What projects are you working on (retro)

[oO cozy Oo]

I`ve had an Amiga A600 for a few months now and i sent it to www.retropassion.co.uk for recapping, so should get it back first week next year!
Next I`ll have to fit a Gotek drive and a Compact flask hard drive adapter. Had one back in the day in 1991 lol ,But still think the Spectum is the best computer in my youth

[smurphboy]

I'm in the middle of recapping a Toastrack 128k +, but I've got an eye out for an A1200 or A4000 to renovate.

I had an A1200 with 68030EC and 4MB RAM BITD and sold it and the multisync monitor to get a Mac LC II... Regrets... I've had a few...

[oO cozy Oo]

@smurphboy
I`d love a 128k toastrack !! but the price £$$££$£$, I was thinking of a harlequin( or a OMNI 128) with a 48+ case and fake heat sink! but Santa may have missed me this year

[Jbizzel]

What am I working on?

This masterpiece....

[oO cozy Oo]

What am I working on?

This masterpiece....

lol Nice and auto player for a zx spectrum......... or a demo mockup of your next game!!!

[Jbizzel]

@oO cozy Oo well, one of these guys does appear in my latest game, Yoyo's Revenge.

[chubsta]

my first Speccy game - couldnt even get my head around BASIC when I had a Spectrum as a kid but played around with asm on the ST, then went on to make a killing writing apps in Obj-C when the iPhone first came out.

Finally feel ready to make that Spectrum game I have always dreamt of - it is still very difficult but I am getting there, hopefully will be finished by the end of 2023!

[worcestersource]

I finally found some time to look at a game I last worked on last February. I’d made good progress so had plenty to look at but all I really got to do was read the code to figure out how it worked. Fortunately I’d commented it so heavily! Everything was in place to accept two new level tile sets, so I thought it’d give me a push if I drew another set.

My other retro project is my Rover SD1. I’ve had it six years and have to tinker with it to keep it on the road (it replaced a perfectly good Mondeo). My Christmas present this year was a new headlining board!

Steve

[flatduckrecords]

Sometime towards the end of last year (2021) I had an order with The Future Was 8-Bit for something or other and stuck a couple of C64 cartridge PCBs and rather fetching Stumpy Cases into my shopping cart at the same time.

I’ve yet to even write a single byte of 6502 (6510) never mind blowing said bytes to an EPROM but I’d like to get around to it this year.

I’ve nothing specific in mind but I’ve got a pal with a real C64 that would be amused by a custom cart so I’ll come up with something!

[scoppack]

I'd like to continue and hopefully finish the 4 games I started last year. Haven't really touched them at all this year. Single screen shooter, a bullet hell-ish scroller, an isometric adventure, and a vertical scrolling reboot of a classic. Failing that, i'll just trawl ebay for bargains

[Lee Bee]

I must confess I'm working on something quite huge - a commercial product I'm planning to sell globally. It's my "grand vision" which has been years in the making and I'm still years from launching. Something very new and different. I can't wait to share more when the time's right, but I can't go into details just yet. I have no experience of manufacturing or retailing products, I just strongly believe the world needs this "visionary product", so I'm trying to make it happen!

[Mpk]

If anyone's hesitant about posting here, I can say that posting what you're working on in a thread like this really encourages you to make progress, as it means the idea is not just in your head any more; it's out in the world, and the project feels more real. So, you really feel like you should get them completed.

With that in mind : You can't trick me into productivity! I'm keeping my stupid nonsense to myself.

[smurphboy]

@smurphboy
I`d love a 128k toastrack !! but the price £$$££$£$, I was thinking of a harlequin( or a OMNI 128) with a 48+ case and fake heat sink! but Santa may have missed me this year

I saved up and swallowed my pride and bought one on ebay. I went for one that was unspoilt but needed work. But I can see the attraction of a Harlequin or FPGA ULA solution.

[oO cozy Oo]

I saved up and swallowed my pride and bought one on ebay. I went for one that was unspoilt but needed work. But I can see the attraction of a Harlequin or FPGA ULA solution.

I will save up and have one, but tell the wife it cost less than I paid for it Just seems right to use real hardware( I have a zx Sizif 512), Like the Amiga A600 I`ve had recapped and extra work I`ll do(when i get it back) will be better than the Pi4 with Pimiga on it, ok its got all the games but when I will use the real thing it will bring a smile to my face

[777]

im building a finalgrom for the ti99 with surface mount devices

[oO cozy Oo]

im building a finalgrom for the ti99 with surface mount devices

Have you got a TL866II PLUS USB Minipro Programmer EEPROM FLASH or have you got the complete kit to make up, I was going to buy one.
Was thinking to do a ZX Dandanator Mini 2.1 and program the eeproms.
Good luck with your project!!!

[777]

Have you got a TL866II PLUS USB Minipro Programmer EEPROM FLASH or have you got the complete kit to make up, I was going to buy one.
Was thinking to do a ZX Dandanator Mini 2.1 and program the eeproms.

I'm having to build it myself. So I will need the programmer at some point. I think you program it over serial.

[Ivanzx]

I must confess I'm working on something quite huge - a commercial product I'm planning to sell globally. It's my "grand vision" which has been years in the making and I'm still years from launching. Something very new and different. I can't wait to share more when the time's right, but I can't go into details just yet. I have no experience of manufacturing or retailing products, I just strongly believe the world needs this "visionary product", so I'm trying to make it happen!

Is is Spectrum related?

[Lee Bee]

Is is Spectrum related?

Sort of. It was directly inspired by my love of the Spectrum so I think it will appeal to Spectrum fans. On the other hand, it's not a piece of Spectrum hardware, it's a completely separate product.