James @baldengineer@qoto.org

Thur 2/29 Stream: Let's (Finally!) Finish re-drawing the TRS-80 MC-10 schematic in KiCad 8.0.0. https://youtube.com/live/OBL6ZMtjnew

KiCad 8 is here! (Well, it came out late last week.) So, to celebrate, i list out 8 Features I like: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ohxlmy0p7FE

Thur 2/15 Stream: Let's Finish redrawing the TRS-80 MC-10 Schematic!

https://youtube.com/live/hAZi3hXHY1o

Thur 2/8 Live stream: Continuing work on the TRS-80 MC-10 Schematic. Also, checking out some new KiCad 8 features. https://youtube.com/live/R3PyxBIJoww

Thur 2/1: Redrawing the TRS-80 MC-10 Schematic in KiCad 8 RC2!
https://youtube.com/live/11hBRgYjpRU

We repaired one of these on-stream a couple of years ago. Now it is time to add its schematic to the Bit Preserve archive.

It's the one email "newsletter" people actually want to receive.

If you're hosting a reoccurring event, please set up an email list for future events!

I always find out about small meetups two weeks after the date. And so few have a way to get notified about the next one.

And no, having a Facebook group doesn't count. *eyeroll*

... and done! Only found 5 bugs in KiCad 8! :)

Thur 1/25 Stream: Checking out KiCad 8 RC2 by drawing an extender card for the Mega IIe:

https://youtube.com/live/VXQzyb-D5aI

Hey @48kRAM, Did you get your ZX Spectrum Next tracking number too?

Here are some lessons I learned when trying to turn on a recent RP2040-based tool I designed.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LUEgJpy-Un4

Thur 1/11 Stream: Let's Finish Re-Drawing the Apple IIe Switch-Mode Power Supply Schematic in KiCad

https://youtube.com/live/dOro8SNju2c

I have a friend who would like to transfer some memories off of MiniDV tapes. Does anyone have a deck/camcorder I could borrow or be willing to transfer the tapes?

Doing end-of-year photo album clean-up. I came across this picture in a forgotten 2015 folder.

At one point, this was my entire retro-computing collection.

KiCad supports super- and sub-scripts...