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Pi Pico VGA Soldering Tips
If you haven't soldered surface mount modules before, the Raspberry Pi Pico supplied with the Pi Pico VGA Terminal might look a bit challenging. Like…
Zero to ASIC - Deep dive on MOSFETs
Having finished the first section of the Zero to ASIC course, I think it's fair to say that I know a lot more about MOSFETs…
Zero to ASIC - Introduction
A few weeks ago I was given the opportunity to sign up for the Zero to ASIC course offered by Matthew Venn. This is a…
Is my ROM blank?
I recently had a customer contact me to say his RC2014 kit was not working, and asked if the ROM had definitely been programmed. It…
CrayZee Eighty
Ever wished that you had a Cray 1 Supercomputer? Ever wondered if an RC2014 backplane could wrap around a cylinder? Ever thought about how many…
RCade - An Arcade Cabinet For RC2014
Arcade cabinets are great. For many of us they bring back memories of a wasted youth pumping in coins for an endorphin hit of flashy graphics, joystick wiggling and button mashing. But what if your favorite games are text adventures like Zork, or Hitchhikers Guide To The Galaxy? Or you get your adrenaline rush from writing code in BASIC? Even Wordstar or DBASE II can get the blood pumping.
Well, recently Pimoroni relaunched their Picade cabinet, which is a desktop sized arcade cabinet designed to add a joystick, buttons, sound and screen to your Raspberry Pi to turn it in to a great little arcade emulator. Luckily, it can easily be turned in to a home for your RC2014!
BASIC, CP/M, RomWBW or Small Computer Monitor
There are currently 4 different operating systems supplied for the RC2014; BASIC, CP/M, RomWBW or Small Computer Monitor. The ROM codes for these are R, K,…
Retro Challenge 2017/10 - Returning to Zork
After what felt like a lot of aimless bumbling around and poor progress on the first streamed game of Zork, I decided to take a…
