• Retro Challenge 2017/4 – Rack Teardown and Wrap Up

    Ok, firstly, apologies for the lateness of this post.  The stuff below was actually done a couple of weeks ago, but time has just got away from me.  Hence this is being written up 2 days past the closing date for RC2017/4.  Sorry Anyway, this part of my challenge involves investigating a rack that came as […]

  • Retro Challenge 2017/4 – The Key(board) to Happiness

    Next up on the things to investigate is the 4 keyboards Judging by the connectors, it was obvious that these aren’t modern (PS2, USB or even 5 pin DIN) keyboards.  Likely either a raw matrix or maybe parallel ASCII.  Lets open them up and have a poke around!

  • Retro Challenge 2017/4 – Getting The Excuses In Early

    So, once again Retro Challenge is upon us, and, yes, the timing is offset , but an April challenge should mean that more people are able to participate. To try and stay ahead of the curve this time, I thought I’d get in early and give my excuses for why I failed to complete the […]