Two years (and some months) have passed since we released the TIM 011 replica. Behind the scenes, we were working on improving the TIM 011 clone, and we present you the results here. The latest board we are releasing is TIM011B v2.2. First, the hardware changes: We replaced the dynamic [Read more ->]
With just three ready-made modules you can build a USB Mouse adapter for Sharp X680x0 series. Here is a step-by-step tutorial how to do it.
It is as silly as it sounds…
Using cpmtools under Windows may be a PITA. Thankfully, you can install a full-fledged Linux distro inside your Windows box, without the need to juggle with virtual machines, using Windows Subsystem for Linux.
In 1987, Institute “Mihajlo Pupin” in Belgrade developed the TIM 011, an 8-bit school computer based on Hitachi HD64180 CPU, a highly integrated Z80 derivative working on 6,144 MHz. In 2024, an international team recreated the computer’s motherboard and plans to extend it.
Here you can see the slides for my presentation on the Magic Desk and Ocean Compatible Cartridge for this year’s Commodore Retro Expo.
Read all about the latest Universal (Magic Desk and Ocean compatible) cartridge for the Commodore 64, designed by me.
Next up in the queue to be dissected is a bit more complex cartridge, with the ability to have up to 64k of programs inside.
In the second part of this series we will explore the hardware of a simple 16k cartridge made by various producers in Ex-Yugoslavia.
In the days of the Commodore 64’s popularity in Ex-Yugoslavia, software piracy was “legal”, at least – not sanctioned. Every town had it’s software pirate, and you could get all new games on compilation tapes.
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