Most of the IC’s are now in their sockets (on the CPU card at least). Getting close to being able to fire it up – just need the DS1210, and the PLCC adapter so I can do the initial programming of the flash memory. Live streams on Twitch
This Apple ][ clone arrived in the mail today. Mightly yellowed, but other than the ‘K’ key, the machine seems to work fine. The motherboard is branded “Vectorio”, so it’ll be interesting to learn a bit more about this one. Live streams on Twitch
After the last BBC stream I pondered that maybe the suspect disc drive’s heads were just dirty, so we clean those. Then investigate a couple of Master Compact systems, and end up opening the Amiga again to work out which Kickstart ROM it had (1.3) and realised it had a mono video output! Streaming PC bluescreened towards the end, but we picked up where we left off. Live streams on Twitch
More Z80 board build… Live streams on Twitch
A look at my “main” BBC model B and the upgrades that I’ve done to it, re-assembling the other model B, checking out the double floppy drive unit, and an update on what’s been happening with the Z80 build. Live streams on Twitch
More bits arrived so the Z80 boards are starting to fill up. Gave the BBC keys a bit of a clean, and with the soldering iron fixed, took the A501 apart to see what was going on inside, and a quick run down of things to come. Live streams on Twitch
Quick lunch time stream looking at the latest PCB’s that arrived. Z80 Backplane ECB Disk controller EBC CPU card Live streams at Twitch
Trying to get the backplane connectors into the backplane board (they’re wire wrap connectors I think, so the pins seem slightly larger)… Seeing what IC sockets I have, checking some 74 series logic chips in the Minipro, first look at the “suspect” A501 from the Amiga, and salvaging a few bits from an old PSU. Live streams at Twitch