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LT6502 is assembled

I give you the very chonky 6502 based laptop; It has been quite the challenge to get this up and running, the main challenges code wise were; 1) Getting the screen to work, and getting scrolling to work (that was way more effort than I…

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LT6502

Building on the PC6502 system I decided to make a laptop 6502 system. I think there's something nice about having a portable retro system that is fully self contained. It's going very well so far. It's been quite a steep learning curve. I've been remembering…

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PC6502 + Transputer

So, yeah, I have a thing for transputers, don't ask me why, I don't know. I've always been fascinated.... Anyway, I finally managed to get some reliable and repeatable comms between my 6502 tower and a T425 TRAM. Here you can see the data going…

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PC6502 update

I have been tinkering with various bits of the PC6502 computer system in between looking after Suzi (who is getting better slowly, but we still have a couple of months of hard work ahead of us). Previously I was able to show the OPL3 Sound…

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Hitting pause

Just after my last post our beloved Suzi Saluqi tore a ligament in her leg, she was in a lot of pain (she never makes a sound but oh boy she did this time), we took her straight to an emergency vet, got her something…

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A synth project

Having had a couple of months break from synths I decided to pick up an old project (early 2025) and start work on it. This is user interface for the rather excellent XVA1 (or XFM2) from Futur3 Sounds so there is nothing of mine sound…

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