Open Hardware: USB-4SERIAL, Retro, and More
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USB-4SERIAL is Industrial grade -45+85C Open Source Hardware USB2.0 High speed USB to Four RS232 Serial ports + shared RS485 port
USB-4SERIAL is and Industrial grade -45+85C, Open Source Hardware USB-C type connector USB2.0 High speed to Four RS232 level or TTL level Serial ports. Port4 can be multiplexed between RS232 and RS485 current loop.
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Retro addons: Cumana Oscar Parallel Port CDROM Drive
I recently wanted to find an easy way to transfer large files to my Archimedes A3010. In particular the data was on a CDROM image. I therefore wondered if there was a CDROM drive I could use with it. This led me to the Cumana Oscar drive. A drive which appears to be somewhat rare.
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Versioning of sbsa-ref machine
QEMU has emulation of several machines. One of them is “sbsa-ref” which stands for SBSA Reference Platform. The Arm server in simpler words.
In past I worked on it when my help was needed. We have CI jobs which run some tests (SBSA ACS, BSA ACS) and do some checks to see how we are with SBSA compliance.
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Commodore 64 Upgrade In Modern Package
While the Commodore 64 was an immensely popular computer for its time, and still remains a strong favorite within the retrocomputing community, there’s a reason we’re not using modern Commodore-branded computers today. Intense competition, company mismanagement, and advancing beyond 8-bit computers too late in the game all led to the company’s eventual downfall. But if you’re still a Commodore enthusiast and always wished you were able to get an upgraded C64, you might want to take a look at the Commander X16, a modern take on this classic computer.