With Don Lancaster’s first, primitive ASCII encoder built, it was only natural that I wanted to test it out. Wiring up the keyboard is going […]
Category: TV Typewriter Redux
Building the ASCII encoder
Wow, that got addictive. Thought I’d just add some of the resistors, a bit at a time, solder in… here and there when I had […]
Vintage Resistor Haul
So yeah, here I was thinking I had it all covered and was starting to build my ASCII encoder. I had bought a slew of […]
Building a ‘brute force’ ASCII encoder for my TV Typewriter
We don’t tend to give keyboards a second thought here in 2016. They are ubiquitous and cheap. You can get a brand new one for […]
TV Typewriter Boards – Cutting
With my first test board behind me, and applying everything I learned previously, I embarked on creating the first full set of boards I needed […]
Making PCBs IV – The Home Stretch
After a long mental debate I decided to forgo the muriatic acid/peroxide homemade etchant route. Watching videos and considering all the precautions and risks involved, […]
Making New PCBs III
So now I’ve got my TV Typewriter ‘artwork’ all finalized and I’m ready to try a transfer. I don’t have any special toner transfer paper […]
Making PCBs II
Have been at a bit of a standstill on etchant. They don’t sell the stuff anywhere in my town at all, so I have to […]
Making PCBs
Having totally missed out on an original set of TV Typewriter boards months ago, I had to proceed with Plan A, which was to make […]
Disaster averted!
Oh man.. that was close. I had been warned in embarking on this project that I would likely have a *very* difficult time finding certain […]