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Putting High Speed PCB Design to the Test
Mon, 2019-02-04 11:58
Designing circuit boards for high speed applications requires special considerations. This you already know, but what exactly do you need to do differently from common board layout? Building on where I left off discussing impedance in 2 layer Printed Circuit Board (PCB) designs, I wanted to start talking about high speed design techniques as they relate to PCBs. Read More
VCF East 2019 - Bil Herd talks about Aging and Heat... and also components
Thu, 2019-08-01 12:38
From VCF East 2019: Bil Herd goes on a playful rant about heat and aging of electronic components... to include vintage computers. Underneath it all is the theme of how to prolong the life of some components. Also Bil says he figured out why ANY of these old computers are still working! Read More
Hacking the C128
Mon, 2014-01-06 11:01
I have been following the Open Hardware Source movement and one thing led to another and so here is a post in Read More
The Commodore Story showing at the Computer History Museum Feb 23rd, 2018
Wed, 2018-01-31 10:02
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Commodore Business Machines CES Show January 1985
Sat, 2011-10-08 00:28
Commodore Business Machines CES Show January 1985 Vist the Gallery to see recently found pictures of the 1985 CES show where the Commodore LCD and C128 where announced. (Courtesy of Terry Ryan) Read More

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VCF East 2019 - Bil Herd talks about Aging and Heat... and also components
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VCF East 2019 - Bil Herd talks about Aging and Heat... and also components
- Aug 1, 2019
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Commodore LCD Teardown
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VCF East 2019 - Bil Herd talks about Aging and Heat... and also components
- Aug 1, 2019
Commodore 128D: Episode 6: Joysticks and CIAs
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Shift-Clr/Home: More 8 Bit Thoughts In A Gigabit World
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New Commodore C128 book
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