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Author: | BigEd [ Wed Apr 20, 2016 10:45 am ] |
Post subject: | RetroBrew - another place for homebrew computers |
RetroBrew Computers is a forum and wiki for people building their own machines: SBCs, Eurocard, S-100 or whatever. Ranging from 6502 and 6809 through Z80 and Z180 to 68000. And with RSS feeds too! The Mini-M68K and KISS-68030 systems look pretty nice. via a comment over on 6502.org (RetroBrew seems to be a successor of the N8VEM discussion groups.) |
Author: | Garth [ Wed Apr 20, 2016 8:00 pm ] |
Post subject: | Re: RetroBrew - another place for homebrew computers |
Thanks. That forum looks rather new. The board in your picture is rather nicely laid out, too. |
Author: | BigEd [ Sat Oct 01, 2016 7:49 pm ] |
Post subject: | Re: RetroBrew - another place for homebrew computers |
I see the wiki has an index of quite a number of boards in progress, many for sale at reasonable cost: https://retrobrewcomputers.org/doku.php ... dinventory It also has a space for individuals to post about their builds: https://retrobrewcomputers.org/doku.php ... ages:start |
Author: | BigEd [ Wed Nov 08, 2017 1:21 pm ] |
Post subject: | Re: RetroBrew - another place for homebrew computers |
Another project just reached an interesting level of maturity over at RetroBrew: Tiny68K, 68000 SBC with 16 Meg memory for CP/M-68K |
Author: | plasmo [ Sat Dec 23, 2017 2:38 am ] |
Post subject: | Re: RetroBrew - another place for homebrew computers |
BigEd wrote: Another project just reached an interesting level of maturity over at RetroBrew: Tiny68K, 68000 SBC with 16 Meg memory for CP/M-68K Just browsing the old posts and find my Tiny68K design being mentioned, cool! The wiki page for Tiny68K is here: https://www.retrobrewcomputers.org/doku ... bc:tiny68k The bus-connected compactflash IDE interface is not reliable for some brands of CF, so I redesigned it and added isolation resistors for the 16-bit data lines. It is working fine now. I also added a non-maskable interrupt button and a real-time clock. The 2nd board revision is here: https://www.retrobrewcomputers.org/doku ... ny68k_rev2 The main motivation for yet another 68000 homebrew was cost reduction. I have thought it was possible to build a $10 68000 SBC using 10cm*10cm pc board, obsolete parts (old CPLD, 16meg SIMM, and NMOS 68000), and cheap serial flash, but the resulting board was too spartan and it was still more than $10. I compromised and added a CF-IDE, socketed the major components, add a 7-seg display and end up with a $20 SBC that's CP/M-68K capable. Looking back, I'm happy with the compromise. |
Author: | BigEd [ Sat Dec 23, 2017 8:03 am ] |
Post subject: | Re: RetroBrew - another place for homebrew computers |
Welcome - $20 is very good indeed. (Edit: fixed up the photo link too.) |
Author: | plasmo [ Sat Dec 23, 2017 2:07 pm ] |
Post subject: | Re: RetroBrew - another place for homebrew computers |
BigEd wrote: Welcome - $20 is very good indeed. (Edit: fixed up the photo link too.) A clarification regarding the price of Tiny68K: On the retrobrew board inventory page I listed it for $20 as kit where SMT components are assembled already but the thru-hole components still need to be soldered. It is $27 fully assembled & tested including a compact flash drive. https://www.retrobrewcomputers.org/doku ... dinventory |
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