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by DrF
Sat Apr 20, 2019 8:14 pm
Forum: ELECTRONICS
Topic: Cheap Reflow Oven
Replies: 7
Views: 4614

Re: Cheap Reflow Oven

How cool :D Always wanted to do this when I was into electronics, thing is there was not many controllers around back then and they was super expensive, im guessing theres a choice now? Only choice not so long ago was some Russian built kit and that was about it :lol: Aldi have a oven that comes on ...
by DrF
Sun Apr 14, 2019 2:18 pm
Forum: SHOW US YOUR COLLECTIONS
Topic: Does NeXT count?
Replies: 5
Views: 5167

Re: Does NeXT count?

I badly wanted one of those monitors when they first came out and I can't remember why now :lol:
Nice to see it all still working away :D
by DrF
Fri Apr 12, 2019 3:29 pm
Forum: ELECTRONICS
Topic: EEVblog #1200 - BUSTED! - Energizer & Duracell NiMH
Replies: 3
Views: 3067

Re: EEVblog #1200 - BUSTED! - Energizer & Duracell NiMH

Very interesting video, all comes down to marketing and money as usual then :/ I did a test years ago with some AAA NiMH batteries from Energizer, Duracell, eBay and some others, granted a vibrator and toy car were not the best test subjects I was trying to see how long they really lasted compared t...
by DrF
Fri Apr 05, 2019 9:17 am
Forum: NEWS & ANNOUNCEMENTS
Topic: There be Glitters!
Replies: 31
Views: 14317

Re: There be Glitters!

How possible would it be to emulate this chip in a FPGA or CPLD or whatever it is you use?
Surely as time goes on that would be a option that gets cheaper while using original chips is a option which gets more expensive and harder?
by DrF
Thu Apr 04, 2019 12:02 pm
Forum: NEWS & ANNOUNCEMENTS
Topic: There be Glitters!
Replies: 31
Views: 14317

Re: There be Glitters!

Amazes me there's stocks of old chips like this floating about taking up warehouse space somewhere :D
by DrF
Sat Mar 30, 2019 10:31 am
Forum: 8 BIT CORNER
Topic: Multi-Platform Arcade Game Designer (8 bit game maker Spectrum, CPC, Acorn)
Replies: 1
Views: 2722

Multi-Platform Arcade Game Designer (8 bit game maker Spectrum, CPC, Acorn)

Now this is a cool tool, its a click and drop type game maker thing for 8 bit systems and more to be added, it outputs the file in assembly source for that system so I presume you could compile it and run it on a real system if you wanted. The tool is free but you can donate if you want. https://jon...
by DrF
Fri Mar 29, 2019 1:58 pm
Forum: 3D MODELS
Topic: Getting the hang of it.. maybe...
Replies: 7
Views: 4648

Re: Getting the hang of it.. maybe...

One day i'll get one, when these things work themselves out, the amount of stupid little clips I break and cant get a 3D printer would be perfect :D
We still far off a consumer product :(
by DrF
Fri Mar 29, 2019 9:29 am
Forum: 8 BIT CORNER
Topic: Chess game in 365 Bytes (Sinclair ZX81)
Replies: 0
Views: 2271

Chess game in 365 Bytes (Sinclair ZX81)

Luckily we don't have to work in such low spec conditions no more, sadly this is why we have 50gb games :lol:
There's a small web based emulator to play it in too on the page.

http://chesskelet.x10host.com/
by DrF
Sun Mar 24, 2019 8:51 am
Forum: 8 BIT CORNER
Topic: 64K memory upgrade for Commodore C16
Replies: 0
Views: 2315

64K memory upgrade for Commodore C16

Interesting modification for the Commodore 16, does not make it a C64 by far but still a good mod, opens up the way to a bigger software choice :)

http://blog.tynemouthsoftware.co.uk/201 ... rades.html
by DrF
Fri Mar 15, 2019 8:44 am
Forum: SOFTWARE PROGRAMMING & DISCUSSION
Topic: I doubt anyone's interested, but...
Replies: 4
Views: 3318

Re: I doubt anyone's interested, but...

Its quite awesome that things like this still exist and get fixed, just think how much we lost already? and how much we are going to lose in the future :(

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