Introduce yourself

[BigEd]

(There's a BigEd lurking in those photos too! And at least one other member here...)

[BigDumbDinosaur]

mvk wrote:

Follow-up from viewtopic.php?p=62585#p62585

BigEd wrote:

(Great links mvk, thanks - would love to hear more about the gigatron work, maybe in Introduce Yourself?)

Nice to meet you. I've been lurking here for a while. I will give Gigatron links in the text below. Much has been written about it elsewhere already...

Interesting!

[BillO]

1024MAK wrote:

Hello everyone.
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When I was at school, back in the 1980s, I was interested in electricity.

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Mark

You mean like this?

[BigEd]

I did something like that once. Quite a buzz. I was upstairs at the time, which might well have reduced the danger. I was six or seven, I would think.

[BigDumbDinosaur]

BillO wrote:

1024MAK wrote:

Hello everyone.
...
When I was at school, back in the 1980s, I was interested in electricity.
...
Mark

You mean like this?

With the left hand, no less!

[KJ6MSG]

Hey guys, new to the forum. My interest in electronics and computers began in about 5th grade when we got our first computer... a Packard Bell 486SX... ooooh yeah. We had Apple IIe at school, but this was the first computer for our family. Fast forward several years, I ended up earning my BS in Electrical Engineering with a concentration in Signals & Communications. I'm not an engineer by trade... I entered the Navy and fly fighters for a living. I did get my Amateur Extra ham radio license several years ago, which reinvigorated my interest in electronics. I love messing with PIC microcontrollers and playing with digital modes on the HF bands. Lately I've picked up FPGAs, playing with the Mojo v3 and now the Nexys 4 DDR. My interest in the 6502 came about when I decided to build an entire soft-computer on the Nexys. My current project is using a 65C02 IP to build an entire 8-bit SOC. I have a few articles published in Nuts & Volts, maybe you've read them!

[BigDumbDinosaur]

KJ6MSG wrote:

Hey guys, new to the forum.

Welcome to our 6502 world.

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...I entered the Navy and fly fighters for a living.

Go Navy!

USS Wisconsin In Action

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My current project is using a 65C02 IP to build an entire 8-bit SOC.

That sounds interesting. Have you got it running yet? Have you any plans to build a single-board computer with an actual 65C02?

[KJ6MSG]

BigDumbDinosaur wrote:

Welcome to our 6502 world.

Thanks!

BigDumbDinosaur wrote:

That sounds interesting. Have you got it running yet? Have you any plans to build a single-board computer with an actual 65C02?

I do have it running! The current specs are as follows:

• hoglet67's modified Arlet core (65C02) running at 50 MHz
• 32 KB RAM (Xilinx Block RAM)
• 16 KB ROM (Xilinx Block RAM)
• 80x25 16-color text display (720x400 @ 70 Hz)
• Full IBM Code Page 437 character set
• UART adjustable to 1.5625 Mbaud
• ROM resident monitor capable of memory dump, memory write, and running a program

I'm currently working on my PS/2 keyboard interface and a ZMODEM receiver to be able to upload a program easily to user RAM.

I may build a SBC on real hardware, but right now I'm focusing on my soft-core implementation. I spent a few hundred dollars on that Nexys board... I'm going to get the most out of it that I can!

[ElEctric_EyE]

KJ6MSG wrote:

...I entered the Navy and fly fighters for a living....

Like currently fly? F-22? YF-23? ooohhhhh I'm super jealous

[KJ6MSG]

ElEctric_EyE wrote:

Like currently fly? F-22? YF-23? ooohhhhh I'm super jealous

Yes, FA-18. The F-22 is a USAF fighter and the YF-23 was a competitor to the F-22 and is no longer a flying aircraft.

[ElEctric_EyE]

KJ6MSG wrote:

ElEctric_EyE wrote:

Like currently fly? F-22? YF-23? ooohhhhh I'm super jealous

Yes, FA-18. The F-22 is a USAF fighter and the YF-23 was a competitor to the F-22 and is no longer a flying aircraft.

Welcome aboard! I love US fighter aircraft... I've heard recently the Japanese want the YF-23 resurrected for their main newest fighter. That is such an awesome plane, even tho is old...

You should post your project, whenever you get spare time. Super cool...

[KJ6MSG]

ElEctric_EyE wrote:

You should post your project, whenever you get spare time. Super cool...

Will do! I'm just finishing up the PS/2 keyboard interface and then I'll publish my local git repository to Github. I'll let you guys know when I do!

[ElEctric_EyE]

BillO wrote:

1024MAK wrote:

Hello everyone.
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When I was at school, back in the 1980s, I was interested in electricity.

...
Mark

You mean like this?

Love that!

He survived...

[BigDumbDinosaur]

KJ6MSG wrote:

Will do! I'm just finishing up the PS/2 keyboard interface and then I'll publish my local git repository to Github. I'll let you guys know when I do!

You can post your stuff here as well. When I started on my POC project I created a running topic. Others have done the same. Github can sometimes be a bit of a pain to deal with.

[1024MAK]

ElEctric_EyE wrote:

BillO wrote:

1024MAK wrote:

Hello everyone.
...

When I was at school, back in the 1980s, I was interested in electricity.

...
Mark

You mean like this?

Love that!

He survived...

Or maybe:...

It’s ALIVE!!!!

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Speaking of receiving electric shocks (where it hurts, not counting lesser tingles you get off ungrounded SMPSUs and such like), so far I’ve been shocked twice by 240V AC mains, and at least four times by 110V AC mains. None intentionally mind. And with no injuries.

So ‘kids’ don’t this at home (or anywhere else). Unless you work in an electrical industry and have been properly trained so that when working live, you know what not to touch.

Mark