KansasFest 2022 16 Arduino Due Adventures: Apple 1 & Don Lancaster's Serial Term. - Matteo Trevisan
Matteo Trevisan: Do you remember Kansasfest 2020??? I was an attendee with the Apple 1 raspberry pi. Now is 2022 and as Moore's law wants and also Woz the computer become more and more little every 6 months. This is not completely my project but a project over my research on the net (simple emulator by Mike Chambers) to run the Apple 1 code inside Arduino. After some reading and testing and try on code programming and buy hardware. I have a functional Apple 1 emulator inside an Arduino Due running also the game LIFE from Conway and some other programs other than Basic. I'm here to present an ancestor replica of the first personal computer: the Don Lancaster Serial Terminal TVT II - CT-1024 Terminal born in 1973. It had a great success from the publications in the magazines sold for 2$ at that time! This is a replica of the Terminal built over a miniaturized breadboard tvout circuit for Arduino found on the Arduino website and the ntscserialtcout sketch code for Arduino Uno. Everything built by hand with minimal stuff, there is only a difference in the quantity of words that can be written that are more than the original Terminal. Everything works typing from a pc keyboard via Serial Terminal Teraterm connected to the serial usb port in com5 at 57600 baud and output the video in the RCA video output of your television. I think this was the first invention to revolutionize the personal computer world following we have the Altair 8800 and Apple 1 computers that used this tv out system. KansasFest is an annual convention offering Apple II users and retrocomputing enthusiasts the opportunity to engage in beginner and technical sessions, programming contests, exhibition halls, and camaraderie. KansasFest was originally hosted by Resource Central and has been brought to you by the KFest committee since 1995. Any and all Apple II users, fans, and friends are invited to attend. For photos, videos, and presentations from past KansasFests, please visit the event’s official Website, https://kansasfest.org.
Matteo Trevisan: Do you remember Kansasfest 2020??? I was an attendee with the Apple 1 raspberry pi. Now is 2022 and as Moore's law wants and also Woz the computer become more and more little every 6 months. This is not completely my project but a project over my research on the net (simple emulator by Mike Chambers) to run the Apple 1 code inside Arduino. After some reading and testing and try on code programming and buy hardware. I have a functional Apple 1 emulator inside an Arduino Due running also the game LIFE from Conway and some other programs other than Basic. I'm here to present an ancestor replica of the first personal computer: the Don Lancaster Serial Terminal TVT II - CT-1024 Terminal born in 1973. It had a great success from the publications in the magazines sold for 2$ at that time! This is a replica of the Terminal built over a miniaturized breadboard tvout circuit for Arduino found on the Arduino website and the ntscserialtcout sketch code for Arduino Uno. Everything built by hand with minimal stuff, there is only a difference in the quantity of words that can be written that are more than the original Terminal. Everything works typing from a pc keyboard via Serial Terminal Teraterm connected to the serial usb port in com5 at 57600 baud and output the video in the RCA video output of your television. I think this was the first invention to revolutionize the personal computer world following we have the Altair 8800 and Apple 1 computers that used this tv out system. KansasFest is an annual convention offering Apple II users and retrocomputing enthusiasts the opportunity to engage in beginner and technical sessions, programming contests, exhibition halls, and camaraderie. KansasFest was originally hosted by Resource Central and has been brought to you by the KFest committee since 1995. Any and all Apple II users, fans, and friends are invited to attend. For photos, videos, and presentations from past KansasFests, please visit the event’s official Website, https://kansasfest.org.