Brent Hilpert wrote:
Well that's neat.
Thanks.
I assembled the Cromemco kit version of the Cyclops
(The kit version presented an interface for a computer
rather than the scope drive of the magazine article.
I was recently able to acquire the S-100 interface cards
for the Cyclops. I'm hoping to take that step sometime
this summer.
Hopefully you're more successful with your unit.
Thanks.
(I think you'll find the MC7805 there is indeed
plastic
not ceramic. Moto produced various power transistors
and regulators in those packages (case 90 in Moto parlance)
as well as a smaller version from the same plastic material)
I think you're right. It is odd, not plastic like any IC
I've ever seen. And it does have a purplish cast to it.
A 9V wall wart would probably do for the power supply
I was worried about the "pseudo-DC" that most wall warts
provide.
or remove the regulator
At this point, I'm about to build the "real" supply anyway...
Here are a few more recent photos:
http://wsudbrink.dyndns.org:8080/images/cyclops-latest/P4070001.JPG
http://wsudbrink.dyndns.org:8080/images/cyclops-latest/P4090001-2.JPG
http://wsudbrink.dyndns.org:8080/images/cyclops-latest/P4090009-2.JPG
Bill S.