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by giobbi
14 Nov 2023, 00:33
Forum: Kit assembly gallery
Topic: Probably the stupidest use of a Gigatron-TTL ever
Replies: 1
Views: 3537

Probably the stupidest use of a Gigatron-TTL ever

Hi, this is the third Gigatron-TTL I've built. The previous two are fully functional and I use sometimes to play a little, upload stuffs by the SD card etc., but I still had a couple to build, including this one - that's the first one I bought as diy kit from an eBay seller. Since this is the only o...
by giobbi
11 Dec 2021, 17:41
Forum: Hardware and software hacking
Topic: about the famicom controller...
Replies: 2
Views: 1442

Re: about the famicom controller...

mine has a strange behavior, sometimes it doesn't respond, sometimes you press down and it goes left, etc. Could it depend by the slightly different crystal frequency (I'm using a 6.4 MHz crystal) ? Its' a crappy controller, indeed. Oh, well, I could always convert it into a Commodore 64 / Atari Joy...
by giobbi
11 Dec 2021, 13:54
Forum: Hardware and software hacking
Topic: about the famicom controller...
Replies: 2
Views: 1442

about the famicom controller...

hi guys, I bought a couple of cheap controllers on Aliexpress: https://pt.aliexpress.com/item/32919127872.html They work, some way, but with some issues: i.e. when I play snake, the arrow buttons work fine for a while and then begin to fail (and my snake hit the wall...). I opened them to take a loo...
by giobbi
25 Oct 2021, 18:39
Forum: Hardware and software hacking
Topic: SDCard browser for Pluggy Reloaded:
Replies: 34
Views: 11766

Re: SDCard browser for Pluggy Reloaded:

That makes more sense, something probably can be done for TinyBasic, but it would have to be completely barebones, (i.e. no browser, flat file system etc). yes, the simple SAVE and LOAD commands would be fine and enough. About the browser: what about the Commodore system for the disk browser, a LOA...
by giobbi
25 Oct 2021, 17:35
Forum: Hardware and software hacking
Topic: SDCard browser for Pluggy Reloaded:
Replies: 34
Views: 11766

Re: SDCard browser for Pluggy Reloaded:

Paper tape anyone? Something interesting on this side in the Altair-Duino group, take a look: https://groups.google.com/g/altair-duino/c/gTXT3jPUEQU The worst part is to build a puncher for tape roll from the scratch... it would also be nice to use common and available paper roll, like paper roll f...
by giobbi
25 Oct 2021, 00:37
Forum: Hardware and software hacking
Topic: SDCard browser for Pluggy Reloaded:
Replies: 34
Views: 11766

Re: SDCard browser for Pluggy Reloaded:

Marcel wrote most of the firmware and I am just a contributor like everyone else. Yep, I said you wrote most of the CONTRIB software/firmware; and that's true, you're definitely one of the most active programmers for the Gigatron, your contribution was (and is) crucial for the Gigatron community. P...
by giobbi
23 Oct 2021, 23:51
Forum: Hardware and software hacking
Topic: SDCard browser for Pluggy Reloaded:
Replies: 34
Views: 11766

Re: SDCard browser for Pluggy Reloaded:

you wrote most of the contrib software/firmware for the Gigatron, including the SDcard browser so of course you're one of the best guy to ask: do you think is it hard to develop some support for a virtual disk on the SD card (I mean: mount a virtual disk and use it from inside Gigatron) ?
by giobbi
23 Oct 2021, 22:29
Forum: Hardware and software hacking
Topic: SDCard browser for Pluggy Reloaded:
Replies: 34
Views: 11766

Re: SDCard browser for Pluggy Reloaded:

Recently I got a Pluggy Reloaded and I mounted it on my first Gigatron using the NO_ROM option (I will use the ROM option on the 2nd Gigatron as soon as the missing 74hct will arrive from Aliexpress and eBay). As usual at67 did an awesome work on that, not to load the programs is like a breeze. I wa...
by giobbi
18 Sep 2021, 06:58
Forum: Hardware and software hacking
Topic: Is it possible a floppy disk by Arduino on Gigatron?
Replies: 2
Views: 2751

Re: Is it possible a floppy disk by Arduino on Gigatron?

You would pretty much have to duplicate what Norgate did with Pluggy Reloaded and his SD Card reader, as you surmised Arduino's run out of storage very quickly when using external libraries, i.e. I doubt you could fit the SD and floppy libraries in a typical device. yep, definitely the SD card read...
by giobbi
18 Sep 2021, 04:21
Forum: Hardware and software hacking
Topic: Is it possible a floppy disk by Arduino on Gigatron?
Replies: 2
Views: 2751

Is it possible a floppy disk by Arduino on Gigatron?

hi all, I was looking at the David Hansel's project (https://github.com/dhansel/ArduinoFDC) about to drive a floppy disk from an Arduino (various flavors) and I was wondering if there's a way to hook up a floppy disk drive to the Gigatron. Since the David's project uses the same pins used by Babelfi...