Monthly Archives: October 2022

Zolatron 64 6502-based homebrew computer: mission accomplished

Okay, so I’m going to call it. This project is finished. Well, not finished exactly. No project is ever finished. You can always do more. And so it is with the Zolatron – I have ideas and plans that will keep me happily tinkering away for years. But I’ve met my main objective – which is to better understand how… Read more »

Reviving a Centurion

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Something that has been providing me with plenty of inspiration for my Zolatron homebrew project lately is the Usagi Electric YouTube channel, particularly the series of videos on restoring a Centurion mini computer. For one thing, it’s comforting to know there are people more nuts than you. I can just image the reaction I’d get from my More Significant Other… Read more »

What’s better than a 6502 homebrew computer?

Yep, you guessed it – two of them. One of the side effects of ordering PCBs from the likes of JLCPCB is that you have to order at least five copies of each board. This doesn’t quite mean that I have enough PCBs to make five Zolatron 64s. For one thing, each of the machines above uses two of the… Read more »

Zolatron 64: Writing an OS for a 6502 homebrew computer

I’ve said it before and I’ll say it again: I have no idea how you write an operating system. Even though I’ve sort-of written one. I’m calling it ZolOS. The Zolatron 64 6502 homebrew computer project started as idle curiosity that just got out of hand. I figured I’d be happy if I could get as far as writing ‘Hello… Read more »