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...
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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...
Watching YM2612 communication on Sega Genesis
I did buy a compatible 24-pin DIP clip to make it a little easier, and a little bit more reliable, to hook up the logic analyzer. The YM2612 sits on the Z80 Bus, and so there’s lots of communication not intended...
Learning the YM2612 with a Sega Genesis Model 1
I’m planning on using the Yamaha YM2612 FM synthesizer chip that has been used in both keyboard synthesizers, but also in the Sega Genesis consoles. The purpose is to add audio capability to my DIY Tablet computer...
