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by keith
Wed Jun 24, 2009 7:43 pm
Forum: General Discussions
Topic: STEbus (IEEE 1000-1987)
Replies: 14
Views: 10346

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/STEbus has had the pinout and signal description added, since this information is hard to find elsewhere.

Hope this helps. If people do design a board to drive the STEbus, I could take a look at it to spot any glaring errors.
by keith
Wed Jun 24, 2009 3:27 pm
Forum: General Discussions
Topic: STEbus (IEEE 1000-1987)
Replies: 14
Views: 10346

I merged all my stuff, plus stuff borged from other websites, together and I have over a DVD's worth or retrocomputing stuff.

Of course document scans are the bulk of this, and I could easily trim out stuff available elsewhere.

Will I be able to log in and upload corrections / additions as I make ...
by keith
Wed Jun 24, 2009 12:14 pm
Forum: General Discussions
Topic: STEbus (IEEE 1000-1987)
Replies: 14
Views: 10346

I have lots of STEbus board manuals (I wrote many of them), and quite a few boards (Z80, SCSI, FDC, 68020) as well.

I wrote the manuals with the content I would want to see, so they have sections for an introductory description, 'how it works', links and options, how to use the board, memory maps ...
by keith
Wed Jun 24, 2009 11:15 am
Forum: General Discussions
Topic: 6502 powered Nixie clock write-up
Replies: 7
Views: 5623

A workmate of mine showed me a battery driving one transistor and one coil (and a few other discretes) driving a nixie digit.

It was very low current, and you could touch the electrodes without feeling anything.

IIRC, the digits needed a high-ish voltage to strike but a lower voltage would then ...
by keith
Sat Nov 13, 2004 1:59 am
Forum: Hardware
Topic: 6502 replace a 6507...?
Replies: 2
Views: 2758

The 6507 is a 6502 in a 28-pin package.

The silicon is the same for both, only some of the signals are not taken to pins on the 6507.

I used a 6502 when I copied a disk doubler for the Atari 105 disk drive, which normally uses a 6507.

it worked fine.
by keith
Sat Nov 13, 2004 1:54 am
Forum: Hardware
Topic: DRAM/SIMM refresh circuit
Replies: 14
Views: 9081

http://www.howell1964.freeserve.co.uk/p ... M_6502.htm

is a simple yet effective DRAM interface for the 6502
by keith
Mon Jun 16, 2003 11:40 am
Forum: Hardware
Topic: Video output?
Replies: 147
Views: 64649

http://www.howell1964.freeserve.co.uk/logic/acorn_atom_project.htm

It is pretty much a "system-on-a-chip".
Plug in a TV and a keyboard, type in a BASIC program and away you go.
The BASIC is well tested and has on-line manual.
Pixel and Line-drawing commands already in there.

It does PAL/NTSC ...