Many thanks to Marcel & Walter... It was big fun to solder that beautiful kit and finally seeing the blinkenlights working. A quick test of the kit was performed an I played a round of snake so far. Pictures of that may follow.
Fred
Half a night of soldering later...
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Re: Half a night of soldering later...
Great pics, it seems like you took your time and enjoyed the experience.
When I built mine I had a horrible dose of the Flu and I tried to rip through it in a couple of hours, it ended up taking about 3 hours, somehow miraculously worked first power up and then sidelined me in bed for the next 48 hours.
When I built mine I had a horrible dose of the Flu and I tried to rip through it in a couple of hours, it ended up taking about 3 hours, somehow miraculously worked first power up and then sidelined me in bed for the next 48 hours.
Re: Half a night of soldering later...
Very nice!
It's very addictive (but I don't need help ).
It's very addictive (but I don't need help ).
Re: Half a night of soldering later...
Yeah, I enjoy the soldering, the smell, some good synthwave in the background and a good cocktail FTW. I'm not the most experienced in electronics, so it took me from 11PM to 4AM in the morning including a short test.
... and don't specifically look at the diodes soldering.
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That reminds me of constructing the breadboard version of what later became the Gigatron (except that there were several such nights over the course of almost two months ). That was just three years ago now, but seems so far in the past now.
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So how long before you start the breadboard for the Teratron?
But seriously it’s impressive how expandable this system has been: SPI, SD cards, different vCPU cores... very cool.
But seriously it’s impressive how expandable this system has been: SPI, SD cards, different vCPU cores... very cool.