On Mon, Dec 28, 2020 at 1:00 PM Jeffrey Brace via vcf-midatlantic <vcf-midatlantic@lists.vcfed.org> wrote:
I'm curious what projects everyone is working on.
I've been doing a lot of software projects in recent weeks - disassembling and commenting 6502 application code from the 70s and 80s. On the bench, I just received (after 2+ months of waiting) some edge connectors to finish constructing the memory/expansion board for my SYM-1, and I'd like to turn back to Commodore-128 keyboard overhaul and button up a C-128. The other keyboard project is testing a TRS-80 Model 4 keyboard (from a unit I got at VCF East years ago) that I previously disassembled, cleaned, and reassembled but is once again exhibiting high-resistance keys. Once it has a working keyboard I can close it up and play on the software side - I'd like to have a small CP/M machine handy and this is the current best candidate (I also want to do some comparison testing against the C-128 running CP/M). So a mix of kit building, keyboard refurbing, and PET archaeology, for now. I'd like to finish up several of these 8-bit micro projects so I can turn the wheel and get back to playing with PDP-11 hardware. Several projects in that bucket I'd like to complete. -ethan