Minimalist Europe Card Bus (MECB) – Bus Pinout Documented!
It has been pointed out to me, that I had overlooked officially documenting the MECB Bus pinout. So, it’s time this oversight was fixed! I suspect that, originally, I was …
It has been pointed out to me, that I had overlooked officially documenting the MECB Bus pinout. So, it’s time this oversight was fixed! I suspect that, originally, I was …
Although this post is not in-line with my normal Maker / Electronics / Retro Computing blog topics, it is related to the flooding which destroyed my Workspace approximately 12 months …
In the early computing days of the late 1970’s, back when we were building our own 8-bit microprocessor systems, it may be hard to imagine now, but we didn’t actually …
After some on-going frustration with the WordPress blog comment limitations, I finally decided it was time to setup a proper Forum, to allow more advanced (and more readable) discussion going …
I just received some old MOS 6502 microprocessor chips from AliExpress, for a project that I’m currently working on. Now, I needed a way to test that the received chips …
As I now have a modular retro 6809 computer system, with a flexible memory map, I thought it would be fun to mimic another simple 6809 system and to also …
After my long journey making my final Ultimate Cherry MX Version of my Hex Keypad, and in fact being very happy with the results I’d achieved, I was still contemplating …
Following my recent 6809 system testing video, a viewer asked if the system could run at 3Mhz, or perhaps even a little higher. Join me as I initially test the …
Having finally assembled an initial 6809 based system, following the completion of my recent Motorola I/O + Sound card, we should now give the system a bit more thorough testing. …
In a couple of recent posts / videos, I covered the beginnings of my Hexadecimal Keypad design journey. In these earlier posts, here and here, I presented the history of …