Death of a Dremel
My last planned bit of BMOW case construction was a front-mounted LCD. This required cutting a hole for the LCD in the faceplate, as well as a gap for the wires to pass through the steel case front. Once again…
Month February 2009
Finishing the Case
The deed is done! Or at least the major parts of it. BMOW now exists as a sturdy pizza box enclosure, with real power and peripheral connectors that can stand up to repeated plugging and unplugging. It’s quite a step…
Building the Case
I’m making progress on building BMOW’s case. After more than a year of sitting naked on my desk, it’s finally going to get a proper enclosure: a gutted X-terminal that is just the perfect size… or so I thought. A…
Music Demo
I’m very pleased to say that after a few false starts, and lots of slow plodding progress, I finally have an audio demo to show off! The AY-3-8913 and related interface circuitry have been integrated into BMOW, and it works…
Wire-Wrap Photos
I finished wiring the audio circuitry for BMOW yesterday, which marks the end of wiring for BMOW… for version 1 at least! I took the opportunity to reflect on my wire-wrapping odyssey, and took a bazillion photos of the namesake…
Fun With Dremel
A while ago I purchased an old X-terminal and ripped out the guts, with the intention of using the case for BMOW. Upon opening it up, I discovered that the interior was partitioned into two parts by a steel divider…