Post AVLkYK5jvPlRE3AcT2 by Wintermute_BBS@oldbytes.space
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 (DIR) Post #AVLkYK5jvPlRE3AcT2 by Wintermute_BBS@oldbytes.space
       2023-05-05T16:07:06Z
       
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       Took a day off today and enjoyed some #RetroComputing.So, yesterday we had #MayThe4th and today I'll celebrate #My4th - the #cpuless #Homebrew #8Bit #Forth computer kit.Took me about an hour to get it done but not without the obligatory bodge wire (*aaargh*)See, I applied too much heat to pin 8  of the oscillator, so I lost the solder pad and eventually had to use a bodge wire to deliver the CLK signal to the source decoder IC. I consider this a "personal touch" of my own. Meh! .oO(I really need to get a better soldering iron with adjustable temperature).So right now I'm running the machine at 10 MHz giving me a whooping 4800 baud on the serial line, as you can see in the screenshot of the startup message.So let's do some real #Forth coding on a dedicated #Forth machine - a dream to come true aver since I learned about the (very rare) #JupiterAce in the mid-1980s.#Weekend