On the Case and Extending it :)
To start, I’ve been using a Zoom Floppy for years now — a bare board dangling beside all the IEEE gear. I’ve been meaning to make a case, but as it happens someone else in …
Month: January 2020
PETSCII 8×8 Blocks
Tiny PETSCII Compo 2020 is on between 3 January – 2 February 2020, you can go here for more: https://csdb.dk/event/?id=2921 As it is the first compo of the year for me, I went a little …
MS.Demon SD-1 + SD-2
I have a feeling that 2020 is going to be Capacitor hell. Last night I pulled out the MSD SD-1 IEEE/IEC floppy for the BBS. The main PCB looked fine, with only a few caps… …
HD Purgatory 2020
I cleaned up the Lab, threw out a pile of stuff. Over the years I collected 18+ USB enclosures — bulky, that burnout and most are USB2.0 and below. I stripped out the meat and …
8050 IEEE-RIENESS
Next device in the lineup is a CBM8050 dual drive (512kb per drive). Commodore drives are assigned drive 8 as their default. As soon as you have more than one drive you either flip dips …