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inital results on error correction

While I have yet to actually implement the full-scale error correction as I want to, I did some manual tests today. I basically took a track that I was erroring out on, and swapped in 1-bit away values for the bad bytes.  In some cases, it appeared...

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Updated hope badge computer

Here’s the current image for the Hope Badge Computer, which I really think needs a new name. It’s not quite a badge, although the intention is for it to be portable. Last night, I partially integrated the...

Performance of the Hope Badge Computer

I’ve just managed to get some key components working this year, and as a result, the machine is becoming more usable. I wanted to measure the performance of this Frankenstein machine. Ideally, I’d use...

SX microcontroller with 74HC132

Here’s a picture of the prototype coming together. From the top down on the breadboard, you see a pull-up resistor, on the input that comes in on the yellow wire. The output comes out of the grey wire on the right...

working on the floppy interface

Well I’m now inline with a data tap, so I have access to all 25 pins on the floppy interface between the amiga and the floppy drive.  I used to attach to the DB23 on the pass-thru port of the floppy drive, but I...

SRAM Frame Buffer is now up and running!

Exciting times for the Hope Badge Computer. Tonight, I’ve worked out most of the kinks with interfacing the new SRAM module which you can see in posts below this, to the J68 soft-core CPU. This means that I can...