Loom Communications - A Weblog
A Bug in the 3B2 Emulator
Now with dark mode
An Open Web
Nostalgia can be dangerous
New Year, New Site
Do I Want To Do This Anymore?
Where Did The Name Loomcom Come From?
I Have Left Twitter
Jacques Vallee on Artificial Intelligence
Simplifying My Blog
Recovery From Burnout
It's Been A Minute
3B2/1000 Simulator Progress Report
Here Comes Rev 3
What's Next for the 3B2 Simulator?
Could This Be My Next Emulator?
The MAU At Last
Understanding the Network Interface (NI) Card
Using the DMD Terminal with a 3B2
Emulating the DMD 5620: Take Two
Emulating the DMD 5620 Terminal
3B2 Math Acceleration
Hard Disk Imaging
More on Emacs Blogging
Emacs Blogging for Fun and Profit
Emulating the AT&T 3B2 Computer
MMU Caching Finally Explained
3B2 System Timers and SIMH
Simulating the Disk Controller
It's Hard Disk Time
The Equipped Device Table Question is Answered
The Mystery of the Equipped Device Table
A Last Word on MMU Caching
MMU Caching Redux
MMU Caching for Fun and Profit
An Ode to the Cruxen
Fiber Optic Bliss
The WATs of JavaScript
Do You Want To Build an FPGA? Part Two
Rural Cable Expectations
Do You Want To Build An FPGA? Part One
It's Comcastic, or: I Accidentally Bought a House Without Cable
The 1993 Social Network
Retrochallenge: The Final Entry
State of the Retrochallenge
Parsing and Tokenizing
Examining Memory
Getting Input
Our First Macro
Talking To The World
Baby Steps
Getting Started
Retrochallenge 2014
ASR-33 Teletype
No Love on the TV Front
Composite Video
Adventures in NTSC
Retrochallenge 2013 Wrap-up
Out of the Breadboard
Success II: Now Even More Successier
Success!
So Close...
Talking to the Keyboard
Switching Speed
More About Timing
More Hardware, Less Software
Steal From The Best
Curiouser and Curiouser
It's Harder Than It Looks
Summer Retrochallenge 2013
An Almost Perfect Forgery
Retrochallenge WW Wrapup Video
Retrochallenge WW Wrapup
PRESS PLAY ON TAPE
Still Flogging Away
Down to the Wire
It Works!
Getting Closer
Retrochallenge: The First Piece of Code
Whither Java on the Desktop?
How It Works
Comparator Success
Retrochallenge Update: Comparator vs. Zero Crossing Detector
Retrochallenge Winter Warmup: Day 1
Retrochallenge Step 0: Get Prepared
Retrochallenge Winter Warm-Up 2013
Know When To Fold Them
New Theory
Red Herring
More Dead Chips
What Makes A PDP-11/35 Tick?
Retrochallenge Post Mortem
Output Drive
Serious Debugging Time
On Spam
Persistence Pays Off
Transistors!
iCircuit
Continued Power Supply Problems
One Step Forward, Two Steps Back
Intertwingly Little Lines
Time for the Real Work to Begin
More Assembly
Reassembly Begins
Chassis: Before and After
And We're Back In Action!
BA11 Still Missing In Action
July 2012 Retrochallenge!
Backplane Pictures
PDP-11 Off At The Powder Coater
PDP-11/35: Disgusting, Nasty, Dirty Unibus Backplanes
Twinkly Lights
Repainting Delayed a Few Days
Where To From Here?
PDP-11/35 Power Supply Rides Again
PDP-11/35 Restoration, Part 8
PDP-11/35 Restoration, Part 7
PDP-11/35 Restoration: The Nasty Power Supply
PDP-11/35 Restoration, Part 5: Investigating the Diablo 30 Drive
PDP-11/35 Restoration, Part 4: The System Modules Come Out
PDP-11/35 Restoration, Part 3
PDP-11/35 Restoration, Part 2
PDP-11/35 Restoration, Part 1
PDP-11/35 Details
Rescuing a PDP-11/35
Morse Code the Slow Way
Computer Journalism in the Dark Ages
New Call Sign
Going Mobile
Vanity
Amateur Extra Success!
Time to Upgrade
Ham Radio
Here We Go Again