retro computer ⁽¹⁹⁾

Well I got the PCB and assembled it, and first off when I powered the board up it caused my PSU to go into over current protection. After a little investigation I realised I had grounded the left and right dots, which are not logic…

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…

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…

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…

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…

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…