PDP11HackPlus (11)

Paula

PDP11 Hack plus V2

It's been a while, life has been difficult of late for a number of reasons which I won't go into. However I'm slowly getting my electronics Mojo back, so I've been working on the PDP11-Hack board With the previous version I think I tried to…

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Paula

LTNT (long time no type)

I am trying to keep my blog (this thing) updated regularly, but I'm failing so here are three updates in one! PDP11 Hack Plus I'll give a quick update on a number of things, firstly with the PDP11 Hack plus board I've been doing. Basically…

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Paula

PDP11 Hack Plus board, part 2

So my PCBs arrived (I opted for black, just because) and I built one up run tests. Now the 6402 and the DCJ11 are in sockets as they're hard to find. The two buttons are Reset and Halt, as I couldn't fit all the LEDs…

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Paula

PDP11 Hack Plus Board

Well I finally finished the PCB, but I decided to remove the LEDs, all 81 of them. For two reasons, firstly it was turning into a night mare to route, secondly I'm not even sure if this will work. If it does then I will…

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Paula

Start of something new & daft

I've long had an interest in computers, older computers that is. I mean I grew up in the 80s and that was the era of computers, I had a VIC20, C64 and so on. But what was missing was the blinking lights, which was part…

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