Gigatron Hackers

Here is the transcript: https://hackaday.io/event/171602-gigatr ... cript-part-1

Tomorrow at 12pm PDT I will be doing a Hackchat about the Gigatron. See https://hackaday.io/event/171602-gigatron-hack-chat.

Hi,

That's actually quite a big chip.. sorry for this to happen. I would have swapped it for another one - if there still had been one. I hope a bit of "mahogany red/brown" varnish can help cover it up a bit.

Good luck with the rest of the build!

The TL866A is probably the way to go indeed. It has command line tools for Linux, BSD, macOS. Buying a new EPROM is not mandatory, you can wipe the existing one and reprogram it. We've included a UV-erasable EPROM because I think that is much more retro than an electrically erasable EPROM, but of co...

The assembly manual and a Bill of Materials are now also open sourced, see under "Manuals and References" on https://gigatron.io/.

We have an emulator from Phil Thomas online at https://gigatron.io/emu/ . It runs ROMv4 that is shipped with the kit. I have now also put online: - ROMv1 at https://gigatron.io/emu-v1/ - Latest development ROM at https://gigatron.io/emu-dev/ - 12.5MHz Gigatron with special ROMv3y at https://gigatron...

Thanks Mike.

We've always loved pictures so thanks for that as well

That video put a smile on my face

Sorry at67, I pressed a wrong button and removed your posting as a result..

Back on topic:

I don't know if this is the place to talk about tardisses. But here's the first part I scavenged, which now means I have to go along with the project.

In the last year, a lot has happened. We now have 6502 emulation and the Gigatron can run 6502 code such as Apple-1's WozMon and Micro-Soft BASIC. There's now also the BASIC compiler thanks to at67, opening the way to create great games. Looking back on the original goal to play tic-tac-toe on a LED...