Earlier, I posted an article and video on my TMS9929A Video Display Processor (VDP) rediscovery. This included designing an alternative Retro VRAM solution, which I then implemented as a breadboard …
This is a quick Follow-Up to my recent post and video on my AliExpress Re-Marked Chips Frustration! You can find this here: More AliExpress Re-marked Chips Frustration Since then, I …
Join me as I describe my frustration with AliExpress sourced, incorrectly re-marked / re-labelled, IC parts. This seems to be an ongoing issue, particularly with the retro chips keenly sourced …
As I mentioned in my earlier MECB posts, I wanted to be able to create MECB boards which implemented addressing flexibility. This is to allow any I/O board design to …
This follows on from my Backplane Design & Build for the Minimalist Europe Card Bus (MECB), where I walked-through the design of my MECB Backplane, and I then assembled my …
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 …
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 …
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 …
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 …
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 …
