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by stephen_usher
Thu Mar 21, 2024 10:03 am
Forum: MEMBER BLOGS
Topic: Stuff and Things.
Replies: 1495
Views: 364876

Re: Stuff and Things.

rubber_jonnie wrote: Thu Mar 21, 2024 8:46 am @stephen_usher @PhilC

I should never be left alone with eBay...
:)
by stephen_usher
Wed Mar 20, 2024 10:08 pm
Forum: MEMBER BLOGS
Topic: Stuff and Things.
Replies: 1495
Views: 364876

Re: Stuff and Things.

You're buying All Da Things! :-)
by stephen_usher
Wed Mar 20, 2024 10:08 pm
Forum: 8 BIT CORNER
Topic: OSI 600D Superboard Build
Replies: 317
Views: 55292

Re: OSI 600D Superboard Build

You do seem to be having a high TTL death rate somehow.
by stephen_usher
Wed Mar 20, 2024 9:49 pm
Forum: MEMBER BLOGS
Topic: General Stuff(tm)
Replies: 1700
Views: 323153

Re: General Stuff(tm)

This evening I tried to see if there was any way of adjusting the brightness on the CRT board of the second Kaypro. It turns out that the Dotronix board has no adjustment for the brightness at all! So, I thought I'd see if I could get composite video out, so probed the output pins on the main PCB......
by stephen_usher
Wed Mar 20, 2024 9:42 pm
Forum: 8 BIT CORNER
Topic: OSI 600D Superboard Build
Replies: 317
Views: 55292

Re: OSI 600D Superboard Build

Oh, that's annoying! You've not been rubbing your feet on the carpet before touching the board whilst playing with a Van de Graff generator have you?
by stephen_usher
Wed Mar 20, 2024 3:37 pm
Forum: MEMBER BLOGS
Topic: General Stuff(tm)
Replies: 1700
Views: 323153

Re: General Stuff(tm)

No BlueSCSI V2 in the mail today. *sigh*

Supposedly the 68882 and FDC1962B are now in the post.

More courier pergatory.
by stephen_usher
Wed Mar 20, 2024 1:41 pm
Forum: 8 BIT CORNER
Topic: OSI 600D Superboard Build
Replies: 317
Views: 55292

Re: OSI 600D Superboard Build

Getting there! :-)
by stephen_usher
Wed Mar 20, 2024 8:17 am
Forum: MEMBER BLOGS
Topic: LC III - Will it ever run?
Replies: 84
Views: 1946

Re: LC III - Will it ever run?

Well, the most important thing you need to know is that a "file" on a Mac is actually two files in the filesystem, the "resource fork", holding the meta data about the file, such as it's type, whether it's executable and if so how to start it, and what program should be used to o...
by stephen_usher
Tue Mar 19, 2024 11:24 pm
Forum: 8 BIT CORNER
Topic: OSI 600D Superboard Build
Replies: 317
Views: 55292

Re: OSI 600D Superboard Build

:dualthumbup: :yay2: :cheer:
by stephen_usher
Tue Mar 19, 2024 8:05 pm
Forum: MEMBER BLOGS
Topic: General Stuff(tm)
Replies: 1700
Views: 323153

Re: General Stuff(tm)

Well, that'll be why it can't read the disks... The FDC9216B clock/data separator chip is dead. Both the clock and data output pins wibble a bit when the drive is reading but it's not a real signal.

Oh, and just to show how dim the display is...

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