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Paula

PDP/11 Hack+

I'm really pleased to say that over the holiday I managed to get some time and built up my RAM/ROM/Text Display PCB for my DCJ11 system. First power up (just RAM) worked, I could write and read from the memory, YAY! Next up I added…

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Time & motivation

I am still struggling with my mental health, though it is getting better slowly. I'm getting a bit more motivated and I've been some work for Isla Instruments, which is a refreshing change. I've had an idea for another synth, curse my head, so I've…

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Mojo and Epsilon

Things have been really bad for my mental health over the last month or so, to the point I even had to take some time off work because I can barely function. Some function is returning, but my mood is still very very low, and…

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Better late than never?

Well, It's been a while and yeah I'm failing at updating this blog regularly. First an update on synth stuff, I've been working on a front panel for my synths, I'm currently fed up with the sound of the analogue synths I've heard (though I…

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Synth stuff

It's been a while since I posted anything to do with synths, and that's largely down to some family issues (my partner not being well, but she's getting better now) and my mood taking a massive dive. The recent news about Modal hasn't helped, it's…

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It's ALIVE!

Well, the new version of the DCJ-11 board worked!!! Here you can see some output from the ODT console (this is me typing "R0/" and it returning the value in octal for that register). you can also inspect the memory, but as it has no…

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