If there’s one sound that makes me nostalgic, it’s the brrrrr-BIP! noise of a BBC Micro being switched on. And that sound – as well as pretty much all the Beeb’s audio capabilities – can be traced to one chip – the Texas Instruments SN76489. This chip was used in a whole host of devices, including Sega consoles and arcade… Read more »
No, this is not a post about stalking. I’ve been toying with a design for a simple 6502-based homebrew computer for a while now. I’ve built a kit and am in the middle of laying out the schematic for the first board for my own design. So I was thrilled when Ben Eater, one of the best educators on YouTube,… Read more »
Well, it does seem that the problem I’ve been having with the SmartParallel board is indeed that horror of horrors – the intermittent fault. Or perhaps something weirder. This is some kind of quantum device – it works only when being observed. Setting up a server The SmartParallel was working perfectly for a few days. Then I didn’t use it… Read more »