I'm loving my Vic-20 today because it's the only area of my computing life where I don't have to worry about meltdown and spectre. The 6502 is definitely not vulnerable!
https://meltdownattack.com/
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- Thu Jan 04, 2018 1:42 pm
- Forum: General Topics
- Topic: The VIC 20 is brilliant thread
- Replies: 5
- Views: 3863
- Wed Jan 03, 2018 7:50 pm
- Forum: Hardware and Tech
- Topic: My PCBs are here!
- Replies: 16
- Views: 4253
Re: My PCBs are here!
Yeah! I was going for sleek.Schema wrote:Excellent! They look really snazzy, love the black.
- Tue Jan 02, 2018 9:46 pm
- Forum: Hardware and Tech
- Topic: My PCBs are here!
- Replies: 16
- Views: 4253
Re: My PCBs are here!
None, I just used the file created by norm8332 from this thread:Radical Brad wrote: Which PCB CAD do you use?
http://sleepingelephant.com/ipw-web/bul ... =11&t=8724
I uploaded the file to DirtyPCBs, and voilà, the above appeared in my mailbox.
- Tue Jan 02, 2018 7:22 pm
- Forum: Hardware and Tech
- Topic: Ugly video output
- Replies: 2
- Views: 1155
Ugly video output
Bought a vga converter to connect my Vic to an LCD monitor. It looks terrible.
I adjusted the pot according to the wiki (this is a cost-reduced Vic so only one pot) and it makes it brighter but that's it.
Is it because my vga converter is crappy?
I adjusted the pot according to the wiki (this is a cost-reduced Vic so only one pot) and it makes it brighter but that's it.
Is it because my vga converter is crappy?
- Tue Jan 02, 2018 6:29 pm
- Forum: Hardware and Tech
- Topic: My PCBs are here!
- Replies: 16
- Views: 4253
My PCBs are here!
So, these arrived today:
For most of the people that hang out here this is old hat, but I've never done anything like this before. I've hardly ever soldered.
To me, these things look beautiful! Creating a Vic-20 cart is kind of a bucket list thing.
For most of the people that hang out here this is old hat, but I've never done anything like this before. I've hardly ever soldered.
To me, these things look beautiful! Creating a Vic-20 cart is kind of a bucket list thing.
- Thu Dec 28, 2017 10:27 am
- Forum: Hardware and Tech
- Topic: VGER-20... A Multi-Media Expansion Cartridge.
- Replies: 70
- Views: 13817
Re: VGER-20... A Multi-Media Expansion Cartridge.
My god could you please keep doing this kind of post?
This gives a noob a fighting chance.
This gives a noob a fighting chance.
- Sat Dec 23, 2017 11:06 am
- Forum: Other Systems
- Topic: 8 Bit Weapon Christmas music (fwd)
- Replies: 2
- Views: 3738
Re: 8 Bit Weapon Christmas music (fwd)
Gosh, this is really good. The vocals in God Rest Ye Merry Gentleman are hauntingly fantastic.
- Sun Dec 17, 2017 3:10 pm
- Forum: Hardware and Tech
- Topic: Node MCU
- Replies: 2
- Views: 1109
Re: Node MCU
I've been playing around with connecting a NodeMCU to the Vic-20 userport serial interface and building various TCP and/or HTTP clients and servers with micropython. I was thinking how cool it would be to use the ESP8266 as a serial to UDP converter for multi-user games. I've seen threads on other f...
- Sat Dec 16, 2017 8:54 pm
- Forum: Emulation and Cross Development
- Topic: Testing serial port code on a Mac with VICE and a local terminal
- Replies: 1
- Views: 5153
Testing serial port code on a Mac with VICE and a local terminal
I'm working on learning ASM serial communications and I need a convenient way to test from VICE 3.1 running in my Mac OS X Sierra environment. I came up with this method which lets programs running in VICE talk to a terminal without actually having a terminal plugged in via USB, or using VMs or what...
- Thu Dec 14, 2017 12:22 pm
- Forum: Hardware and Tech
- Topic: My first try at EPROMs
- Replies: 56
- Views: 8378
Re: My first try at EPROMs
Desperate times call for desperate measures I guess.Floopy wrote:the edge connector was cut because the owner wanted to salvage the gold on it.
- Wed Dec 13, 2017 10:48 am
- Forum: Programming
- Topic: ML design patterns (calling ROM subroutines)
- Replies: 7
- Views: 2940
ML design patterns (calling ROM subroutines)
ldx #8 LOOP ldy #1 jsr $d3a2 ; y -> FAC jsr $e094 ; rnd() jsr $d1aa ; FAC -> a, y jsr USEFULSR ; do something useful with a, y dex bne LOOP This code doesn't work because the subroutines change X. Are there cases where you take the trouble to figure out if a particular ROM subroutine leaves your re...
- Wed Dec 06, 2017 9:20 pm
- Forum: Hardware and Tech
- Topic: Cartridge designs released - Eagle PCBs
- Replies: 40
- Views: 21383
Re: Cartridge designs released - Eagle PCBs
I'm getting them from eslapion but he doesn't have any capacitors.norm8332 wrote:The machined ones that eslapion has are more durable for repeated use.
How do these look?
https://www.ebay.com/itm/232524021393
- Wed Dec 06, 2017 3:52 pm
- Forum: Hardware and Tech
- Topic: Cartridge designs released - Eagle PCBs
- Replies: 40
- Views: 21383
Re: Cartridge designs released - Eagle PCBs
Okay, I just ordered up a protopack of boards. I think I will get a few sockets and make a couple dev boards for testing the eproms. If anyone has a link to a socket they would recommend please post it.
- Tue Dec 05, 2017 9:06 pm
- Forum: Hardware and Tech
- Topic: Cartridge designs released - Eagle PCBs
- Replies: 40
- Views: 21383
Re: Cartridge designs released - Eagle PCBs
Is the idea to solder something like this to the board: https://www.ebay.com/itm/28-Pin-DIP-Machine-Pin-Socket-Lot-of-3-628MP-/162065002326?hash=item25bbd3af56 and then plug the eprom into it, or just to solder the eprom directly to the board? I'm thinking to fit it in one of those beautiful cases t...
- Tue Dec 05, 2017 6:44 pm
- Forum: Hardware and Tech
- Topic: VIC cartridge PCB eagle
- Replies: 21
- Views: 4032
Re: VIC cartridge PCB eagle
This is an area I really want to learn about. Once one has a board like this, what's the overview on moving forward? I'm a noob with electronics but I'm thinking you get the board and then you have to find the components needed (dip socket, any switches, resistors and such) and then solder it all up...