I couldn't hear the clicks because of the keyboard. Hard to avoid I'm sure. If you have an original keyboard, pressing the enter key could be done slowly to avoid excess noise. But really, you;d just need to move the mic closer to the CloCo (Clone CoCo? CoClo = CoCoClone?). If only you could get the SALT replacement smaller. Probably impossible/impractical. So perhaps the board could be redesigned with that in mind. I get that you wanted to make a 100% "ready for the parts" close system board and in that you're amazingly successful. It reminds me of the guy who has been doing these bucket-list conversions of actual arcade games to CoCo with amazing fidelity. His mission/purpose was to prove it could be done on the very underrated CoCo3. Also very successful. But there's this practical side where the chips to populate a CoCo clone board aren't really as available as we'd like while replacements such as your Pepper board work (probably better than the original) but don't quite fit looking more like so many mods we've seen over the years (not intended to diminish your amazing work). Let's say you were able to fully complete your CoCo3 board work but also created one to integrate all of the parts of your Pepper board. Which do you think would have higher demand? I don't know but I know which of the two I'd go for -- the one with built-in Pepper board. The closer we can come to building an all-new CoCo3 with all new parts, the more awesome it becomes. On the other hand, if we are simply trying to restore a broken CoCo and the traces of an ancient board are more trouble than they are worth? 100% absolutely "full clone" is the way to go. Different mission/purposes. But I'll say if you or someone created a perfect CoCo clone which also somehow used a USB keyboard and other modern peripheral/IO devices in more of a mini form factor (simple case into which everything plugs in) it would be a dream come true. Such a thing could run from an external DC power supply. The Mega mini MPI could have the support leg removed and could plug right into this fantasy clone all laying more flat on a table surface. I'll never stop dreaming even if the ideas never catch on or are actually not as good as I think they are. But I am actively trying to become more skilled. Just got another CoCo3 so that I can socket all of the chips and upgrade from 68b09e to 63c09e and stuff like that. Got a Hakko desolder gun which works REALLY nice so far. If you enjoy inspiring others, I'm inspired. I'm also looking into where I can even get a RGBtoHDMI kit and not sure what to do with these files and who to send them off to. That process itself is mysterious to me.
Yes it was hard to avoid because I filmed using two cell phones so I really didn't have a mic or anything else connected to them. I am planning to make a slightly smaller pepper board but not by much, maybe 1mm to 2mm shorter. One of the reason the board is as long as it is(aside from having to accommodate all of the components), is so that the actual PCB can dissipate some of the heat generated by the voltage regulator. One of the reasons I made the pepper is because I was sharing a SALT between two CoCo 2's and I couldn't find a replacement SALT chip and it turned out it that there are others out there that needed a SALT replacement as well. The CoCo 3 board has been fully recreated there is a GIME replacement already and in fact my CoCo 3 recreation board is using a GIME that was left over from someone who upgraded his GIME to a GIME-X. In essence my CoCo 3 is a new CoCo 3. I'm also slowly putting together a CoCo 3 board with surface mount parts, integrated pepper, daquiri and USB keyboard, I'm calling it the CoCo++, check out the link. github.com/qbancoffee/cocoplusplus I can help you out with the RGB to HDMI, just reach out to me and we can talk about it. Do you want to order one? I can build one but it will take time since I can't easily find all of the parts. Send me a message from this webstore I'm putting together. westchester-tech.square.site/
I have seen some good KiCAD tutorials but they are a geared towards people with experience using EDA programs. May be I'll make a short video designing a small circuit in KiCAD.
Excellent video and work!!
Thank you!
Great job as usual !
Thank you!
I couldn't hear the clicks because of the keyboard. Hard to avoid I'm sure. If you have an original keyboard, pressing the enter key could be done slowly to avoid excess noise. But really, you;d just need to move the mic closer to the CloCo (Clone CoCo? CoClo = CoCoClone?). If only you could get the SALT replacement smaller. Probably impossible/impractical. So perhaps the board could be redesigned with that in mind. I get that you wanted to make a 100% "ready for the parts" close system board and in that you're amazingly successful. It reminds me of the guy who has been doing these bucket-list conversions of actual arcade games to CoCo with amazing fidelity. His mission/purpose was to prove it could be done on the very underrated CoCo3. Also very successful. But there's this practical side where the chips to populate a CoCo clone board aren't really as available as we'd like while replacements such as your Pepper board work (probably better than the original) but don't quite fit looking more like so many mods we've seen over the years (not intended to diminish your amazing work).
Let's say you were able to fully complete your CoCo3 board work but also created one to integrate all of the parts of your Pepper board. Which do you think would have higher demand? I don't know but I know which of the two I'd go for -- the one with built-in Pepper board. The closer we can come to building an all-new CoCo3 with all new parts, the more awesome it becomes.
On the other hand, if we are simply trying to restore a broken CoCo and the traces of an ancient board are more trouble than they are worth? 100% absolutely "full clone" is the way to go. Different mission/purposes.
But I'll say if you or someone created a perfect CoCo clone which also somehow used a USB keyboard and other modern peripheral/IO devices in more of a mini form factor (simple case into which everything plugs in) it would be a dream come true. Such a thing could run from an external DC power supply. The Mega mini MPI could have the support leg removed and could plug right into this fantasy clone all laying more flat on a table surface.
I'll never stop dreaming even if the ideas never catch on or are actually not as good as I think they are.
But I am actively trying to become more skilled. Just got another CoCo3 so that I can socket all of the chips and upgrade from 68b09e to 63c09e and stuff like that. Got a Hakko desolder gun which works REALLY nice so far. If you enjoy inspiring others, I'm inspired.
I'm also looking into where I can even get a RGBtoHDMI kit and not sure what to do with these files and who to send them off to. That process itself is mysterious to me.
Yes it was hard to avoid because I filmed using two cell phones so I really didn't have a mic or anything else connected to them.
I am planning to make a slightly smaller pepper board but not by much, maybe 1mm to 2mm shorter. One of the reason the board is as long as it is(aside from having to accommodate all of the components), is so that the actual PCB can dissipate some of the heat generated by the voltage regulator. One of the reasons I made the pepper is because I was sharing a SALT between two CoCo 2's and I couldn't find a replacement SALT chip and it turned out it that there are others out there that needed a SALT replacement as well.
The CoCo 3 board has been fully recreated there is a GIME replacement already and in fact my CoCo 3 recreation board is using a GIME that was left over from someone who upgraded his GIME to a GIME-X. In essence my CoCo 3 is a new CoCo 3.
I'm also slowly putting together a CoCo 3 board with surface mount parts, integrated pepper, daquiri and USB keyboard, I'm calling it the CoCo++, check out the link.
github.com/qbancoffee/cocoplusplus
I can help you out with the RGB to HDMI, just reach out to me and we can talk about it.
Do you want to order one? I can build one but it will take time since I can't easily find all of the parts.
Send me a message from this webstore I'm putting together.
westchester-tech.square.site/
@@rockyhill3 WOOO!!!! Rock on Rocky!!! Do it! Do it do it!!!
Like I said, slowly.......
I have seen some good KiCAD tutorials but they are a geared towards people with experience using EDA programs. May be I'll make a short video designing a small circuit in KiCAD.
I watch contextual electronics when I have KiCAD questions.
ruclips.net/user/contextualelectronics
Oh no not casettes !
Oh yes!
On Discord someone was saying that the Pepper Board ran significantly cooler than the Salt chip. Is that correct?
The CoCo does run cooler because the pepper removes Q1 from the circuit so there is no heat generated from that transistor anymore.