Steve

Steve

Done?

I think it’s done. This evening I went to work a bit more on BMOW, and realized… there’s nothing left to do. The last little bit was finished this weekend, and involved creating a self-running demo loop of all the…

Maker Faire 2009 banner

Maker Faire

ZOMG!!! I’m exhibiting at the Maker Faire! It’s billed as “the world’s largest DIY festival”, and is happening in the San Francisco Bay Area May 30-31. If you’re anywhere remotely nearby, make a trip to come see BMOW and the…

BMOW 1 board layout diagram

Board Layout

While updating the BMOW documentation, I came across this diagram of the main system board layout that might be interesting to share. It shows every part on the board, and howthey’re all grouped into the subsystems that form the computer.…

Date and time setting screen

Date and Time

I’ve written one more program for BMOW: a utility to set the date and time. OK, I admit it’s not very exciting, but it is mighty useful when a buggy program overwrites the memory-mapped real-time clock registers for the fifth…

Music Visualizer

One more demo: I wrote a music visualizer to show off the AY chip tunes, and also converted a bunch more AY songs for use with BMOW. Now there’s something cool to look at while you listen to that glorious…

Aztec Sun Stone image at 512x480 with 2 colors

Spit and Polish

I know I’ve said this before, but I think BMOW is fast approaching a state of “done”. For the last week I’ve been polishing some old demos and making some new ones, for inclusion in the final demo ROM. Along…

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