I want to put together a softcore 68K computer system, just something simple. I’ve purchased, but not yet received, the Terasic Cyclone V GX Starter Kit, an Altera FPGA eval board. It looks pretty sweet and...
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my mini-review of the IKALOGIC Scanalogic-2 PRO logic analyzer
As many of you know, I maintain a comparison page of sub$1000 logic analyzers here. I previously owned both a LogicPort and a Saleae Logic unit. I just received in the mail an IKALOGIC Scanalogic-2 PRO logic analyzer. ...
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EEVBLOG does a video teardown on the Amiga 500!
Dave just posted this! I’m so glad to see him take this on!
progress on amiga vsc made this weekend, VSYNC problem persists
Worked on the Amiga VSC this past weekend at Notacon with my super smart friend Brian P. We made some progress, including eliminating all but the smallest HSYNC related bugs. There is still a problem that is haunting...
Video artifacts present in scan doubled video
I uploaded a video to youtube that shows some video artifacts happening with the scan doubled video. The entire video shakes as if interlaced, but it’s not. Original res 320×200(15.7khz), doubled to...
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Effects of upgrading SCSI2SD from v5 (4.8.3) to v6 (6.2.1) analysis HP 16700A
If you compare this graph with the previous one in this post, there’s a few things you should notice: First, the overall boot is happening about 1 minute quicker, with a fully loaded chassis coming in around 2:35...
16700A internals w/ SCSI2SD v3.0 installed
See my fan upgrade post here on quieting those noisy fans.
See my DIY logic analyzer cart here.
Here’s a couple closeups of the SCSI2SD in action:
On building an A500++
Commodore Amiga 500 Plus In the 1980s, Commodore made a newer version of their very popular Amiga 500, called the Amiga 500 Plus. It added a few things, namely newer versions of Kickstart and Workbench — both 2...
Circle of HOPE 2018 presentation on HomeBrew 68K retro-computing
I delivered a presentation at Hackers On Planet Earth in July 2018 in New York City. For a few different reasons, that presentation was cut short. I decided to rerecord the delivery of the presentation and make it...
3D Wireframe Rotation dreams…
So I’d really like to be able to rotate 3D objects using this computer. There’s some problems though that make it a little harder than normal. The 68000 doesn’t have any integrated Floating Point...
New Indiegogo for Amiga 500 cases
I think everyone could use a brand new sparkly case for their Amiga 500’s. I saw the campaign for the A1200’s last year, and I was jealous. Where is the A500 stuff? Also the keycaps. Your keys are going to...
