More bits arrived so the Z80 boards are starting to fill up. Gave the BBC keys a bit of a clean, and with the soldering iron fixed, took the A501 apart to see what was going on inside, and a quick run down of things to come. ...
Quick lunch time stream looking at the latest PCB’s that arrived. Z80 Backplane ECB Disk controller EBC CPU card Live streams at Twitch
Trying to get the backplane connectors into the backplane board (they’re wire wrap connectors I think, so the pins seem slightly larger)… Seeing what IC sockets I have, checking some 74 series logic chips in the Minipro, first look at the “suspect” A501 from the Amiga, and salvaging a few bits from an old PSU. ...