by musovern | May 23, 2019 | Single Board Computers
The KIM Uno is a small “open-source hardware” project to build a replica of the classic 1976 KIM-1 computer. It doubles up as a 6502 programmable calculator. It costs about $10 in commonly available parts (board & parts without case or power supply),...
by musovern | May 23, 2019 | Single Board Computers
BASIC Microsoft BASIC 4.7 comes in 2 variations for the RC2014; 32k or 56k. The 32k BASIC will run on the RC2014 Mini, RC2014 Classic, RC2014 Plus and RC2014 Pro, but 56k BASIC will only run on a RC2014 Pro or an expanded Classic or Plus. This particular...
by musovern | May 19, 2019 | Single Board Computers
This is based on the Micro-Elf project presented in Popular Electronics 1976. Mike Riley from elf-emulation.com has designed a PCB to make for easier construction than the wire-wrap method used in my Cosmac Elf. Features: 32k Ram2mhz clockCompact design, board is only...
by musovern | Apr 20, 2019 | Single Board Computers
The SBC8080 is a simple board computer consisting of an Intel 8080 based CPU board and a SUB board with a memory / terminal interface. Over time, this product will be the printed circuit board of the CPU board. The parts to be placed on the printed circuit board...
by musovern | Jan 30, 2019 | Single Board Computers
Here we have a common credit card terminal based on a Z80 chipset running the earliest published BASIC port of Eliza from the July 1977 issue of Creative Computing. I replaced the terminal’s ROM with Microsoft BASIC and added in stuff to mirror the last printed line...
by musovern | Jan 30, 2019 | Single Board Computers
The TEC-1 is a single-board kit computer first produced by the Australian hobbyist electronics magazine Talking Electronics in the early 1980s.[1] The design by John Hardy and Ken Stone was based on the Zilog Z80 CPU, had 2K of RAM and 2K of ROM in a default...