A PC-6001 ROM cartridge is made that displays Claude Monet’s “Meules” impressionist painting on the screen. Z80 assembly language and the memory map of the 6847 video controller are discussed.| Leaded Solder
One of the hot new trends in the 8-bit computer community is the development of “Pico carts.” By using a Raspberry Pi Pico microcontroller instead of a ROM, you can make a cool software-defined cartridge that can do basically anything. For instance, it can load a ROM. I decided to make a prototype one for my beloved NEC PC-6001 series of home computer.| Leaded Solder
Hey Folks, As you may have seen, I’ve been updating gradually a number of pages on the PC-FXGA for you to find out a little more about what it is and what it can do. As you may know there weren’t many pieces of software and games released for it officially outside of SameGameFX, Nnyu … Continue reading PC-FXGA – Homebrew – Made in Japan→| Super CD·ROM²
Hey Folks, Yakumo from SegagagaDomain has put together a great Retro Core episode on the NEC PC Engine. In this issue some hardware presentation and HuCards game reviews. Well worth watching 🙂 In this show we take a look at the many different forms of hardware as well as the following games. Hana Taaka Daka （はなたっかだか） … Continue reading Retro Core – PC Engine, Megadrive & Rise of the Tomb Raider loses the plot…→| Super CD·ROM²
I was familiar with a couple of variants of this console: the original Japanese PC Engine from 1987 and the American version from 1989 called TurboGrafx-16. I have the version intended for the Euro…| Oldcomputr.com
Modifying a PC-6001 cassette tape image to work from a ROM cartridge.| Leaded Solder
Repair of an NEC MultiSync 3D CRT with green interference on the screen.| Leaded Solder