I’ve decided to do whatever it takes to fix the VSYNC problem with BMOW’s video, and right now it looks like that means ripping out and redesigning a decent portion of the video address circuitry. Things are fine when displaying…
Holy cow, this thing is riddled with bugs! I started trying to address some of the bugs described in the Boot Logo posting, with mostly positive results. Some problems turned out to be hardware issues, some were in the software,…
Odd problems– are there any other kind? I did more work on BMOW today, after a few weeks focusing my attention elsewhere. Wow, there are a lot of strange problems going on. Without having changed a thing from my previous…
I’ve made some additions to the ROM-based boot loader, so BMOW now has a proper boot logo paired with cool yet useless system diagnostics. All it needs now is a groovy start-up sound, and it will be a proper retro-80’s…
I’ve reached an exciting point in the evolution of BMOW. All of the individual bits of technology that I’ve built are now coming together, and rather than a proof-of-concept of keyboard or USB or video functions, I actually have a…
Following my experience with the video system, I decided to create a boot loader. It’s a little surprising that I never did this before, actually. While working on the video, after every tiny change to the video software, I had…
