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Acorn Electron Core
Sat, 4 Nov 2017
MikeJ
A little over 34 years ago, Acorn Computers Ltd released a budget version of the BBC Micro, the Acorn Electron. For a time it was apparently the best selling Micro in the United Kingdom, although in more recent years the Electron seems to be overshadowed by its big brother the BBC Micro. This often overlooked Micro is now available as a...
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ALICE decap and imaged
Wed, 11 Oct 2017
MikeJ
We commissioned the decap and scanning of Alice, probably the most important custom chip in the Amiga. Thanks to John Hertell for the device, and to John McMaster for the decap and scan. Here is the image data in full :  Dropbox for analysis :   /MikeJ...
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Replay 68060 daughterboard
Mon, 11 Sept 2017
MikeJ
The layout for the Replay 68060 board is complete and has been sent for manufacture. It adds 128MB of local RAM, USB, Ethernet, RTC as well as additional Midi and LED IO connectors. The picture below is a quick mock-up to see if the components actually fit :)...
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New Amiga Core
Tue, 1 Aug 2017
MikeJ
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New Amiga RTG Driver
Tue, 1 Aug 2017
MikeJ
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More recovered Atari documents
Fri, 26 Aug 2016
MikeJ
Still working on reformatting the archive, hopefully Christian well get some time to tidy up the PDFs. Here's the unsorted ones I extracted. I've contacted the original tool vendor, just in case they will help us with the recovery process.   /Mike...
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Server update
Sun, 8 May 2016
MikeJ
I'm starting the work on updating the website and servers. The developers SVN will be off line for a few moments today. /Mike...
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