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Dataman EPROM programmer and fake EEPROMS
One of my ongoing projects is building a replica Acorn System 1 computer and this has required programming EPROMS. Programming EPROMS in itself is fast, but erasing them ready for re-use is time consuming. So for this project I decided to use EEPROMS. Ebay had numerous Chinese sellers listing all types of devices from 2K…
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My Acorn system 1 lives
I’ve been working on building a replica of an Acorn System 1 machine for quite some time and it’s basically been working, but had a really annoying niggle that I’ve been struggling to fix. Anyway, yesterday I was browsing an online forum and decided to post details about the problem I was having. Talk about…
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A quick update
My day job has been insanely busy the last few weeks, and to be honest the last thing I’ve felt like doing was spending time hunched over a soldering iron or more time behind a computer screen. I work for the NHS and all this virus business is to say the least depressing, so I…
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Diptrace PCB & Schematic design software
I would just like to thank the people at DipTrace for allowing me to update to a version of their PCB / Schematic software that supports creations with more pins. I’ve been using DipTrace for years and after outgrowing the basic free version, upgraded to a non-profit version that allows my creations up to 1000…