by musovern | May 7, 2018 | Single Board Computers
The Multicomp Cyclone II-C (v1.10) is a motherboard which provides peripheral connectivity for a Cyclone II FPGA development board commonly available on eBay. The board was designed “by committee” in the retrobrewcomputers forum during December 2015, with James Moxham...
by musovern | May 1, 2018 | Single Board Computers
In 1979, S.D. Systems and Micro Design Concepts released the Z80 Starter Kit as an SBC – single board computer. Able to run either 8080 or Z80 software, it was designed as the best value on the market for the hobbiest / experimenter / student who wants to learn...
by musovern | Apr 30, 2018 | Vintage Computer
The VIC-20 was intended to be more economical than the PET computer. It was equipped with 5 KB of static RAM and used the same MOS 6502 CPU as the PET. The VIC-20’s video chip, the MOS Technology VIC, was a general-purpose color video chip designed by Al...
by musovern | Apr 28, 2018 | S100 PCB BOARDS
by musovern | Apr 24, 2018 | Single Board Computers
In August 1976 issue of Popular Electronics magazine, Joseph Weisbecker published a design for “Low-cost experimenter’s microcomputer” using RCA’s COSMAC CDP1802 microprocessor chip. It is a very simple computer having 256 bytes of memory, switches as input and LED as...
