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Looking for a good Apple 1 keyboard solution

Apple Fritter about 12 months ago

Building an Apple 1.  Got the PCBs.  Got the Uncle Burnie kit.  Still getting all the sockets, transformers, and large capacitors (but I know where to get them).  However, one thing continues to illude me...  The keyboard. I found a bare replica Dat …
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AEG Logistat (PLC) and TI CC-40 pocket computer 1983

Retro Computing Forum about 12 months ago

I’m currently stuck with my Festo PLC programming device. I found a later Festo software which is very interesting, but is too late to be helpful for my device. So I searched for other (early) PLCs. I recently bought a 1990s student’s book …

My Apple II Rev 0 & PSU Info

Apple Fritter about 1 year ago

I'm preparing my Apple II Rev 0 and related documentation for sale soon, as mentioned in a earlier post on this forum.  I last powered it on successfully in September 2014 and let it run a few days, with on/off cycling every so often.  Turned it off, bac …
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DAN][ Controller with Ethernet and FTP Server

Apple Fritter about 1 year ago

I haven't seen reports of people using the DAN][ controller's Ethernet option. This is also a neat feature that Daniel added to the card. He added support to "IP65", the 6502's TCP/IP library. There is an example disk in the github project.I now added some …

HS SCSI card died

Apple Fritter about 1 year ago

About 2 months ago I got a bluescsi for my Mac plus, and decided to pick up a high speed scsi card for my IIgs. I hadn't used the IIgs a lot since, but it was working. The past two days I had been using it more. Today suddenly GSOS was prompting me to inse …
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Arcade Raid! Huge Arkansas Barn Find

The Arcade Blogger about 1 year ago

After something of a drought of Arcade Raid reports in recent months, I have another great classic arcade cabinet stash find to share on the blog this week. Maybe we’re on a roll! Check out last weeks’ arcade raid tale here if you missed it. …
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Arcade Raid! South Dakota mega-haul

The Arcade Blogger about 1 year ago

Here’s a cool arcade raid tale from a few years back that turned up several rare titles. US-based collector Joe Magiera received a message from a fellow collector back in 2006 with a lead on some arcade cabinets being sold off. It read: I go …
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A glimpse on Uncle Bernie's Apple-1 color graphics card

Apple Fritter about 1 year ago

Hi fans, it has been a tradition for me to show the world a glimpse on ongoing projects every 1st of April. It's not only "April Fool's" day - so I can show projects that never may get to the finish line - but some people think April the 1st is the "birth …
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Apple 1 EPROM Interface

Apple Fritter about 1 year ago

AttachmentSize AEI.zip60.54 KB Hi guys! On Apple's birthday I want to share a project with you, I did it for myself but I hope you will like it too.Apple 1 EPROM Interface (AEI) is maybe the smallest (95x45mm) and easiest cartridge card to assembl …
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Podcast 185 – Cyvern

Ten Pence Arcade Podcast about 1 year ago

DISCUSSED IN THIS EPISODE (previously known as ‘guff’): Sofa Mode Dark Purple Children Flaming Microwaves new EP Tuperware box minds LINKS: Cyvern Hardware (System16.com) Cyvern Playthru (Replay Burners) Cyvern Shmups Wiki Cyvern Scoring & Rank ( …
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Podcast 185 – Cyvern

Ten Pence Arcade Podcast about 1 year ago

DISCUSSED IN THIS EPISODE (previously known as ‘guff’): Sofa Mode Dark Purple Children Flaming Microwaves new EP Tuperware box minds LINKS: Cyvern Hardware (System16.com) Cyvern Playthru (Replay Burners) Cyvern Shmups Wiki Cyvern Scoring & Rank ( …
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Some small projects / ideas

Apple Fritter about 1 year ago

This just a collection of ideas and mostly untested PCB partly even unfinished PCB projects but may it is of interest for someone.PROM adapter, it is untestest, SK1 and SK1A allow to replace PROMs on Apple I PCB or ACI, the jumpers (right of SK1A, they are …
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Staff Project: Recapping an Amiga CDTV IR Remote Controller

Retro32 about 1 year ago

If you’ve been following me on social media, you’ll have seen that I’ve been dipping my toe into the world of SMD soldering and recapping. It’s been a steep learning curve but I’ve managed to stumble my way through it with a l …
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Dreamcast Racing Wheels - An Overview

The Dreamcast Junkyard about 1 year ago

The Dreamcast is something of a haven for racing game fans – between Crazy Taxi, Daytona USA 2001, Ferrari F355 Challenge, Sega Rally 2 and OutRun, it’s home to many of the greatest arcade racers ever made, not to mention plenty of other brilliant …
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Weekend Pickup! Omega Race Cabaret

The Arcade Blogger about 1 year ago

One out one in! A few changes to the arcade Blogger line-up in recent weeks. Someone made an offer for my Gravitar upright and after much thought I decided to move it on. As lovely a thing as Gravitar is, it is a huge beast and I found myself not playing …

Sell / Buy / Trade / Free • Computer Reset Sidecar cases

IBM PCjr forum about 2 years ago

One question for the folks here - at the end of the Computer Reset warehouse there's about half a pallet of badly water-damaged boxes of PCjr parallel printer sidecars. All the good looking ones have been picked thru. While the PCB inside might or might n …

Episode 42 - 1-Up-ing with a new podcast family! + News + 6 Good Alternate Sports Games

Pixel Gaiden Gaming Podcast about 4 years ago

We're back for Episode 42 In this episode Cody and Eric catch up on the news and discuss "6 Good Alternate Sports Games".  We are doing news for the first monthly episode and then "catching up" later in the month.   Episode Guide --------------- Quick …

Episode 36 - Have a Coke and a GAME! - 6 Good Corporate Branded Games - News

Pixel Gaiden Gaming Podcast about 4 years ago

We're back for Episode 36 In this episode Cody and Eric catch up on the news and discuss "6 Good "Corporate Branded" Games".  We are doing news for the first monthly episode and then "catching up" later in the month.   Episode Guide --------------- Quic …

Episode 24 - Party Like It's Christmas 1985! + Battle Of The Mascots - Bonk vs. Alex Kidd

Pixel Gaiden Gaming Podcast about 4 years ago

We're back for Episode 24 In this episode Cody and Eric catch up on the news and compare Mascots Bonk and Alex Kidd! We are doing news for the first monthly episode and then "catching up" later in the month. Plus Tea Time With Tim - Christmas 1985!   Epi …