I had mine working with a real disk for a bit. The cable is ~2 inches long

+1 for KiCad. I moved to it from Eagle a few years ago and haven't looked back. I mostly used seeedstudio for PCBs until COVID hit and I switched over to PCBWay who managed to keep reasonable shipping going. I find them both pretty similar in terms of speed, cost and quality so now I mainly just use...

Just wanted to share my experience with this display in case it's useful for anyone. I picked up a U2410F on ebay recently quite cheaply. It is 24", native 1080p resolution with a good selection of inputs. I think back in the day this would have been a pricey monitor. It has picture in picture,...

Nice. As an Amiga guy I’m actually looking forward to the rest of these. Never knew very much about it back in the day other than it was good for Cubase

That’s the one I have. I’ve been happy with it

I got a reasonably cheap Chinese air/soldering station from amazon (~£80). It has served me well for a few years now. and uses hakko tips which is a plus. I’ve used the air a number of times but nowhere near as often as the iron but when I’ve needed it it has been invaluable If you can afford it tho...

Has anyone seen this? https://retrohax.net/project-mouster-th ... computers/

I was working on my own little STM32 based adapter but I've lost all interest now. This thing looks amazing...

And actually the thing that got me most excited was 5v tolerant I/O

I had a play around with this. I used to get paid to do chip design and 0.13 was the last node I worked on so I was super excited to see it It definitely looks interesting but very early doors. There’s still lots of IP needed but most of it appears to be in flight The only issue for anyone hoping fo...

Having bought a couple of those sockets I can vouch for their quality!