by musovern | Apr 22, 2025 | Vintage Computer
This project is an open source implementation of an MSX2 compatible computer. The project is built using a combination of 1980’s era components – Z80 CPU, V9958 VDP, AY-3-8910/YM2149F PSG, 8255 PPI, 7400-series logic, and some newer components, such as 512...
by musovern | May 2, 2023 | Vintage Computer
Got this Super80 in the big tech sale Auckland 2020. A little bit about the Super 80 The Dick Smith Super-80 was a Zilog Z80 based kit computer developed as a joint venture between Electronics Australia magazine and Dick Smith Electronics. It was presented as a series...
by musovern | Aug 12, 2022 | Vintage Computer
Background on the Apple II Rev 0 Replica The first 6000 or so Apple II’s sold, were equipped with what is called a revision 0 motherboard. A number of Apple II motherboards were also sold at the same time without case, keyboard or power supply. Most of...
by musovern | May 12, 2022 | Vintage Computer
The PPC512 had an NEC V30 processor running at 8 MHz, 512 KiB of memory, a full-size 102-key keyboard with a numeric keypad, a built-in liquid crystal display (not backlit)[1] that could emulate the CGA or MDA and either one or two 720k 3.5″ floppy drives (the...
by musovern | Feb 14, 2022 | Vintage Computer
Welcome the OSI Superboard II Rev D Replica—a modern re-creation of the classic Ohio Scientific 6502-based computer from the late 1970s!This is the SuperBoard II revD PCB by KlyBall over at the OSI fourm that has been modified for cherry keycaps and 2716 eproms. Fully...
by musovern | Jun 25, 2021 | Vintage Computer
Welcome to our deep dive into the Ohio Scientific C4P, a formidable yet often overlooked star of the late 1970s microcomputer revolution. While the Superboard II brought computing to the masses as a single-board kit, the C4P represented OSI’s vision of a more...
