Made a new thing - (available on my store) - a little kit/pcb to connect a pi pico module to the #eZ80 cpu module - to flash and test the module.
https://shop.dinoboards.com.au/product/ez80-pi-pico-programmer/
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Made a new thing - (available on my store) - a little kit/pcb to connect a pi pico module to the #eZ80 cpu module - to flash and test the module.
https://shop.dinoboards.com.au/product/ez80-pi-pico-programmer/
And the next module is
....drum roll please........
The Stegosaur #MSX #YM2413 Music Module for #RC2014 / #RCBus
A perfect match for the GAME module, with its improved sound quality and stereo mix. Check out my blog post:
https://www.dinoboards.com.au/2026/01/23/stegosaur-music.html
A made another module. A new 'smaller' module based on the #YM2149 sound chip. And by popular demand, I implemented the 'golden ratio' stereo mix! A full wall of retro sounds coming at ya!
https://www.dinoboards.com.au/2026/01/13/stegosaur-game.html
My next #RC2014 / #RCBus module is now listed. This is a #Z80 based module that dynamically boost the CPU speed to 20Mhz when not doing any I/O - so lots of compatibility with stock Z80s modules - but a little bit faster.
No need now to be a slow dinosaur.
More details on my website: https://www.dinoboards.com.au/stegosaur/turbo-cpu/
It was a bit of a challenge to get all the components on one 5.5cm PCB - as the #V9958 64 pin chip takes up about half the board.
With 64K RAM only on the main PCB; And an optional expansion board to extend the VRAM size to the maximum of 192K.
So I kind of traded length for width! Oh matron indeed!
I have a new #RC2014 #RCBus module. It's part of what i hope to be a new series of module - similar to the Yellow #MSX, but with a more conventional height.
More info on my blog: https://www.dinoboards.com.au/2026/01/04/new-series.html
And available now in kit form from my shop: https://shop.dinoboards.com.au/product/stegosaur-msx-v9958-rgb/
Kermit may have his issues being green, but I find it super! My friends are all green with envy!
And to keep everything green. A new simple 6 slot #RCBus compatible backplane.
https://www.tindie.com/products/dinotron/6-slot-green-rcbus-backplane/