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Minimalist Europe Card Bus (MECB) – V9938 or V9958 VDP RGBS Display Card

Ever since creating my existing TMS9918/992x VDP Card, I’ve thought that I’d also like to play with the TMS’s more capable successors, the V9938 and V9958 VDP’s. Also known as …

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CreatiVision Keyboard v3 – Full Bidirectional PS/2 Compatibility (CreatiVision re-Creation Part 5)

If you are at all interested in PS/2 keyboard interfacing, then this post / video should be of interest to you! My CreatiVision Mechanical Keyboard was originally intended just for …

Computing / Electronics / Retro

Minimalist Europe Card Bus (MECB) – Backplane Extension

I thought I’d start-off my 2025 season, with a relatively straight-forward MECB addition. So, here we have a MECB Backplane Extension for your existing MECB Backplane, which adheres to the …

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RetroChallenge 2024/10 (RC2024)

So, after my last project, I’m actually itching to get back to my growing MECB related project list. But, I’m also keen to round-out my CreatiVision Controller journey, with my envisioned CreatiVision Keyboard…

Computing / Electronics / Retro

Minimalist Europe Card Bus (MECB) – Backplane v1.2 Updates!

The Backplane was the first Minimalist Europe Card Bus PCB that I designed. Which does obviously make sense, as a Backplane is needed before we can connect other MECB Cards …

Computing / Electronics / Retro

Minimalist Europe Card Bus (MECB) – MOS 6502 or WDC W65C02 CPU Card

After designing my 6809 CPU Card, the next CPU on my wish list was the 6502. Join me, as I walk-through the design, then I assemble and test my first …

Computing / Electronics / Retro

Minimalist Europe Card Bus (MECB) – TMS992x or TMS9918 VDP Display Card – v2.0 Update!

Recently, someone mentioned that they were planning on using a TMS9918 VDP chip, with the MECB TMS VDP Display Card. As I live in a PAL 50Hz TV standard country, …

Computing / Electronics / Retro

Minimalist Europe Card Bus (MECB) – 6809 or 6309 CPU Card – v2.3 Update!

Recently, while working on my 6502 CPU Card design, I became aware of a small oversight on my existing 6809 CPU Card. Nothing that has caused any issues, as I …

Computing / Electronics / Retro

Minimalist Europe Card Bus (MECB) – Let’s push our 6809 speed!

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 …

Computing / Electronics / Retro

Hexadecimal 4×4 Matrix Keypad – Ultimate Cherry MX Version

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 …

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