The life of a Games Programmer

Damn.... So much for starting to solder the first batch of wires tonight! I'd forgotten that using a stripped board meant I had to go an...

So...I've decided to build the small scale prototype so I can take it into work and see what its like - if its bright enough, and readab...

So.... I've managed to get a control PIC sending data via a serial connection to the display PIC, which recieves the data under interrup...

Ever since my static RAM arrived I've been toying with how to do the Plus4 RAM expansion, and after yesterdays revalation about using PI...

I'm about to start making a large LED scrolling message board for work so we can dump build messages/alerts to it. We look at how much t...

Well, I think I've taken this as far as I need to, the final prototype board is shown here, and yes...it could be a lot simpler, and yes...

COOL!!! My first proper hardware add on! I've connected up the remaining lines, added some power and wrote a little test program to in...

What a fun night I've had! I've expanded my little test board to now have 4 LED's, but now I've also added a single byte of ...

Well, I've been busy playing with my logic chips and an 8bitbaby (which is a generic retro interface card) and the Plus/4. I'm cur...

I got my logic chips today, but no sign of the SRAM, so I'm still playing with my little screen. I've fixed the last of the buglets...