"I'll be impressed when someone builds something like this that can run commodore BASIC"


2 years later


"Fine I guess I'll do it"

When I joined the Army in 1974 I wanted to be an electronics technician. But due to my color blindness I ended up in a combat unit. I’ve always thought I couldn’t do electronics but I started with Arduinos and now I am assembling boards, and doing other things. That is to say, I am glad to have run into your video and see what you did. I am very inspired and thank you.

8 bit guy: Standard troubleshooting steps.

Me: START UP, YOU PIECE OF CRAP!

"I'd probably try to design it myself but..."


And here you are almost 2 years later, designing such a thing yourself, and having a team helping out making it a reality.

Who else agrees that when the chips are inserted into the sockets its super satisfying

2:32 have you heared of those special sunglasses that....
2:36 nevermind

More motherboards should be purple.

As a professional electronics engineer, let me tell you: your tutorial is GREAT. I can't do better. Camera and macros are great. Audio dubbing: perfect. Overall very high quality. BIG thumbs up. As always. Max

'It's like a jigsaw puzzle for nerds'
You're implying jigsaws aren't already nerdy?

Maybe you could make a text-adventure style version of Tetris...  "You see four blocks above you, shaped like an L.  It's turned 90 degrees clockwise and falling. "  -> "MOVE LEFT AND MOVE LEFT AND DROP BLOCK"

Yes, a big part of the appeal in building your own kits like this is the experience itself. I'm an amateur at this hobby myself, but it's always exciting to spend an hour on building up a board, plugging in the power, and having things come to life. Honestly, I've been burned, I've accidentally broken off parts, I've even been temporarily blinded by an errant solder splash, and I've had some failed kits. But, it's always fun to take a crack at one, and I'm considering picking up one of these more complex boards.

I joined the New Zealand Army in 1979 as an apprentice radio tech. There were about 6 of us that started that year. Early on in the programme we were learning resistor colour codes and all of us had the same resistor in our hands. The instructor asked one of the guys the colours on his resistor and he came up with something completely different to what we all had. Within a week, he was an apprentice vehicle mechanic.

"Hard for me despite colour blindness."
Is making game and has to make sure colours look nice.
For real, colour blindness is a real consideration when desgining something.

David in 2017: I'd like want to made a modern computer with Commodore basic
David in 2021:Commander X16

Удачи и спасибо за проекты. Многие люди цветозрящие не готовы взяться за подобные проекты. Респект Вам!

1:46  You monster.  Staple diagonally like a civilized person, so the corner fold follows the length of the staple.

"This is the only diode in this entire project"
A FEW MINUTES LATER
"This is the power LED" ( light emitting DIODE)

I think this board has more capability than used yet. The Parallax Propeller is a bit of a beast in this system, it has 8 32bit cores (called "cogs") and could easily handle more complex VGA (RGB) graphics.

"..It doesn't matter if resistors go one way or the other, but it is nice to put them all in the same direction..."
Thanks, you saved my OCD right there.

#ResistorsHavePolarity

oh my god. how have I never thought about just measuring the damn things... I've been looking up ring codes for years!