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  @frnno96711 күн бұрын

  Looks awesome! Would love to see this at VCF Southwest here in Dallas.

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  @hisham_hmАй бұрын

  So you are pretty much making a "clean-room implementation" of the Apple II :)

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  @joeblow229Ай бұрын

  It makes me sad thinking that very few people will appreciate the time, effort, and everything you had to learn to accomplish this. On the other hand, I bet you've inspired people to do something like this for themselves who might not have done so otherwise. I'm seriously impressed, and looking forward to watching the rest of your videos, and seeing future updates!

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  @charlestodd55152 ай бұрын

  Yes! Nice one.

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  @cryptocsguy92822 ай бұрын

  I like how fast those games move :P

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  @djmhammer3312 ай бұрын

  😮

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  @rehsd2 ай бұрын

  I'm jealous! So cool!

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  @Churchill2502672 ай бұрын

  Colour me "very impressed"! What next?

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  @evanbarnes99842 ай бұрын

  This is seriously impressive!

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  @decentra2 ай бұрын

  Nice it’s working 🎉🎉🎉

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  @vanhetgoor3 ай бұрын

  Don't take it down only to prove the schematics, there are too many valuable computers taken apart, like The Colossus and that Alan Turing thing from Bletchley Park to decipher the messages of bad people. Frame it, put a plexiglass window on it an hang it on the wall. (Then you can say it is working with windows, since the computer can look thought the plexiglass) I am sure you can draw the PCB from memory (your memory that is!)

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  @johnsonlam3 ай бұрын

  I guess it almost mature enough to have modular PCB.

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  @rufat5893 ай бұрын

  please make videos series of tear down I want to understand how all this works

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  @rufat5893 ай бұрын

  Is there any way I can contact you. The thing that you created is my dream project since I've seen ben eater's project and while I never did any electronics and very new to low level programming I would like some guidance if not a problem. Thank you for your attention

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  @thecodesorcerer3 ай бұрын

  Sure. [email protected]

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  @prathamkalgutkar75383 ай бұрын

  Beautiful 🥰

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  @Dat-YD1003 ай бұрын

  How tf did you make your own 8 bit computer man that's epic

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  @evanbarnes99843 ай бұрын

  This is so incredibly next level, good work man!

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  @PlumGurly3 ай бұрын

  I think you should keep going.

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  @thecodesorcerer3 ай бұрын

  Thanks. I’m poking around the joystick right now.

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  @untodesu4 ай бұрын

  5:56 that's some cga-esque snow right here

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  @ChadwickVonLiechtenstein4 ай бұрын

  I would absolutely love following along building on breadboard. Doing it myself while watching your videos, like the ben eater series. It would be lots of fun.

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  @thecodesorcerer4 ай бұрын

  Ok. Ben sets the bar very high. I’ll try!

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  @jumpstar90004 ай бұрын

  I just found your channel. So cool what you have made. I grew up on these 8 bit machines so they will hold a place in my heart forever. Also built a lot of custom hardware back then. One thing was a display. I designed one that was pretty neat. It had two frame buffers and a simple switch to flip between. No need for dual port RAM. Well anyway, your stuff is much better. Anyway, very cool. Respect 👍🎉

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  @thecodesorcerer4 ай бұрын

  Thanks! I’m not using dual port RAM either. Too expensive. Instead using Woz technique of time division multiplexing. By far the most complex and tricky part of the design. I’m curious about your design, are you able to read back from video RAM with the switching design?

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  @jumpstar90004 ай бұрын

  @@thecodesorcerer Woz was definitely full of tricks. I don't know if you have looked at his disk controller lol. It was back in the 80s so not current, but you could read/write the off-screen buffer, but not when it was being displayed. 6845 was doing the video on the back. This was for an Ohio Scientific Superboard II that I had at the time.

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  @jengelenm4 ай бұрын

  A huge journey in a tiny video. Beautiful man!

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  @GeorgeFoot4 ай бұрын

  A full careful tear down and rebuild sounds valuable but a lot of work, and risky! Could you do the rebuild before the tear down, so that you at least still have the original working one to compare against in case something goes wrong? At the very least, take lots and lots of photos, close ups, different angles, etc - I do that most times that I'm significantly modifying a circuit or decomissioning it, and the photos are so valuable when you later wonder exactly how something was wired up. When you do the rebuild, I wonder whether you can build in automated tests for subsections of the build, maybe driven by a microcontroller at a slow clock speed? It would make it much easier for others following along to check their work, and for you as well, of course, being able to verify each section is working correctly in isolation.

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  @thecodesorcerer4 ай бұрын

  Hmm. Tear down is risky I think useful though in validating every connection against the schematic. I love the idea of creating a test harness for each subsystem. I did this for the soft switches. I’ll start designing the tests. Thanks George!

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  @amosba4 ай бұрын

  I’d love to see detailed tear-down videos and even more detailed, long-form rebuild videos. Document everything!

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  @thecodesorcerer4 ай бұрын

  Will do

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  @GianmarioScotti4 ай бұрын

  I think I have lost track of the architecture. I would really like a summary of how the system works right now. Maybe less emphasis of what were the original goals, and nore sticking to what is there now, what are the subsystems, etc.

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  @thecodesorcerer4 ай бұрын

  Ok. Thanks for the feedback!

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  @DaveManDaveDude4 ай бұрын

  I would love to watch the tear down and rebuild videos and also I would love to build one :-)

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  @thecodesorcerer4 ай бұрын

  Thanks for the feedback!

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  @keltonpennel58414 ай бұрын

  I would absolutely love to see long form video of all of this!

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  @thecodesorcerer4 ай бұрын

  Thanks for your feedback!

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  @genjii9314 ай бұрын

  I'd love to see a long form video series for sure. I'd especially be interested in seeing a long form series just on converting a breadboard system into a bag system for ordering PCBs with. I've never seen anything like that.

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  @thecodesorcerer4 ай бұрын

  Thanks for your feedback. I’ll be sure to create a video going through kicad from schematic to pcb layout, auto routing, DRC, gerbers to ordering. Probably after tear down and rebuild videos.

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  @genjii9314 ай бұрын

  @@thecodesorcerer fantastic!

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  @-someone-.4 ай бұрын

  Love your work. How about adding an Ethernet port somehow? This is the only “modern add on” my IIc is missing, but maybe it’s possible with the breadboard setup? I’m no expert, so apologies if my suggestions is beyond the scope of this project 👍

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  @thecodesorcerer4 ай бұрын

  Have you seen fujinet?

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  @-someone-.4 ай бұрын

  @@thecodesorcerer yes 👍 been following that channel for a while...

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  @colinstu5 ай бұрын

  X16 is way beyond this. Maybe buy one first & try it before titling it that way.

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  @thecodesorcerer5 ай бұрын

  Watch the video if you want my take.

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  @richfiles4 ай бұрын

  The X16 is far advanced of a typical 8-bit machine. The FPGA based Vera is probably closer to a 16-bit system's capabilities, and really does kinda break the spirit of being an 8-bit retro system. Yes, it's technically 8-bit, but it feels very cheaty in it's implementation, like tacking a 6502 onto a 16 bit board to call it 8-bit... I know that's not an accurate way to put it, but what It really feels like, is the 8-bit guy wanted to make an 8-bit machine, but really didn't wanna let go of the capabilities of a 16-bit machine, and created something that doesn't feel like it commits to either. I still bought one... But now that my money is already spent, I feel like I'd rather have grabbed a Foenix instead.

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  @colinstu4 ай бұрын

  @@richfiles yeah I do see what you're saying.

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  @IvanStepaniuk5 ай бұрын

  I can only imagine the joy when this ran for the first time with audio, likely at 3am. Kudos!

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  @GregStrike5 ай бұрын

  You're doing some awesome work Eric! I'm excited to see you get this to PCB.

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  @petermuller6085 ай бұрын

  Nice video! Was torn on even watching it due to the Clicky title tho

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  @thecodesorcerer5 ай бұрын

  yeah, still experimenting with communication

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  @aka_vitfil5 ай бұрын

  so... and where can I bay this X16 killer?

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  @thecodesorcerer5 ай бұрын

  right now, only in my dreams

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  @microhobbyist5 ай бұрын

  That is really awesome! Great work.

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  @thecodesorcerer5 ай бұрын

  Thank you! Makes me wonder if there is some Z-80 equivalent of bringing up a chunk of the Apple II software library on an original homebrew SBC design.

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  @rumbledethumps5 ай бұрын

  What. a breadboard! Looking forward to seeing Colossal Cave. Many fun problems to solve along the way.

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  @thecodesorcerer5 ай бұрын

  I've been going by the handle Xyzzy for years now - it really just has to be done

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  @stephenwhite5065 ай бұрын

  Awesome work! If you are going to support joysticks, please consider support for more than one fire button.

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  @thecodesorcerer5 ай бұрын

  Hmm, thanks for the suggestion. I know the SNES controller is a popular one to support. Sega Genesis controller is very close to the Atari joystick (of which I'm most familiar)

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  @chendrixson1375 ай бұрын

  Wow! That breadboard is a piece of art. Encase it all in a block of epoxy to preserve it!

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  @thecodesorcerer5 ай бұрын

  Han Solo comes to mind :)

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  @genjii9315 ай бұрын

  Super cool!

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  @MotownBatman5 ай бұрын

  Freaking Wizard! Well Done Sir, this is a Crazy Life Achievement if you ask me. I would implement the NES controller IC, Piggyback for the SNES, that way if you further Expand the system you will already have a controller setup that can handle future possibilities..

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  @thecodesorcerer5 ай бұрын

  Thank you, you are very kind. As an 80's kid and a software engineer by trade, It's been very rewarding. I'm really looking forward to building an ASIC now. How cool will it be to design a custom chip?

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  @MotownBatman5 ай бұрын

  @@thecodesorcerer Poor 80's kid over here,. I had an uncle in Tennessee who was only about 12 years older than I, so when his TSR-80s, 286,386 PCs all were Upgraded over the years, I got the Old stuff to figure out. I was always a Hardware kid, I couldn't get my ADHD brain to wrap around Programming, My extent was QBasic Menus for my Games. My Pinnacle was IT Admin & CAD/CAM Engineer in Tennessee 2k3-2k7. That was a fun challenge trying to learn. Now my kiddos & I turn Discarded PCs into Retro Game Boxes

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  @rehsd5 ай бұрын

  Love it!

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  @thecodesorcerer5 ай бұрын

  Thank you. I see you have DOS running - very cool! So much x86 software out there!

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  @Oregun5 ай бұрын

  So awesome! To get those breadboards right must have been a labor of love. Great work!!!

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  @jsmythib5 ай бұрын

  You mentioned several of my favorite builders/channels and hit on every bit of tech I like... The algo is good today. :)

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  @mammouth27275 ай бұрын

  Wow. I am speechless. I am without speech.

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  @tenminutetokyo26435 ай бұрын

  Done up in blueprint blue.it’s like a dream come true.

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  @skeleton_craftGaming6 ай бұрын

  Did you say Portland? Surly you don't mean Portland Oregon?

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  @thecodesorcerer6 ай бұрын

  Yep. Portland Oregon

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  @Oregun6 ай бұрын

  Awesome! Hardware is nothing more than software in 3D ... says this old software guy. :)

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  @atariastinus6 ай бұрын

  Looking forward to watching this series. Thanks.

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  @paperbackstories6 ай бұрын

  Love it! do you have a schematic to share?

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  @thecodesorcerer6 ай бұрын

  check out: github.com/ebadger/3ric This is the latest "big" system. Thanks for subscribing btw, you're #999

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  @PeterRichardsandYoureNot6 ай бұрын

  Yeah as good as Apple ][ graphics were at the time, I am still to this day, perplexed as to what won was smoking when he decided to setup the graphics modes and memory mapping for graphics on the Apple ][ at the time. In short, don’t bother trying to make it Apple ][ compatible unless you have some SM desire.

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  @thecodesorcerer6 ай бұрын

  Haha, yeah. Woz is a madman. Too tempting to access the Apple II software library, so I’m doing it! Graphics are basically already working.