A tale of two diodes…
What happens to long lived electrical engineers? They diode! I have had trouble with the Amiga 4000’s serial port since I got the machine. At first I got a few bytes through every now and then, but it was pretty much unusable, even at 9600 bps. When “learning online” about all the magic of open […]
Keyboard fun!
My keyboard is missing a key. There’s no escape! Well actually it wasn’t escape that was broken on my nice click-a-dee-clack Amiga 4000 keyboard, but CAPS LOCK! And bit even the key itself, it was the LED that just wouldn’t show the status. No problem, let’s take it apart At first I thought the LED […]
Just a small upgrade
Lots of things happening at work, so it’s good to do a little meditation by soldering in the evening. Guillaume sent me a Greaseweazle kit but the STM32 still looks like the next level of soldering to me. It makes 0805 components look large. I’m missing a 74F257 that was lost in the mail, so […]
Recap of a revised recap
When I got my A4000 late last year, I could not have been a happier kid. I fleas surprised to get it for a fabulous price and it arrived just in time before the holidays. That joy lasted until I noticed that there was no mouse, a Super Buster r6 (WTH) and a semi-professionally done […]