Briel Computers http://www.brielcomputers.com/wordpress If you can't get the real thing, get the Briel thing Tue, 09 Apr 2013 16:06:02 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.1.2 Maker Faire 2013 http://www.brielcomputers.com/wordpress/?p=978 http://www.brielcomputers.com/wordpress/?p=978#comments Mon, 01 Apr 2013 15:25:59 +0000 vbriel http://www.brielcomputers.com/wordpress/?p=978 It’s official, we are going to the Maker Faire May 18th and May 19th. The Maker Faire is a gathering of people who make things, naturally this is a perfect fit for us. Last year we only brought the Altair 8800micro for people to play with and our table was always crowded. This year we are going to bring all the platforms and some that under development.

We are probably going to need help. If anybody is planning on attending and would like to help, we can compensate with a free entry pass. You must spend at least 4 hours at the table in order to qualify. If interested, please email me and I will be making a decision on that this month. You must be familiar with our products enough to talk about them to people who come up.

]]> http://www.brielcomputers.com/wordpress/?feed=rss2&p=978 0 Hard at work designing the next platform http://www.brielcomputers.com/wordpress/?p=975 http://www.brielcomputers.com/wordpress/?p=975#comments Mon, 01 Apr 2013 00:02:33 +0000 vbriel http://www.brielcomputers.com/wordpress/?p=975 I’ve been spending my free time working on a new project. This platform system will have a 65C02 and emulate the OSI 600 Superboard II or Challenger C1P. Visit the forums for pictures I’ve posted of my messy wire-wrap board with tactile buttons for a keyboard. The final version will have larger buttons but I’m having a difficult time getting buttons that are the right size, right price and has different sizes for SHIFT, RETURN, ENTER, and SPACE BAR. I’ll come up with something but I’m open to any ideas. Just email me at vbriel@yahoo.com and I’ll look at your suggestions.

What’s great is the wire-wrap board is actually really stable, almost as good as a PCB and yet I don’t have any caps on the chips for noise. Right now, I’m ready to implement the serial interface. I’m not going to do the cassette interface as they are just a real pain to deal with. After I have that working and an external keyboard option, I’ll lay down a board and see how things look. If you are interested in me going into production on this, email me and let me know so I can get an idea of how many people might want one.

Vince

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