Home Computer Group #7

92 pages.

Digital Design
Devices ZOO/2 : How to read  a Data Book, Latches, Buffer, Transceivers 

Hard to die

• The Fortran language, do you know that Linux still uses it? 

• The C language, the immortal.

• the SeQueL, can you live without it?

Superfast
Read Write Cycle part 4: 6502 read/write cycle, Interfacing an Apple to an SRAM. The Apple II slots, the addressing, the decoded lines, the protoboard with a breadboard!

Black Screen

Stunning graphics with a BITter taste.

Commodore 64, Spectrum 

Old and cool

Apple I video terminal, the details. How Wozniak made a video terminal with standard devices,

GitHub Special

• Sinclair

  • OqtaDrive, microdrive replacement/emulator

• Commodore:

  •  REUplusC2, a REU clone with steroids; 

  • C64 Cartridge FreeLoad, the Epyx fast loader clone; 

  • Magic-desk 512K, address 512K ROM; 

  • true tape 64, connect a CN2 to a modern system; 

  • 1541 II power adapter from USB C

  • Open C64WarpSpeed, fast loader that works also in C128   mode

• Apple II: ProDOS 512K NVRAM Drive

Smoke signals 

The cool ( and hot ) art of the (de)soldering, a crash course for happy soldering. 

Shop directory

• DirtyPCBs: PCB for amazing  ( mainly ) C64 projects 

• PCBway: PCB for amazing retro computer projects ( many  systems ) 

• Vintage Apple ( and Amiga): A good store from  a passionate collector

• Polyplay.xyz: they have it.