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Tigard and the Xilinx XC9500XL CPLD
This is a blog post mostly for my reference, as I forget how to do this every time I need to. Tigard is a great little device which exposes an FTDI and gives lots of ports and power options to connect it. I occasionally need to use it for programming Xilinx XC9572XL and similar ICs. Read more
Acorn Atom: Restoration Part 1
In my previous post, I discussed the massive haul of Acorn related equipment I received, and one important piece in the collection was an Acorn Atom. Today I got to test if it worked! Read more
Large Acorn Haul
Today I received a large haul of Acorn related machines and parts. With it comes a story and a quite rare machine. Read more
Amiga CD32 Restoration: Part 3
At the end of my previous blog post, I had things mostly working. But I need to make the temporary repair more permanent and rebuild the machine. Here goes! Read more
Amiga CD32 Restoration: Part 2
At the end of the first part, I had the CD32 in a state where it shows the boot logo, but the red video signal was missing. Let’s continue the repair. Read more
Amiga CD32 Restoration: Part 1
I recently acquired a CD32 which is pretty much in a destroyed state. This is going to be a lot of work to restore, so, let’s make a start. Read more
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