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by Marco
31 Jan 2020, 13:21
Forum: Kit assembly gallery
Topic: Built Gigatron with IC sockets
Replies: 6
Views: 8970

Re: Built Gigatron with IC sockets

Very nice!

Maybe a bit overcautious, but whatever works for you is fine. And in the end the satisfaction of having a Gigatron build by yourself working on first try is all that matters.
by Marco
20 Jan 2020, 10:37
Forum: Kit assembly gallery
Topic: Half a night of soldering later...
Replies: 5
Views: 7330

Re: Half a night of soldering later...

Very nice!

It's very addictive (but I don't need help ;) ).
by Marco
19 Jan 2020, 10:38
Forum: Hardware and software hacking
Topic: I guess I just build a...screensaver?
Replies: 9
Views: 7383

Re: I guess I just build a...screensaver?

I was inspired by all the clocks being posted, so I thought I'd add my own to this thread; the timing code for this clock also originated from this thread. Very nice, looks good! I had already noted that it makes sense to add 2 seconds to S as entered by the user, which is about the time it takes f...
by Marco
08 Jan 2020, 10:02
Forum: Hardware and software hacking
Topic: And I so promised myself... (continued)
Replies: 4
Views: 4445

Re: And I so promised myself... (continued)

In case someone should want to attempt something similar: I recently did try to use a NodeMCU (ESP8266) instead of an Arduino, it started promising but in the end I decided it was not worth the effort. It's not an AVR compatible board and unable to handle AVR-specific registers such as PORTx and PIN...
by Marco
05 Jan 2020, 18:50
Forum: Hardware and software hacking
Topic: I guess I just build a...screensaver?
Replies: 9
Views: 7383

Re: I guess I just build a...screensaver?

This is the (for now) final code. I'm now down to a less than 1 second deviation per day, and that's good enough for me ;) 'graph display with clock '(hr:min) using 59.98Hz 'counter. UnREM lines 175 'and 235 to see seconds, 'adjust I (1/100 sec/min) 'and J (1/100 sec/hour) 'for clock finetuning. 10 ...
by Marco
03 Jan 2020, 21:47
Forum: Hardware and software hacking
Topic: I guess I just build a...screensaver?
Replies: 9
Views: 7383

Re: I guess I just build a...screensaver?

Hi Marcel, Thanks for that. I've already rewritten my code using peek(14) and am now checking its accuracy. I had reckoned one complete cycle on address 14 takes 258 / 59.98 = 4.268 seconds, and use that number to check if a minute has passed. Should work equally well. But I'm undecided yet which wa...
by Marco
03 Jan 2020, 13:10
Forum: Hardware and software hacking
Topic: More bling
Replies: 2
Views: 3502

More bling

Hi, Not an original idea, as I've seen it done before by someone on Youtube, but my Gigatron begged to be modded in a similar fashion. As pretty as it already is, I couldn't help adding more bling: https://vault.crouze.com/Other/2020/MDX-200103-P20-OC21180-x.jpg https://vault.crouze.com/Other/2020/M...
by Marco
01 Jan 2020, 00:12
Forum: Escape Meta Alt Control Shift
Topic: Happy New Year
Replies: 0
Views: 12986

Happy New Year

A Happy New Year, and a good New Decennium too for all. And happy hacking too ;)
by Marco
30 Dec 2019, 18:40
Forum: Hardware and software hacking
Topic: Double your RAM:
Replies: 20
Views: 19011

Re: Double your RAM:

I did the 64k upgrade today, very easy with the above guide (thanks!). I usually don't necrobump "old" topics, but in this case it might be useful for others who are thinking of doing the same. I did all wiring inside the 32-pin socket, and used an angled pin header for A15. I think the re...
by Marco
27 Dec 2019, 23:26
Forum: Kit assembly gallery
Topic: Simply amazing!
Replies: 1
Views: 4898

Re: Simply amazing!

Nice pictures!

I can't help but look at the "diode farm" now and then as well ;)

Cheers,
Marco