Compiling a list of "neo-retro" hardware

From: Joe R. <rigdonj_at_cfl.rr.com>
Date: Thu Jun 17 15:17:14 2004

At 08:28 PM 6/16/04 -0700, you wrote:
>
>On Thu, 17 Jun 2004, Ethan Dicks wrote:
>
>> On Wed, Jun 16, 2004 at 05:41:19PM -0700, Vintage Computer Festival wrote:
>> >
>> > I'd like to create a resource listing of all the neo-retro hardware being
>> > developed today.
>> >
>> > For example:
>> >
>> > - IDE or CF interfaces for the Apple ][ and other 8-bits,
>>
>> Got one of those (HDD-64 IDE interface for the C-64). I use mine
>> with a 20MB HP Kittyhawk drive (1.3").
>
>Links please. Just mere mention of its existence does my resource
>"directory" no good ;(
>
>> Would the 2003-pressing of the Dragon's Lair LaserDisc count? I built my
>> own Dragon's Lair/Space Ace LED scoreboard from scratch, but I know some
>> people who bought a hobby-commercial one. That certainly should count.
>
>That gets more into arcade games, which is a whole other arena that I'd
>rather leave to other enthusiasts.
>
>> There's a lot of neo-retro accessories in the video game crowd,
>> especially with DL and SA (complete cabinets, LaserDisc hardware
>> adapters to use modern LD players with original board sets, etc.)
>
>There certainly is.
>
>> I forget who, but someone has built a one-off DF-32 implementation in
>> TTL with a Dallas battery-backed NVRAM (like a large version of the
>> NVRAM found in SPARC boxes). There seems to be an implementation bug, so
>> it doesn't work perfectly with original software, but you can write new
>> stuff from scratch that works well (there was some sense that was
>> flipped between a DF-32 and the RF-08, it's related to that, somehow).
>
>I'm more interested in devices that are intended to be either sold or the
>plans made available for multiple unit production.
>
>> There's a new TTL-based 1802 implementation (with toggles and TIL-311s),
>> with two expansions so far, a keypad and a RS-232 level
>> shifter/RAM/NVRAM board.


   Jim Kearney has a similar new implementation of the Mark-8 computer
posted on the web somewhere. I lost of my links so I don't have the URL to
it any more.

    Joe
Received on Thu Jun 17 2004 - 15:17:14 BST