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I've got to say, three days in and I like this whole "just use
an old terminal" workflow. It's quite relaxing.
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I was working on the IBM 5150 the other day. Bank 1 Bit 0 had a
dead 4116, I replaced it, and then I was getting a PAIRTY ERROR
1 after the thing saying Bank 0 Bit 0 was dead.
For what I understand, it's supposed to be impossible for the
machine to even get to the point of errors if Bank 0 has dead
RAM in it?
I desoldered all the old RAM which was a pain in my ass, a few
traces got lifted in the process, so I plan on adding fixing the
breaks alongside adding sockets for Bank 0 this weekend.
Hopefully I'll pass the 201 errors after that's done and I'll be
onto getting a keyboard.
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The spec for CC-100 got finalized yesterday, I'm excited to get
something on here about that as soon as I start working on the
schematics. They go something like this:
* Major components must have been available in December of '77
* The CPU will be an 1802
* There will be at least 4K of RAM
* There will be some amount of ROM
* There will be an integrated alphanumeric video terminal
* The goal should be running something like Tiny BASIC
Should be interesting, right?
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It's Friday so some new music came out.
Linkin Park put out From Zero. It's okay? I was a fan of some
tracks (2, 8, 10) but I really didn't like some of the others
(5, 7, 9, 11).
Denzel Curry put out the full cut of KOTMS II. I still like the
original 15 tracks. The new Track 11 is possibly a favorite, 17
is pretty cool too, and the other three fit well.
A friend linked me REACTOR by femtanyl. It's pretty chaotic but
in a fun way! Danny Brown sounds surprisingly good over breaks.
That was definitely the highlight. The rest was good too.
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I added a thing called "blog" where I'll archive these front
pages. Hopefully that's cool? I think that will be cool.
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