available …