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
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- Mon Apr 22, 2024 2:34 pm
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- Mon Apr 22, 2024 9:28 am
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Re: Company for the Altairduino and uKenbak-1
Haha, yes, that'd be cool!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.
- Mon Apr 22, 2024 9:01 am
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Re: Company for the Altairduino and uKenbak-1
It certainly was
Need to build the 610 expansion board for the OSI next
- Sun Apr 21, 2024 11:36 pm
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Re: Company for the Altairduino and uKenbak-1
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...
- Sun Apr 21, 2024 9:47 pm
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Re: Company for the Altairduino and uKenbak-1
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...
- Sun Apr 21, 2024 9:38 pm
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I know what you mean about the weight of these old portables, I have an Amstrad Alt-386 and it's a dead weight.
- Sun Apr 21, 2024 3:52 pm
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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...
- Sun Apr 21, 2024 2:54 pm
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- Sat Apr 20, 2024 4:38 pm
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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...
Z80 EOL
Watch prices start to shoot up to ridiculous levels and for hoarding to become a thing...
- Sat Apr 20, 2024 3:47 pm
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Seems like it's been a busy few days, a rest is always good.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.