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+/* Imported from Wayback Machine
+   Original URL : https://retrobrewcomputers.org/doku.php?id=builderpages:trick-1:start
+   Snapshot date: 2025-05-16
+   Generator    : wayback-archiver
+*/
+Hi There
+Welcome to the RBC build page of Trick-1. There is something about computers that you can open up, design new bits for, work on and fix that I really like. It was exactly that in the form of an Apple II europlus that got me hooked on computing back in the 1980's. I have a varied background in electronics and computing. For me it is both work and occasional recreation when time permits.
+The recreation aspect can be slow, glaciers move faster, and is broadly around
+The Apple II - I still have a II//e and a II europlus that I have restored and collected a variety of cards for over the years. I have also designed (opto coupled parallel I/O card) and in the process of finalising a build of a Transputer link card with modification from Das Transputer Buch.//
+//Transputers - I caught the transputer bug in the late 1990's and today have a modest collection of which most runs Helios.//
+//Building electronic things - Now this is where RetroBrewComputers has just recently come into my life//
+//Other computing related things such as SunOS/FreeBSD/OpenBSD/Ubuntu and Nvidia CUDA/Parallella/Intel Xeon Phi Clusters//
+//**RetroBrewComputer Build**//
+//**ECB**//
+//SBCV2 - Fully built and operational running romwbw 2.71. Currently running the Z80 at 4Mhz. Powered directly from the backplane <del>PSU at this stage</del>.//
+//12-Slot Backplane 505-6508 - Built and 1/2 populated with connectors. [[https://retrobrewcomputers.org/lib/exe/fetch.php?tok=d3b049&media=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.retrobrewcomputers.org%2Flib%2Fexe%2Ffetch.php%3Ftok%3D646ca3%26media%3Dhttps%3A%2F%2Fwww.retrobrewcomputers.org%2Flib%2Fexe%2Ffetch.php%3Ftok%3Dc5963d%26media%3Dhttps%3A%2F%2Fwww.retrobrewcomputers.org%2Flib%2Fexe%2Ffetch.php%3Ftok%3D02413e%26media%3Dhttps%3A%2F%2Fwww.retrobrewcomputers.org%2Flib%2Fexe%2Ffetch.php%3Ftok%3D2f2fe0%26media%3Dhttps%3A%2F%2Fwww.retrobrewcomputers.org%2Flib%2Fexe%2Ffetch.php%3Ftok%3D6bc3fe%26media%3Dhttps%3A%2F%2Fwww.retrobrewcomputers.org%2Flib%2Fexe%2Ffetch.php%3Ftok%3D480284%26media%3Dhttps%3A%2F%2Fwww.retrobrewcomputers.org%2Flib%2Fexe%2Ffetch.php%3Ftok%3Ddacc63%26media%3Dhttps%3A%2F%2Fwww.retrobrewcomputers.org%2Flib%2Fexe%2Ffetch.php%3Ftok%3Df81a38%26media%3Dhttps%3A%2F%2Fwww.retrobrewcomputers.org%2Flib%2Fexe%2Ffetch.php%3Ftok%3Df2469c%26media%3Dhttps%3A%2F%2Fwww.retrobrewcomputers.org%2Flib%2Fexe%2Ffetch.php%3Ftok%3D0d060e%26media%3Dhttps%3A%2F%2Fwww.retrobrewcomputers.org%2Flib%2Fexe%2Ffetch.php%3Ftok%3D59ac1a%26media%3Dhttps%3A%2F%2Fwww.retrobrewcomputers.org%2Flib%2Fexe%2Ffetch.php%3Ftok%3D4285a3%26media%3Dhttps%3A%2F%2Fwww.retrobrewcomputers.org%2Flib%2Fexe%2Ffetch.php%3Fmedia%3Dbuilderpages%3Atrick-1%3Abackplane.jpg|:builderpages:trick-1:backplane.jpg]]//
+//ECB Bus Monitor - working [[https://retrobrewcomputers.org/lib/exe/fetch.php?tok=1627c8&media=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.retrobrewcomputers.org%2Flib%2Fexe%2Ffetch.php%3Ftok%3De9ba0c%26media%3Dhttps%3A%2F%2Fwww.retrobrewcomputers.org%2Flib%2Fexe%2Ffetch.php%3Ftok%3Deb2f1f%26media%3Dhttps%3A%2F%2Fwww.retrobrewcomputers.org%2Flib%2Fexe%2Ffetch.php%3Ftok%3D831fa6%26media%3Dhttps%3A%2F%2Fwww.retrobrewcomputers.org%2Flib%2Fexe%2Ffetch.php%3Ftok%3Dbfc05d%26media%3Dhttps%3A%2F%2Fwww.retrobrewcomputers.org%2Flib%2Fexe%2Ffetch.php%3Ftok%3Deaa775%26media%3Dhttps%3A%2F%2Fwww.retrobrewcomputers.org%2Flib%2Fexe%2Ffetch.php%3Ftok%3D4c98a9%26media%3Dhttps%3A%2F%2Fwww.retrobrewcomputers.org%2Flib%2Fexe%2Ffetch.php%3Ftok%3D08f173%26media%3Dhttps%3A%2F%2Fwww.retrobrewcomputers.org%2Flib%2Fexe%2Ffetch.php%3Ftok%3Df14e57%26media%3Dhttps%3A%2F%2Fwww.retrobrewcomputers.org%2Flib%2Fexe%2Ffetch.php%3Ftok%3D9cc45d%26media%3Dhttps%3A%2F%2Fwww.retrobrewcomputers.org%2Flib%2Fexe%2Ffetch.php%3Ftok%3D63f6c6%26media%3Dhttps%3A%2F%2Fwww.retrobrewcomputers.org%2Flib%2Fexe%2Ffetch.php%3Ftok%3D16b8d4%26media%3Dhttps%3A%2F%2Fwww.retrobrewcomputers.org%2Flib%2Fexe%2Ffetch.php%3Ftok%3D8002ee%26media%3Dhttps%3A%2F%2Fwww.retrobrewcomputers.org%2Flib%2Fexe%2Ffetch.php%3Fmedia%3Dbuilderpages%3Atrick-1%3Abusmon.jpg|:builderpages:trick-1:busmon.jpg]]//
+//ECB Disk I/O V3.0 - working [[https://retrobrewcomputers.org/lib/exe/fetch.php?tok=271b52&media=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.retrobrewcomputers.org%2Flib%2Fexe%2Ffetch.php%3Ftok%3D5743b0%26media%3Dhttps%3A%2F%2Fwww.retrobrewcomputers.org%2Flib%2Fexe%2Ffetch.php%3Ftok%3Dde2cc4%26media%3Dhttps%3A%2F%2Fwww.retrobrewcomputers.org%2Flib%2Fexe%2Ffetch.php%3Ftok%3D26a8d2%26media%3Dhttps%3A%2F%2Fwww.retrobrewcomputers.org%2Flib%2Fexe%2Ffetch.php%3Ftok%3Dccd66a%26media%3Dhttps%3A%2F%2Fwww.retrobrewcomputers.org%2Flib%2Fexe%2Ffetch.php%3Ftok%3Df5bc64%26media%3Dhttps%3A%2F%2Fwww.retrobrewcomputers.org%2Flib%2Fexe%2Ffetch.php%3Ftok%3D1f66f6%26media%3Dhttps%3A%2F%2Fwww.retrobrewcomputers.org%2Flib%2Fexe%2Ffetch.php%3Ftok%3D8b55a6%26media%3Dhttps%3A%2F%2Fwww.retrobrewcomputers.org%2Flib%2Fexe%2Ffetch.php%3Ftok%3D78d8e0%26media%3Dhttps%3A%2F%2Fwww.retrobrewcomputers.org%2Flib%2Fexe%2Ffetch.php%3Ftok%3D1998bc%26media%3Dhttps%3A%2F%2Fwww.retrobrewcomputers.org%2Flib%2Fexe%2Ffetch.php%3Ftok%3Ddb340e%26media%3Dhttps%3A%2F%2Fwww.retrobrewcomputers.org%2Flib%2Fexe%2Ffetch.php%3Ftok%3D54a6fe%26media%3Dhttps%3A%2F%2Fwww.retrobrewcomputers.org%2Flib%2Fexe%2Ffetch.php%3Ftok%3Dd5b98b%26media%3Dhttps%3A%2F%2Fwww.retrobrewcomputers.org%2Flib%2Fexe%2Ffetch.php%3Fmedia%3Dbuilderpages%3Atrick-1%3Adiskio.jpg|:builderpages:trick-1:diskio.jpg]]//
+//ECB cvdu - working [[https://retrobrewcomputers.org/lib/exe/fetch.php?tok=62bef5&media=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.retrobrewcomputers.org%2Flib%2Fexe%2Ffetch.php%3Ftok%3D00bc7b%26media%3Dhttps%3A%2F%2Fwww.retrobrewcomputers.org%2Flib%2Fexe%2Ffetch.php%3Ftok%3D4f6b0a%26media%3Dhttps%3A%2F%2Fwww.retrobrewcomputers.org%2Flib%2Fexe%2Ffetch.php%3Ftok%3D68c75b%26media%3Dhttps%3A%2F%2Fwww.retrobrewcomputers.org%2Flib%2Fexe%2Ffetch.php%3Ftok%3D7a14a7%26media%3Dhttps%3A%2F%2Fwww.retrobrewcomputers.org%2Flib%2Fexe%2Ffetch.php%3Ftok%3D72792f%26media%3Dhttps%3A%2F%2Fwww.retrobrewcomputers.org%2Flib%2Fexe%2Ffetch.php%3Ftok%3D1548c0%26media%3Dhttps%3A%2F%2Fwww.retrobrewcomputers.org%2Flib%2Fexe%2Ffetch.php%3Ftok%3D53b05a%26media%3Dhttps%3A%2F%2Fwww.retrobrewcomputers.org%2Flib%2Fexe%2Ffetch.php%3Ftok%3Dfb4e25%26media%3Dhttps%3A%2F%2Fwww.retrobrewcomputers.org%2Flib%2Fexe%2Ffetch.php%3Ftok%3D4ad45d%26media%3Dhttps%3A%2F%2Fwww.retrobrewcomputers.org%2Flib%2Fexe%2Ffetch.php%3Ftok%3D57578b%26media%3Dhttps%3A%2F%2Fwww.retrobrewcomputers.org%2Flib%2Fexe%2Ffetch.php%3Ftok%3D993133%26media%3Dhttps%3A%2F%2Fwww.retrobrewcomputers.org%2Flib%2Fexe%2Ffetch.php%3Ftok%3D659364%26media%3Dhttps%3A%2F%2Fwww.retrobrewcomputers.org%2Flib%2Fexe%2Ffetch.php%3Fmedia%3Dbuilderpages%3Atrick-1%3Acvdu.jpg|:builderpages:trick-1:cvdu.jpg]]//
+//ECB propio - Pending Propeller programming [[https://retrobrewcomputers.org/lib/exe/fetch.php?tok=8041de&media=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.retrobrewcomputers.org%2Flib%2Fexe%2Ffetch.php%3Ftok%3D0514d5%26media%3Dhttps%3A%2F%2Fwww.retrobrewcomputers.org%2Flib%2Fexe%2Ffetch.php%3Ftok%3D5e88bd%26media%3Dhttps%3A%2F%2Fwww.retrobrewcomputers.org%2Flib%2Fexe%2Ffetch.php%3Ftok%3D8622fc%26media%3Dhttps%3A%2F%2Fwww.retrobrewcomputers.org%2Flib%2Fexe%2Ffetch.php%3Ftok%3Dae9fda%26media%3Dhttps%3A%2F%2Fwww.retrobrewcomputers.org%2Flib%2Fexe%2Ffetch.php%3Ftok%3D174d89%26media%3Dhttps%3A%2F%2Fwww.retrobrewcomputers.org%2Flib%2Fexe%2Ffetch.php%3Ftok%3D0e1f1a%26media%3Dhttps%3A%2F%2Fwww.retrobrewcomputers.org%2Flib%2Fexe%2Ffetch.php%3Ftok%3D30ec65%26media%3Dhttps%3A%2F%2Fwww.retrobrewcomputers.org%2Flib%2Fexe%2Ffetch.php%3Ftok%3D1fa137%26media%3Dhttps%3A%2F%2Fwww.retrobrewcomputers.org%2Flib%2Fexe%2Ffetch.php%3Ftok%3D007bff%26media%3Dhttps%3A%2F%2Fwww.retrobrewcomputers.org%2Flib%2Fexe%2Ffetch.php%3Ftok%3Da24969%26media%3Dhttps%3A%2F%2Fwww.retrobrewcomputers.org%2Flib%2Fexe%2Ffetch.php%3Ftok%3Dd12c23%26media%3Dhttps%3A%2F%2Fwww.retrobrewcomputers.org%2Flib%2Fexe%2Ffetch.php%3Ftok%3D878fa0%26media%3Dhttps%3A%2F%2Fwww.retrobrewcomputers.org%2Flib%2Fexe%2Ffetch.php%3Fmedia%3Dbuilderpages%3Atrick-1%3Apropio.jpg|:builderpages:trick-1:propio.jpg]]//
+ECB ProtoBoard III - working
+EuroCard Rack - I got a great deal from this gumtree seller in Australia who has a range of racks/PSU/card guides, front pannel hardware etc https://www.gumtree.com.au/s-ad/blacktown-area/other-electronics-computers/din41612-eurocard-frame-card-guides-183mm-jg1/1129976514
+W ATX Slimline Switch Mode Power Supply with ATX socket on breadboard and switch between the green wire and ground (sorry that's really not technical)
+MiniMax8085 - tested and working well
+Built but yest to be tested
+ECB ProtoBoard III x1
+ECB 68030
+ECB MF-PIC
+SBC6120-rbc-edition - This is now built
+ECB VGA3
+Pending final parts
+ECB 4UART-USB
+ECB Dual-SD-Card
+ECB Sprite Video Card
+To be built
+CPU280
+REH-RBC-IDE
+Slot ECB Backplane
+This is a rather bad photo but shows my initial setup in an ABS Rack Case. This is now in a metal EuroCard Rack case (photo pending)
+{{builderpages:trick-1:ecb_system.jpg?500x375|ecb_system.jpg}}
+September 2017 Update
+Well after a big session I now have my RBC running a custom ROMWBW 2.4.8 with the following hardware. See the forum posts around DISKIO and CVDU for information on what was done there to make it all work.
+CVDU - terminal Video and Keyboard
+DISKIOv3 - 1.44M FDD and Physical HDD
+Z80 @ 10Mhz (see forum post about using Crystals instead of Oscillators)
+Busmonitor
+Prototype card with some basic lights to flash on and off for getting the hang of programming.
+The following is the current setup
+{{builderpages:trick-1:rbcsep2017.jpg?400x300|rbcsep2017.jpg}}