Well, I have set up SSH for the Pi that's running the show, and I can get what is effectively a serial terminal view of the PDP


And what would a PDP be without Space War:


Though I have yet to figure out just how I can view the game itself

stephen_usher wrote: ↑Mon Apr 22, 2024 9:04 am Now you just need to connect each of them up via their serial ports as a chain and then get the OSI to uploads a program to the first machine which sends a program to the next machine in a chain and then sends a result of a calculation to a line printer.

Haha, yes, that'd be cool!

HigashiJun wrote: ↑Mon Apr 22, 2024 4:56 am Yay, another fun project !

It certainly was

Need to build the 610 expansion board for the OSI next

And there's more - it's finished!! :girldance: This is the final assembly before the front cover is fitted: IMG20240421231350.jpg And finished and booted: IMG20240421230854.jpg What can't be seen here is the awesome flickering of the LEDs that mimics the neons of the original, it really is spectacul...

More progress made, the rest of the parts are installed including the RPi and the switches, though the switches need to have the soldering completed. IMG20240421192016.jpg IMG20240421194943.jpg The switches are the hardest part, it's a case of soldering in one corner, then make sure the alignment is...

I know what you mean about the weight of these old portables, I have an Amstrad Alt-386 and it's a dead weight.

Some progress today, a bit behind where I wanted to be on account of jobs needing doing in the garden, I'll I'll keep pressing on. PCB assembly - 86 LEDs to install, and each LED has a standoff: IMG20240421154534.jpg IMG20240421154544.jpg Very slow going and I haven't even started soldering the LEDs...

agranlund wrote: ↑Sun Apr 21, 2024 1:52 pm Oh wow, that's going to be one beautiful machine!

It will be, but boy are there a lot of LEDs to solder in!!!

It seems the Z80 is being EOL'd:

Z80 EOL

Watch prices start to shoot up to ridiculous levels and for hoarding to become a thing...

stephen_usher wrote: ↑Sat Apr 20, 2024 2:46 pm Back home again. I may get time for some retro stuff this weekend but I'm really tired after leaving Cornwall at 7:30am.

Seems like it's been a busy few days, a rest is always good.