bsittler
@bsittler.bsky.social
interested in many things, including computers both new and old; find some of my other stuff at https://www.google.com/search?q=bsittler
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New blog post! I'm tired of my TRS-80 Colour Computer needing an old school RF connection to get video out. How about crudely jamming in a composite mod from an *entirely different* obscure computer? That'll work. #coco #trs80 #retrocomputing www.leadedsolder.com/2025/07/15/t...
CoCo1 composite video
When I got the CoCo, one of the big problems was the super-smeary, snowy video on the RF-out. Even though composite video is generated internally by the video circuitry of the computer, Tandy didn’t e...
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July 15, 2025 at 3:08 PM
New blog post! I'm tired of my TRS-80 Colour Computer needing an old school RF connection to get video out. How about crudely jamming in a composite mod from an *entirely different* obscure computer? That'll work. #coco #trs80 #retrocomputing www.leadedsolder.com/2025/07/15/t...
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New blog post! Hey kids. Have you ever wanted to display the Impressionist masters on your NEC PC-6001 home computer system? Apparently I have. Let's learn some Z80 assembly and, more importantly, how the PC-6001 graphics work. #retrocomputing #pc6001 #z80
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Assembling the PC-6001
A PC-6001 ROM cartridge is made that displays Claude Monet’s “Meules” impressionist painting on the screen. Z80 assembly language and the memory map of the 6847 video controller are discussed.
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June 24, 2025 at 3:06 PM
New blog post! Hey kids. Have you ever wanted to display the Impressionist masters on your NEC PC-6001 home computer system? Apparently I have. Let's learn some Z80 assembly and, more importantly, how the PC-6001 graphics work. #retrocomputing #pc6001 #z80
www.leadedsolder.com/2025/06/24/p...
www.leadedsolder.com/2025/06/24/p...
I listed my (new+unopened) ZX Spectrum Next Accelerated Issue 2 on eBay as I have never even opened the box. Hopefully it will find an appreciative new home! www.ebay.com/itm/20535341...
March 14, 2025 at 6:00 PM
I listed my (new+unopened) ZX Spectrum Next Accelerated Issue 2 on eBay as I have never even opened the box. Hopefully it will find an appreciative new home! www.ebay.com/itm/20535341...
I just listed a blue MSXVR Virtualizer on eBay. It's a one-week auction with the winning buyer paying shipping as calculated by eBay. The computer works well, I just have not been using it often enough to justify the space it needs. www.ebay.com/itm/20525316...
Blue MSXVR Virtualizer Computer w/box, manual, Leicke power supply & cables; MSX | eBay
This computer works well but I find I don't use it often enough to justify keeping it. I believe this blue case is a "special" color which is not currently available from the manufacturer. There are a...
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January 29, 2025 at 7:12 AM
I just listed a blue MSXVR Virtualizer on eBay. It's a one-week auction with the winning buyer paying shipping as calculated by eBay. The computer works well, I just have not been using it often enough to justify the space it needs. www.ebay.com/itm/20525316...
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PSA: If you have a system with Windows 9x and it has the Windows Update dir (C:\Program Files or A:\ on the #PC98), ESPECIALLY if it is not in the EN language, please back these up as the WU Restored project is seeking these (share them to MSFN/the Discord)
#retrocomputing
windowsupdaterestored.com
#retrocomputing
windowsupdaterestored.com
January 22, 2025 at 12:46 AM
PSA: If you have a system with Windows 9x and it has the Windows Update dir (C:\Program Files or A:\ on the #PC98), ESPECIALLY if it is not in the EN language, please back these up as the WU Restored project is seeking these (share them to MSFN/the Discord)
#retrocomputing
windowsupdaterestored.com
#retrocomputing
windowsupdaterestored.com
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New blog post! Mechanical keyboards are great, so why not add one to my battered CoCo1? I'll tell you why: it's fiddly! But it's also fun.
#trs80 #coco #retocomputing www.leadedsolder.com/2025/01/07/c...
#trs80 #coco #retocomputing www.leadedsolder.com/2025/01/07/c...
Building my own mechanical keyboard for the CoCo 1
Design and construction of a mechanical keyboard using Gateron key switches for the Tandy TRS-80 Color Computer Model 1, including bodges and mounting gaskets.
www.leadedsolder.com
January 7, 2025 at 4:54 PM
New blog post! Mechanical keyboards are great, so why not add one to my battered CoCo1? I'll tell you why: it's fiddly! But it's also fun.
#trs80 #coco #retocomputing www.leadedsolder.com/2025/01/07/c...
#trs80 #coco #retocomputing www.leadedsolder.com/2025/01/07/c...
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My first floppy disk cleaning tutorial is now up on YouTube :D :D Hope you like it!! (If you do, pls share it to your friends :D) youtu.be/H4gb4-wORa0 #retrogaming #vintagepc #msdos
How to Desleeve a 5 25" Floppy Disk
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December 3, 2024 at 8:48 PM
My first floppy disk cleaning tutorial is now up on YouTube :D :D Hope you like it!! (If you do, pls share it to your friends :D) youtu.be/H4gb4-wORa0 #retrogaming #vintagepc #msdos
Looks like floppy disk cleaning for data recovery just got a whole lot better documented! #💾 youtu.be/H4gb4-wORa0 krugman.net/dumping/ ty @krugman.net !
How to Desleeve a 5 25" Floppy Disk
YouTube video by krugman
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December 3, 2024 at 9:16 PM
Looks like floppy disk cleaning for data recovery just got a whole lot better documented! #💾 youtu.be/H4gb4-wORa0 krugman.net/dumping/ ty @krugman.net !
Over on a different site I wrote a bit about getting the #EXAS BASIC Compiler and its Runtime Package working without a PC-6006 RAM/ROM cartridge, using just OCR'ed magazine type-ins, emulators, and a new loader. It makes these great old tools a bit more accessible mastodon.social/@bsittler/11...
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I used Compac's PC-6001 type-in EXAS BASIC compiler and runtime package from I/O magazine 1982-11 (errata in 1982-12) and runtime package (in 1983-02). I added a compiled+packaged ...
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December 1, 2024 at 4:29 AM
Over on a different site I wrote a bit about getting the #EXAS BASIC Compiler and its Runtime Package working without a PC-6006 RAM/ROM cartridge, using just OCR'ed magazine type-ins, emulators, and a new loader. It makes these great old tools a bit more accessible mastodon.social/@bsittler/11...
@mills5.bsky.social any idea where the 1-second voice snippet at the end of Side B of the PC-6001/mkII / PC-6601 release of T&ESoft's Trick Boy might originate, and/or what it might mean? It's where I expected to see a short low-frequency pulse indicating end of side mega.nz/file/u7oXxBr...
November 27, 2024 at 4:29 AM
@mills5.bsky.social any idea where the 1-second voice snippet at the end of Side B of the PC-6001/mkII / PC-6601 release of T&ESoft's Trick Boy might originate, and/or what it might mean? It's where I expected to see a short low-frequency pulse indicating end of side mega.nz/file/u7oXxBr...