Least favorite keyboard I’ve ever used. Also pictured, an Atari 400. #atari
These are a few of my favorite things. #atari
At least this transformer is in a case with screws. Might be nothing more than this fuse being blown. #commodore
This first VIC-20 I received to repair just ate a transformer. What the hell is this? Looks like a solder blob dead short to me right? Good one is second same part. #commodore
Pro tip: riding lawn mower engines don’t start if your fuel cutoff solenoid goes bad. I didn’t want to cut the grass today anyway :)
Taking a couple day break from the VIC project until some 74LVC245s arrive. In the meantime, I think I’ll take a little detour.
Crazy good
I love the VIC-20, but sometimes formatting stuff on the screen can be challenging. Happy Friday! #commodore
Ever flip over to another virtual desktop and have to ask yourself more than once “wait, why was I working on this?”. Yeah. Thursday.
Wrote some scripts to create 32 and 64k ROMs so I can test sending addresses and reading the data bus without worrying about RAM timing with the CPU for now. Split the problem and tackle one half at a time right? Put a ‘frozen’ screen at A000 for now. #vicsrevenge #commodore
Michael Doornbos 