Wednesday, September 03, 2008

Actually got a little work done..

On the repack this past weekend. Small stuff, but, progress is progress. I'll post pictures later, but, here's a short run down;

1. I removed the toggle switch I was using with the rocker switch from the original Model III

2. Added a 'power on' LED by the reset button.

Like I said, small items, but, still progress...


Later,
mccm

Friday, July 25, 2008

Still kickin'

Okay faithful readers (all 2 of you). I'll be back shortly with some more progress on the repack. Slowly beginning to get caught up with life...

Tuesday, February 05, 2008

Ummmm, I guess not...

Well, I guess November 1st was not realistic. With having to set up the Christmas lights and finishing the controllers and SSRs, I just had no time for much of anything else.

Speaking of the Christmas lights, here are two videos from them (please excuse the piss poor quality of the vide, the camcorder died and I had to use a digital camera):






I have been trying to keep up with eVilBay auctions over at the CoCoHut when I can. However, since I no longer have an internet connection at home, this has been sporatic at best...

As I said in an earlier post, I had a 24 X 31 (wanted a 36' garage but the wife objeted) metal garage put up back in October. I am currently planning and working on adding a loft too it for storage so I can actually reclaim some floorspace. After emptying 3 storage units, there's not a lot of room left... Anyway, a small section of this will be set aside for CoCo and computer work in general. The rest will support my other numerous hobbies (woodworking, auto restoration, electronics, etc...). Hopefully I'll get back to the repack in the coming weeks, time will tell.

Friday, October 12, 2007

Yep.... still here

Hey folks, I'm still here and still alive. We finally closed on our house last Wednesday (October 3rd) so that is done. I am in the process of getting a 24X36 garage built, 16 X 24 will be workshop space for me. I look to be getting back to CoCo stuff sometime around November 1st.

Stay tuned...



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Tuesday, August 21, 2007

A few updates...

Cris 'CaptCPU' Egger has got the CoCoHut Message Board operational again. Everyone who was a member will will need to re-register.

I've finally ordered the parts to my Christmas Light Sequencers. Hidden in amongst the IC's, LED's and such for that projects are the parts I need to (hopefully) fix my MPI. I will be removing and replacing several of the MPI's IC's. Of course the replacements will be socketed for easier future replacement. So in a few days I may have some happier news to report...

Brian

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Tuesday, August 14, 2007

Still here, just busy

Greetings repack followers (all 3 of you)!!!! Been almost a month and a half so I figured it's time for a quick update. I'm ashamed to say, I've done almost ZERO CoCoing during the last six weeks. Work, family and life keeps getting in the way, pretty much in that order:

Work: moved our main office during July - working overtime when you're salaried (is that a word?) sucks...
Family: Yes, I'm married, yes I've got kids, yes, all demand a portion of my time...
Life: Still working on closing on the house (3 months AFTER moving in), a friend of ours estranged wife and her boyfriend are apparently being held for murder of his (my friends') two year old baby girl (obit here, article here and here. Words cannot accurately express how I feel about this. Good friends of ours are hurting right now. Ira, Callie's dad is a good man. Eli, Becky, Kaili and the rest of their family have to be going thru hell right now. My prayers are with them. I don't know what I can say about the mother. She worked for my wife when we had a pizza store in southern Ohio a few years back. To think she may be capable of something like this just sends chills up and down my spine. Unbelievable.

Not a very CoCoish post, but, oh well...

Hopefully, I'll be closing on my house by the end of the month and then maybe get Evil Lab Florida built and functioning so I can do some serious CoCo evilness during the fall and holiday season. Oh, that and my Christmas light display. If you like synchronized light displays such as this, then you give Do It Yourself Christmas a visit. All of the resources are there to help you build your own controller (and yes, Cris, you can do this...) and set up a display of your own!!!

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Friday, June 29, 2007

MPI Troubleshooting

These pics are being posted to help Gene help me diagnose my MPI problem...



This is the output of U2 pin 6. Approximately 1.4v pulses.




This pic is the input on U2p14. The rest of the input pins look similar.




U2 pin 4 (DB2) - ~ .2 - 3.5v
U2 pin 8 (DB5) - ~ .2 - 3.5v
U2 pin 9 (DB6) - ~ .2 - 3.5v
U2 pin 5 (DB7) - ~ .2 - 3.5v

U2 pin 2 (DB1), U2 pin 3 (DB0) and U2 pin 7 (DB4) - ~3.5vdc with no waveform to speak of