After successfully testing the power supply on my TVT’s mainboard, I now need to move on to actually making the TVT do something. The next […]
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Printing Silkscreen Layer with Ghost White Toner!
Well it finally arrived: As you know, printers do not print white typically, they work subtractively and simply don’t put toner where white is required. […]
Assembling the case
The final pieces are on order and now I’m moving to assembling the TVT’s case. For trial purposes, I built the first case out of […]
The RF modulator
Probably the most important circuit on this whole device is its RF modulator. The RF modulator takes is essentially a ‘converter’ that takes a pure […]
Mainframe and Cursor Board Progress
Progress continues on my TV Typewriter Redux project. After encountering disaster in the form of weak traces, I cleaned up and readied my second TVT […]
About Caps
One of the unantipicated tricky parts of trying to make my prototype look authentically oldschool is finding components that look correct for the period. As […]
Oh no!
So I’ve got my TV Typewriter ‘mainframe’ parts install underway. I’ve got molex connectors, caps, diodes, resistors — the whole nine yards. I decide to […]
‘Dye-ing’ to Begin My Build
For several months, not much progress has happened on the TVT. An attention-challenged collector, I’m always being tempted by other things. I ended up making […]
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, […]