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I have this idea for my future home.  One that involves having a different era, or style of decor for each room.  Art Deco, Googie, Mid-century modern, etc. etc.

Imagine walking into a room with the 1970s computers, and it looks straight out of the 1970s.  Or something thats very 1930s Art Deco, with the mechanical typewriters, lamps, radio, and bookshelves to match.  Different era, different tech, different atmosphere.  An appropriate telephone in each room, avoiding as many anachronistic elements as possible. 

I can dream, can’t I?

my areas cost of living is very high especially compared to most of the country rent or a mortgage is... kinda out of the question i just want enough space for all my stuff

The Commodore Z 300+ Followers Special Update!

Thank you, one and all.  As a special treat, I give you one of the most unique items in my retro computer collection: an Amiga 2000 that supposedly belonged to Bil Herd.

The following is a dramatization, and may not reflect the exact exchange that lead to it being in my possession.

At the Vintage Computer Festival East 9.1 in 2014, I was hanging out in the consignment booth area with a few folks.  In walks in one of the other members of MARCH holding a computer case.  He asked “Anyone want whats left of an Amiga 2000?”

For once when it came to free stuff, I was on the ball and I immediately said something to the effect of “Sold!”

“It was apparently Bil Herd’s, and it’s missing most of the chips and the drives”, he continued.

“You had me at ‘Bil Herd’”, I proclaimed as he handed it to me.

“It’s also full of mouse shit.  Still want it?”, he asked

“I don’t care, I’ll still take it.” and while the rest of the folks in the room looked on with amusement and a few laughs, I made a hasty (yet giddy) retreat to my car.  Once my prize was in the trunk, I headed back inside.

Currently, my Amiga 2000 sits in storage about 300 miles away from me.  One day, I’ll clean out all the mouse shit and nesting material and see if it’s completely beyond repair.  Most of the socketed chips, drives, and expansion cards were harvested before it made its way to me.  Seems a few MARCH members are responsible for that.

I also need to ask Bil if this was his when I see him in April at VCFeX. Based on his track record with older machines, I would say that the state of this hardware matches other Commodore’s of his I’ve seen.

Thank you again, and I hope you have enjoyed this special post.

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Zolatron 6502 computer: decoding the RAM more reliably

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Zolatron 6502 computer: decoding the RAM more reliably

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In my earlier post on address decoding logic, I mapped out a fairly simple way of dividing up the 64k address space for my 6502-based retro computer. But maybe it was too simple.

There is one slight complication – easily fixed, but which will require the introduction of another chip. And the reason for this is something lacking in memory.

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I plan to use a fairly popular memory chip, the Atmel…

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commodorez replied to your post:I’m not sure if I should be surprised or not that…

I found it to be rather enjoyable. I used Performa’s that matched 2/3 designs you posted, as well as a few others. I was in elementary school at the time and I didn’t see it with the same eyes I do now, as a retro computer geek. Some were okay…

Yeah…the thing is, they weren’t bad computers, but the design left something to be desired, given this was from Apple! It seemed like they just shoved them into whatever cases fit, rather than designing the computer and the parts to fit together nicely. They’re pretty typical nineties computers, in a way.

Anonymous asked:

Do you think retro computer tech would be suited to cubesats?

virescent-phosphor answered:

It’s possible, but given the way computer tech has advanced in the past twenty years, it may be better to try doing it with newer, smaller parts. It’s not to say it’s impossible at all, because you see how long stuff that’s sent into space stays out there (so the tech doesn’t magically morph into something newer, but still works,) but as far as keeping things as small as possible while getting the most power out of the cubesat, we’re probably way better off with newer computer tech.

I don’t see myself as knowledgeable enough in aerospace tech to give a straight yes or no because aerospace tech can both be: (a) very old and work perfectly or (b) new and significantly smaller, but not exactly do things better than old tech.

Personally, I’d love to see a hobbyist build some new satellites out of retro tech, since they’ve been around for so long that we know doing that has been done and it wouldn’t be a challenge.

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commodorez:

Actually, I think I can shed some light on this one.

The COSMAC 1802 processor just so happens to be radiation hardened, whereas common small scale electronics tend not to be.  The Galelio space craft was built around several 1802’s. Some report Voyager and Viking were, but these are mistaken since they were launched before the 1802 was completed. 

For LEO applications, you don’t have to worry so much, but once you get out of the earths protective magnetic sphere into the higher interstellar radiation areas, you do need to worry.  Look up the Van Allen radiation belt to get a better idea of what’s out there.  Basically, the higher levels of unimpeded cosmic rays will damage semiconductors that haven’t been hardened for space usage.

(Amateur radio satellite enthusiast here)

Something worth mentioning is the fact that I think the biggest typical cubesats (3U models) are only about 30x10x10cm in size.

Retro hardware is known to take up a bunch of space, so its probably rather uneconomical to use older stuff. What used to take an entire PCB can be packed into a single chip now.

So although it would be cool and cheaper to build a sat out of retro parts, you’d pay the difference in less onboard space, more weight, and a more expensive launch cost.

True, but how much added size and weight is needed to sheild modern ICs from cosmic radiation?

From the sound of it, the risk is considered negligible, since cube sats tend to be in LEO if memory serves.

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Anonymous asked:

Do you think retro computer tech would be suited to cubesats?

virescent-phosphor answered:

It’s possible, but given the way computer tech has advanced in the past twenty years, it may be better to try doing it with newer, smaller parts. It’s not to say it’s impossible at all, because you see how long stuff that’s sent into space stays out there (so the tech doesn’t magically morph into something newer, but still works,) but as far as keeping things as small as possible while getting the most power out of the cubesat, we’re probably way better off with newer computer tech.

I don’t see myself as knowledgeable enough in aerospace tech to give a straight yes or no because aerospace tech can both be: (a) very old and work perfectly or (b) new and significantly smaller, but not exactly do things better than old tech.

Personally, I’d love to see a hobbyist build some new satellites out of retro tech, since they’ve been around for so long that we know doing that has been done and it wouldn’t be a challenge.

commodorez

Actually, I think I can shed some light on this one.

The COSMAC 1802 processor just so happens to be radiation hardened, whereas common small scale electronics tend not to be.  The Galelio space craft was built around several 1802’s. Some report Voyager and Viking were, but these are mistaken since they were launched before the 1802 was completed. 

For LEO applications, you don’t have to worry so much, but once you get out of the earths protective magnetic sphere into the higher interstellar radiation areas, you do need to worry.  Look up the Van Allen radiation belt to get a better idea of what’s out there.  Basically, the higher levels of unimpeded cosmic rays will damage semiconductors that haven’t been hardened for space usage.

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