The point being, to get an #RC2014 type system, with floppy drives (thanks to the Flock floppy controller/clock card), in a single box that takes a USB keyboard and SVGA screen.
Mike [SEC=OFFICIAL]
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This weekend I should be at #RCF2025 Retro Computer Festival in Cambridge. Sadly I have had to pull out for health reasons.
At these events I normally have a bunch of #RC2014 kits for sale at a discount. I don't want anybody to miss out though, so until the end of Sunday the discount code MISSINGRCF2025 will work on z80kits.com for 10% off of base kits, expansion modules and core modules.
There is a catch though. If you use that code, I won't ship until the end of next week. That'll give me more recovery time :-)
This weekend I should be at #RCF2025 Retro Computer Festival in Cambridge. Sadly I have had to pull out for health reasons.
At these events I normally have a bunch of #RC2014 kits for sale at a discount. I don't want anybody to miss out though, so until the end of Sunday the discount code MISSINGRCF2025 will work on z80kits.com for 10% off of base kits, expansion modules and core modules.
There is a catch though. If you use that code, I won't ship until the end of next week. That'll give me more recovery time :-)
Paolo Amoroso
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Terminal screenshot of the boot process of the FUZIX 8-bit UNIX operating system. There is an ASCII art of the legendary NCC-1701 "Enterprise" and the introductory text of the Star Trek text game.
Terminal screenshot of thelocal login prompt of the FUZIX 8-bit UNIX operating system.
Terminal screenshot of the boot process of the FUZIX 8-bit UNIX operating system. At the boot prompt "bootdev:" the user has entered "hda1" as boot device
Terminal screenshot of the boot process of the FUZIX 8-bit UNIX operating system. There is an ASCII art of the legendary NCC-1701 "Enterprise" and the introductory text of the Star Trek text game.
Terminal screenshot of thelocal login prompt of the FUZIX 8-bit UNIX operating system.
Terminal screenshot of the boot process of the FUZIX 8-bit UNIX operating system. At the boot prompt "bootdev:" the user has entered "hda1" as boot device
alcinnz
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I love kit computers. #RC2014, SC500, whatever. They're all great.
But they all share one great big annoyance: Putting them in a case. I hate how much work it is to find or fabricate a suitable enclosure. And I'm comfortable with tools.
I love kit computers. #RC2014, SC500, whatever. They're all great.
But they all share one great big annoyance: Putting them in a case. I hate how much work it is to find or fabricate a suitable enclosure. And I'm comfortable with tools.
I should design a microATX backplane for #RC2014.
I love kit computers. #RC2014, SC500, whatever. They're all great.
But they all share one great big annoyance: Putting them in a case. I hate how much work it is to find or fabricate a suitable enclosure. And I'm comfortable with tools.
vruz
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Developer of 32+ years for #SAMCoupe #computer - #hardware, #software and magazines. Plus #Retrocomputing hardware for #RC2014, #ZXSpectrum, #Soundchip.
Recent releases: (⭐ newest!)
➡️ #SAMCoupe 🌐 https://www.samcoupe.com
⭐ Quazar Surround 2024 Editions
⭐ VIC-20 Cartridge Interface (new batch available)
⭐ SAM Revival 9 revamp (with Manic Miner!)
SAM Revival 11 revamp
SAM Revival issue 26
Mechanical Keyboard
Trinity Ethernet Interface v1.2 (+SD storage)
➡️ #RC2014 + Compatibles 🌐 https://2014.samcoupe.com
⭐ SAA1099P Soundchip Interface
SID Soundchip Interface
ZX True Tone (ZXTT)
Graphic OLED
➡️ #ZXSpectrum 🌐 https://zx.samcoupe.com
ZX 2 Way
ZX-RC2014 Bus Interface
ROM Slot + Flash Cart
Interfaces to use ZX Spectrum and VIC-20 cartridges on the SAM Coupe
SAM Revival magazines, for the SAM Coupe computer
SAA1099P Soundchip Interface for RC2014 systems and compatibles.
A SAM Coupe computer surrounded by some of the peripherals I've designed and released for it.
I haven't done this in a while so today I sorted and counted my precious RC2014 modules. Noticed the socket for the crystal on the dual-clock module broke off, so I will need to fix this sometime.
The sixteen (16) modules seen here are the ones I don't use often, some of them being "duplicate" or backup parts.
I use empty "Ferrero Rocher" gift boxes to store those modules. Of course, I had to take over the burdening task of efficiently emptying those boxes from their original content ... 🍫
There are also another nineteen (19) modules being used by my Zed Pro setup and the machine that runs RC-BOX BBS.
So today's total count of modules (in use or in store) sums up to 35. Yes. I'm a little mad ... (or maybe a fanboi?!) ...
EDIT: actually, it's 36 - I forgot to count in the OLED module I once bought from @quazarsamcoupe
Side view of one of the empty Ferrero Rocher boxes, now stacked with precious RC2014 modules of different type.
The modules are now stacke in three transparent plastic boxes which are really just empty Ferrero Rocher gift boxes.A row of three boxes seen from the top.
A workbench with a grid made of 15 (3x5) RC2014 modules of different type, including serial I/O, VT100 terminal, RAM / ROM, alphanumeric LEDs etc. - a smaller serial I/O module is placed mid-left to the grid.
Developer of 32+ years for #SAMCoupe #computer - #hardware, #software and magazines. Plus #Retrocomputing hardware for #RC2014, #ZXSpectrum, #Soundchip.
Recent releases: (⭐ newest!)
➡️ #SAMCoupe 🌐 https://www.samcoupe.com
⭐ Quazar Surround 2024 Editions
⭐ VIC-20 Cartridge Interface (new batch available)
⭐ SAM Revival 9 revamp (with Manic Miner!)
SAM Revival 11 revamp
SAM Revival issue 26
Mechanical Keyboard
Trinity Ethernet Interface v1.2 (+SD storage)
➡️ #RC2014 + Compatibles 🌐 https://2014.samcoupe.com
⭐ SAA1099P Soundchip Interface
SID Soundchip Interface
ZX True Tone (ZXTT)
Graphic OLED
➡️ #ZXSpectrum 🌐 https://zx.samcoupe.com
ZX 2 Way
ZX-RC2014 Bus Interface
ROM Slot + Flash Cart
Interfaces to use ZX Spectrum and VIC-20 cartridges on the SAM Coupe
SAM Revival magazines, for the SAM Coupe computer
SAA1099P Soundchip Interface for RC2014 systems and compatibles.
A SAM Coupe computer surrounded by some of the peripherals I've designed and released for it.
Karl Matthias 🇺🇦
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I now remember why I usually go straight to PCB for hardware development…
But my #RC6502 lives! Here it is booting OSI Basic, with a clock of 3.6864MHz. It tries to run at 7.37MHz, but the limiting factor is the FT245 board, it only works reliably to about 5 or 6 MHz. I expected that, so no big deal.
Of course, it always helps when you set the base address of the ACIA correctly. That had me wondering what I got wrong for an hour or so
I now remember why I usually go straight to PCB for hardware development…
But my #RC6502 lives! Here it is booting OSI Basic, with a clock of 3.6864MHz. It tries to run at 7.37MHz, but the limiting factor is the FT245 board, it only works reliably to about 5 or 6 MHz. I expected that, so no big deal.
Of course, it always helps when you set the base address of the ACIA correctly. That had me wondering what I got wrong for an hour or so
Happy Pride #rc2014