W4IPA

@W4IPA@mastodon.radio
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Ham radio operator, retro computer nerd, electrical engineer. I have way too many unfinished projects.
Proverbs 3:5-6
My Websitehttps://w4ipa.dev
Anyone good with CRTs? I modded my SSM-14n5u to add RGB and it has these weird lines in the upper left, and my on screen menu bounces around and is sometimes distorted when there is no video signal. When I do have a video signal everything is fine… #retrocomputing #retrogaming
Finally joined the Trinitron gang and absolutely loving it. Just need to RGB mod it now. #retrocomputing
Mockingboard is assembled and ready to be tested! #retrocomputing
Not much, but started playing with CC65, still trying to figure out where proDOS fits in all this.
#retrocomputing
The really interesting thing about this card is that bold text is inverted for some reason. Would really like to dump that ROM and compare it to others. #retrocomputing
Trying to identify this very obscure MGA card. Google is failing me. The Sertek chip really seems to be the one of interest. Anyone have any ideas? #retrocomputing
Picked up this enhanced Apple //e at VCF a couple weeks ago and have to admit I’ve been underwhelmed by it after playing with my C64 for the past year. Were my expectations too high or am I missing something? Admittedly I don’t have a mockingboard for it yet, but I haven’t decided if it’s worth shelling out the $85 for it. The homebrew scene seems drastically smaller than the commodore one. #retrocomputing
So I bought this startech CF to IDE adapter. It works fine, but after many hours of debugging my cdrom drive (and some forum posts to confirm), it turns out it has an issue… Even though the slave portion of the PCB is unoccupied, it still occupies the slave portion of the bus blocking secondary devices. Uggghhh #retrocomputing
Cheap eraser from amazon. It’s so crusty, let’s see how 5 min does
Not sure why this amuses me so much, but running linux on a 8088 machine is awesome #retrocomputing