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Building a Digilent Based Xilinx JTAG Programmer
In a previous post I mentioned how to build a Xilinx programmer using a Raspberry Pi Zero for their basic XC9500XL CPLD range. This has worked great on some projects. But I’ve had a few issues with it so I decided to upgrade my programmer. This outlines why and what I use now. Read more
Compiling Xilinx CPLD Verilog in Linux Command Line
I mostly edit my Verilog files for basic Xilinx CPLD devices in vim, so it is a pain to launch the entire Xilinx IDE just to compile the thing. After doing a bit of research I managed to figure out how to compile from the command line too. Read more
Using VBCC as an Amiga Cross-Compiler in Linux
For a while I was using GCC as a cross-compiler to write software for Amigas. This was familiar territory for me having used GCC for Linux applications for many years. Unfortunately I hit a very strange bug which appears to be something to do with the compiler output. So I decided it was time for Read more
Repairing an Amiga 2000 Motherboard
The Amiga 2000 can be seen as a sister computer to the Amiga 500. It is very similar in design, shares a lot of parts, but comes in a case similar to a desktop PC and can be expanded using several card slots. A friend of mine had a few machines that required work doing Read more
Developing GUI Applications for Amiga OS
One of the things lacking with the Amiga 68000 Kickstart Relocator project is a GUI to manipulate the flash ROMs, the original project had one in a fork, but it was proprietary. It doesn’t support DiagROM at all and doesn’t support the dual-ROM firmware I wrote for version 3.0. So, I decided to spend some Read more
Amiga 1200 Upgrades
Earlier this month I acquired my first Amiga 1200 and repaired the floppy drive in it. I have blogged about how I am connecting it to my home network, but not about all the other work and upgrades I have done to it so far. So, it is time to cover it in this post. Read more
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