RC2024 (7)
Retro Challenge 2024/10 - Schrödinger's PCB
The ZX81 Module I designed in 2016 has been an example of Schrödinger's PCB. It has sat around for 8 years in both a state…
Retro Challenge 2024/10 - Defeating The Riddler
The schematic for the ZX81 Module I designed in2016 had been designed in a very old version of KiCad, and hadn't survived all the upgrades…
Retro Challenge 2024/10 - Finding a donor
If you remember from my initial post at the start of the month, the first thing that I needed to do in order to make…
Retro Challenge 2024/10 - Getting my fingers burned
If you read the intro post to this years challenge, I set myself a secondary goal of getting many of my old computers talking to…
Retro Challenge 2024/10 Update 1 - The Riddler
When I failed to complete the Retro Challenge in 2016 I finished by saying that the dog ate my homework. That sounded like a reasonable…
Retro Challenge 2024/10 - Intro Post
It has been a while since I entered Retro Challenge, but I think I remember what to do. It goes something along the lines of…
Retro Challenge 2024/10 Prize
2024 marks the 10 year anniversary since I entered the Retro Challenge in... hmmm... let me see now... that'll be... 2014! Yes, I remember it…