Ok, firstly, apologies for the lateness of this post. The stuff below was actually done a couple of weeks ago, but time has just got away from me. Hence this is being written up 2 days past the closing date for RC2017/4. Sorry Anyway, this part of my challenge involves investigating a rack that came as part of the old stuff that I picked up. Looks like a 3 bay x 12 slot Eurocard rack. Lets take a closer look...
Next up on the things to investigate is the 4 keyboards Judging by the connectors, it was obvious that these aren't modern (PS2, USB or even 5 pin DIN) keyboards. Likely either a raw matrix or maybe parallel ASCII. Lets open them up and have a poke around!
So, once again Retro Challenge is upon us, and, yes, the timing is offset , but an April challenge should mean that more people are able to participate. To try and stay ahead of the curve this time, I thought I'd get in early and give my excuses for why I failed to complete the challenge this time around. I know most people leave this part until the very end, so hopefully I can impress the judges with my efficiency! The very first weekend in April was the UK Maker Faire in Newcastle (which was awesome, thank you for asking), so that took 3 days out of April for me. Then at Easter the Edinburgh Mini Maker Faire will also be robbing me of 3 days. And, finally, Vintage Computer Festival Europe is on from 29th April to 1st May. So, with travel and prep for these events, I feel like I'll be left with about 4.5 days in which to complete the challenge. Lets see how that works out...
