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Mogens B

@mogensb.bsky.social
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Zilog Z80 forever! Also other retro computer related stuff; PiDP-8/11, 6502, and a little Arduino and Raspberry Pi. Fan of old HP RPN calculators. Software guy trying to figure out hardware!

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Mogens B @mogensb.bsky.social · 30/05/2025
Successful upgrade of my SC140 to RomWBW 3.5.1 😃 #8bit #RetroComputing #z80 #z180 #cpm
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Mogens B @mogensb.bsky.social · 30/05/2025
Successful upgrade of my SC126 to RomWBW 3.5.1 😃 next one on the bench is the SC140. #8bit #RetroComputing #z80 #z180 #cpm
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Mogens B @mogensb.bsky.social · 24/05/2025
My Commodore 64C just got a lot more fun to use 😃 by adding the brilliant Pi1541 Zero cartridge! What an upgrade from the datasette 📼 #8bit #RetroComputing #c64
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Mogens B @mogensb.bsky.social · 06/05/2025
Slightly more retro than usual 😀 but fun! And kudos to those 17th and 18th century engineers for figuring this out …
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Mogens B @mogensb.bsky.social · 27/02/2025
Nice! I only have this one, but I like it a lot! It’s the Micro UK101, a Grant Searle design, PCB by Steve Gray: cbmsteve.ca/microuk101/i...
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Mogens B @mogensb.bsky.social · 25/02/2025
My C64 just got the best digital video output I could ever dream of. The VIC-II-Dizer and an RGB2HDMI bought from c0pperdragon. This is definitely a 5-star rated solution. Excellent. (unfortunately the photo of the screen doesn't really capture how good the picture is) #c64 #8bit #retrocomputing
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Mogens B @mogensb.bsky.social · 25/02/2025
This is so much better than PDF files 😃 got this original handbook today! The book is from 1980 but in good condition. #hp41cv
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Mogens B @mogensb.bsky.social · 27/01/2025
My latest wall decoration 😃
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Mogens B @mogensb.bsky.social · 18/01/2025
I am happy that I managed to revive this HP-41CV which I picked up very cheap because of heavy leakage from the batteries. Thorough cleaning and a new battery/port bay and screw mounts made the difference! Have to mention this HP-41CV is 41 years old 😃 #RetroComputing #vintagecalculators #hp #hp41c
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Mogens B @mogensb.bsky.social · 23/12/2024
"Fly me to the moon" - the Apollo Guidance Computer was basically build on this resistor-transistor NOR gate, each IC containing 3 or 6 transistors, forming either a single 3-input NOR chip, or a double 3-input NOR chip. #RetroComputing #Apollo #AGC
Breadboard NOR gate
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Mogens B @mogensb.bsky.social · 23/12/2024
I really needed this one in my Linux bash. Maybe I do a little too much CP/M stuff 😀 alias era='rm' #RetroComputing #cpm #z80
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Mogens B @mogensb.bsky.social · 21/12/2024
XMAS light time! NAND gate lights up when one or both inputs are low. No light when both inputs are high. #RetroComputing #digital #logic
NAND gate
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Mogens B @mogensb.bsky.social · 19/12/2024
Test run of Spectrum Forth on The Spectrum, seems to run as expected 😀 #RetroComputing #thespectrum #forth #zxspectrum
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Mogens B @mogensb.bsky.social · 13/12/2024
With careful use I can get 3 digit precision from my Diwa Rietz 601, but so much slower than the HP-11C - I think the business case for handheld electronic calculators is clear, but I love my slide rules 😃
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Mogens B @mogensb.bsky.social · 13/12/2024
Amazon delivered some interesting reads for me, at quite different levels of abstraction 😀 #RetroComputing #z80 #thespectrum #zxspectrum
Books about Spectrum
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Mogens B @mogensb.bsky.social · 13/12/2024
My favourite CP/M 2.2 system. Why? Simplicity. SC114 + SC139 + SC145 #8bit #RetroComputing #zilog #z80 #cpm
SC114 SBC CP/M system
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Mogens B @mogensb.bsky.social · 11/12/2024
Got this 1982 HP-10C today in very good condition 😃 I didn't have one in my "Voyager" collection so happy to find such a good one 💎 #RetroComputing #hp #vintagecalculators
HP 10C calculator
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Mogens B @mogensb.bsky.social · 04/12/2024
I love being a "full-stack developer" in retrocomputing 😂 #RetroComputing #basic
Basic program listing
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Mogens B @mogensb.bsky.social · 29/11/2024
Latest firmware update 1.0.2 installed in The Spectrum. It was a very easy task 😀 #RetroComputing #thespectrum #zxspectrum #z80
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Mogens B @mogensb.bsky.social · 28/11/2024
Memotech MTX upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/co...
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Mogens B @mogensb.bsky.social · 26/11/2024
The Spectrum is loaded with some real ROM images 😃 I am happy to find out this is a feature! I am getting more and more impressed by this machine. #RetroComputing #thespectrum #zxspectrum
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Mogens B @mogensb.bsky.social · 25/11/2024
The 50g is no better than the 32Sii 😄
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Mogens B @mogensb.bsky.social · 25/11/2024
Just loaded Zeus assembler on my new speccy. Looks good, hdmi is slightly better than rf modulation 😂 I actually used a 12" B/W TV with my 16k ZX Spectrum back in the days #RetroComputing #thespectrum
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Mogens B @mogensb.bsky.social · 24/11/2024
ALL content deleted from my X account 😃 leaving the profile dormamt for a while, with a reference to bluesky in the bio, before I deactivate the account completely.
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Mogens B @mogensb.bsky.social · 23/11/2024
Even the weight of The Spectrum is close to the original. 510 gram versus roughly 570 for the Sinclair ZX Spectrum. #RetroComputing
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Mogens B @mogensb.bsky.social · 23/11/2024
First run on The Spectrum 😃 I am impressed by the physical appearance, it is a very accurate replica, including the keyboard! It's a long time since I touched the original ZX Spectrum but this is really good and feels the way I remember. #RetroComputing
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Mogens B @mogensb.bsky.social · 23/11/2024
I am VERY happy with my PiDP8i 😃 and recently also the PiDP-11.
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Mogens B @mogensb.bsky.social · 22/11/2024
This is really an interesting question, I have a modern Casio fx-991EX classwiz and to my surprise I did find a cube root key 😃
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Mogens B @mogensb.bsky.social · 22/11/2024
It's hard to think of a better way to start the weekend, I am really excited to unbox, setup and relive some very good memories from the '80s with The Spectrum computer. I learned so much about programming from my 16K ZX Spectrum back then. #8bit #RetroComputing #Z80 #ZXSpectrum #TheSpectrum
The Spectrum
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Mogens B @mogensb.bsky.social · 21/11/2024
Here's a favorite of mine 😃 the simple but nevertheless very capable SC114 Z80 system running CP/M. Design and kit by Steve Cousins. #RetroComputing #Z80 #CPM
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Mogens B @mogensb.bsky.social · 21/11/2024
I hope this will be my future platform for posting and reading all kinds of retrocomputing stuff! #8bit #RetroComputing #z80
Zilog Z80 CPU
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