Subj : Re: This month's Hackerbox
To   : Jeff
From : paulie420
Date : Sat Aug 07 2021 16:55:07

 Je> "Hackerboxes" is a monthly subscription box. Each month a new box is
 Je> delivered with electronic parts with some kind of theme. This month's
 Je> theme was "MEGA Retro."

I've seen these before and, while not a customer, think they are pretty neat.

 Je> Inside the box were an MOS 6502, a Z80, an Arduino Mega, and two
 Je> unassembled Arduino Mega shields -- one for the 6502 and one for the
 Je> Z80. Assembly of the shields required soldering of about 10 SMD
 Je> components total (resistors and capacitors -- no chips), soldering of
 Je> the 40-pin sockets for the chips, and the 6502 shield required shorting
 Je> one of two connections depending on whether the chip installed was an
 Je> MOS 6502 or a Western Digital W65C02.

That months box sounds pretty good, actually - most of the time they aren't EXACTLY up my alley... but with those three you can do a few cool projects. :P You got a winner. Was it a special Hackerbox, or just a regular monthly one?

 Je> I haven't been able to do much with them yet because I'm busy working on
 Je> my PDP-8 FPGA project, but they do look like lots of fun.

I one day wanna do an FPGA, just because... which one are you working with? 

Another place I love to goto to get boards to play with is just... GOODWILL. I like hacking around with keyboards, kid toys and anything that goes BEEP and BOOP; with a couple new knobs you can make new tones, beeps and boops... endless fun.

Glad to hear someone is really liking the Hackerboxes - MAYBE I'll have to order one. I mainly stick to wireless boards to connect my projects to, or upload Arduino code of many type... Github is your friend; theres so much out there to tinker with. I've enjoyed learning about Wifi hacking on the cheap. :P

Cheers.



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