Doz' Blog

Recently I changed my job.  Sadly this led to the loss of use of the wideband Discone antenna mounted for test purposes on the side of the o...

There I was, minding my own business, when the lovely owner of Radios-TV.co.uk  commented on my PiPatGen thread..... Dammit! I was supposed ...

Recently I came by an old Model B Raspberry Pi, whilst once the cutting edge of single board computing, is now showing it's age a bit. S...

Thanks again Hackaday! https://hackaday.com/2022/11/13/power-up-vintage-electronics-less-unsafely-with-a-dim-bulb-tester/

I've been experimenting with APRS using the T-Beam LoRa hardware, as described in Andreas Spiess HB9BLA Wireless' YouTube video here...

Wow. Thanks Hackaday! https://hackaday.com/2022/10/30/garmin-hud-got-discontinued-but-not-trashed/#comment-6526059

A while ago I repaired a 1541 Disc drive ( here ), and despite fixing the VIC-20 ( here ) I hadn't tested the drive.  I had, however, se...

One piece of test gear I've never had is a lamp limiter or dim bulb tester.  They're ideal for s-l-o-w-l-y awakening our vintage ele...

So, we're here, sorting out our micros, and I've hit a problem...  I'd love to build a Raspberry Pi based 1541 emulator, but Pi&...