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A Stroll Down Computing's Memory Lane. Category Archives: Winter Warmup 2012. A Retro Merry Christmas. From Christmas Eve, 1968, high above Luna: Transcript Bill Anders “We are now approaching lunar sunrise and, for all the people back on Earth, the crew of Apollo 8 has a message that we would like to send to you. … Continue reading →. Comments Off on A Retro Merry Christmas. Jeri: or Another Possibility. Comments Off on Jeri: or Another Possibility. Comments Off on Winter Warmup 2012.
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Adding the PIA | Retrochallenge
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A Stroll Down Computing's Memory Lane. New RAM Upgrade →. Well, the next thing that I did was to add a breadboard to the top of my ET-3400. I just peeled the wax paper off the bottom and stuck the double-sided foam tape, that was on the bottom of the breadboard, to the top of my ‘3400. I think it turned out pretty nice, take a look:. This is the new breadboard taped to the top of the ET-3400. The next thing to do was to place the 6821 PIA into the breadboard, like so:. Stop the presses…. It seemed pretty...
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Winter Warmup 2012 | Retrochallenge
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A Stroll Down Computing's Memory Lane. Well, better late than never. Jeri: or Another Possibility →. Well, last summer did not go as well as I had hoped, although I did end up with an upgraded ET-3400. Here it is, the beginning of December, and Winter Warmup 2012 is just around the corner. What to do, what to do… Time to start thinking about this. How about something a little more versatile? There was a version of it which ran on the Cosmac VIP, which had only 512 bytes (not K or M, just bytes) of ROM, a...
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A Stroll Down Computing's Memory Lane. A Retro Merry Christmas. From Christmas Eve, 1968, high above Luna: Transcript Bill Anders “We are now approaching lunar sunrise and, for all the people back on Earth, the crew of Apollo 8 has a message that we would like to send to you. … Continue reading →. Comments Off on A Retro Merry Christmas. Jeri: or Another Possibility. Comments Off on Jeri: or Another Possibility. Comments Off on Winter Warmup 2012. Well, better late than never. Well, THANK YOU very much, ...
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A Retro Merry Christmas | Retrochallenge
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A Stroll Down Computing's Memory Lane. Jeri: or Another Possibility. A Retro Merry Christmas. From Christmas Eve, 1968, high above Luna:. 8220;We are now approaching lunar sunrise and, for all the people back on Earth, the crew of Apollo 8 has a message that we would like to send to you. In the beginning God created the heaven and the earth. And the earth was without form, and void; and darkness was upon the face of the deep. And from the crew of Apollo 8, we close with good night, good luck, a Merry Chr...
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Well, better late than never. | Retrochallenge
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A Stroll Down Computing's Memory Lane. Winter Warmup 2012 →. Well, better late than never. Man, it has been a long time. It has been pretty crazy around here; we are preparing for a trip to Ft. Benning ( www.benning.army.mil. To watch our son graduate from Basic; this is our fourth kid to go through basic. The Army does things a bit differently than the Air Force: when my wife and I graduated, our Drill Sergeant looked at us and said, “You’re done, get outta here! But, I digress…. I did not get everythin...
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A Stroll Down Computing's Memory Lane. Category Archives: RetroChallenge 2011. Well, better late than never. Man, it has been a long time. It has been pretty crazy around here; we are preparing for a trip to Ft. Benning (www.benning.army.mil) to watch our son graduate from Basic; this is our fourth kid to go through basic. … Continue reading →. Comments Off on Introducing SuperET. Choosing the schematic for the 32K RAM. Yesterday was my day off from my “day” job (my weekend is Sundays and Wed...8211; Tha...
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Introducing the ET-3400 | Retrochallenge
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A Stroll Down Computing's Memory Lane. Introducing the Propeller →. Well, here is my ET-3400:. Yep, it was the venerable Motorola 6800. I explained that the 6800 was controlling traffic along the entire downtown section of Boulevard of the Allies, and was in the brand-new equipment that the City of Pittsburgh was purchasing at that time. After my show-and-tell, the students didn’t complain about studying an old processor any more. Tomorrow: An introduction to the Propeller! Retro Challenge Home Page.
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Introducing the Propeller | Retrochallenge
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A Stroll Down Computing's Memory Lane. Choosing the schematic for the 32K RAM →. This is one of my Propeller Development systems:. This is one of my Propeller Development Kits. 8211; That picture does not do this thing justice. Well, I will replace the picture with a new one in the next couple of days. This is a development system that I made up from a Radio Shack breadboard (replaced with: http:/ www.radioshack.com/product/index.jsp? A Parallax Propeller Proto Board. In order to be better able to add, a...