On 8/13/25 21:43, Ethan Dicks via vcf-midatlantic wrote:
On Fri, Aug 8, 2025 at 8:26 PM Neil Cherry via vcf-midatlantic <vcf-midatlantic@lists.vcfed.org> wrote:
Manage to get myself somehow dragged into building Apple Is because I wanted a 6800 version. That was the start of trouble! So I bought 2 bare PCBs and planned to build a 6502 and 6800 version. Had I done some research before hand I would have found I could have bought many vintage computers for the price of the various parts of the Apple I and we're not talking date correct parts just the necessary parts.
Indeed. I bought a bare board some years ago (from Corey) and have been working on gathering parts but the prices for the rare chips keep the project on a very slow burn. I was never going for date-code accurate and I'm willing to accept substitutions but those goofy shift registers are just insane.
Found a video on the Apple 1 with a 6800. There are a few tricks: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ag6pWUhps7U&t=42s -- Linux Home Automation Neil Cherry ncherry@linuxha.com http://www.linuxha.com/ Main site http://linuxha.blogspot.com/ My HA Blog Author of: Linux Smart Homes For Dummies KD2ZRQ