9 Sep
2013
9 Sep
'13
12:23 p.m.
I can understand wanting to make something
"period correct" for sure.
It's not jsut that, it could be easier to build and repair too...
But I went for small size and ease of reproducability by multiple
different skill sets. My board has two DIPs on it and the code is maybe
If you can solder well enough to fit 2 DIPs (and associated components, I
gurss), then you can solder 100 DIPs. It's the same skill.
And to assemble a PCB of TTL all you need is a soldering iron and solder.
100 lines of C on an ATMEL AVR. It installs between
the drives and the
But to built the AVR solution you need the C compiler, something that can
run the C compiler, the AVR programmer (or JTAG cable, perhaps), something
to run the software for that, etc. Rather more than just a soldering iron.
(which you need anyway to built the board with the AVR on it).
-tony