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Who remembers the Jupiter Ace? https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jupiter_Ace https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jupiter_Ace
by dynjo 4y ago
Who remembers the Jupiter Ace? https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jupiter_Ace https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jupiter_Ace
- denton-scratch 4y agoI had one - it was the first computer I owned. It was cheaper than a ZX81.
- retrocryptid 4y agoSadly, I missed the ace when it was released as hardware, but whiled away many hours with the xAce emulator. I was able to find most of the docs online as PDFs, and they were really pretty good.
- Gordonjcp 4y agoI still have one - or most of one - that a friend of the family gave me after he bought it and couldn't figure it out and bought a ZX Spectrum instead. Sadly the vacuum-formed plastic case went all crumbly. I'd love to build a homebrew one.
- peteri 4y agoSadly you've missed a recent opportunity with the Minstrel Forth https://www.thefuturewas8bit.com/shop/tynemouth-products/minstrel4th.html https://www.thefuturewas8bit.com/shop/tynemouth-products/min... a modern clone of the original. There is a bit of cheating by having a micro controller do the video timing along with a dual port RAM for the video, but I'm happy enough with that. Alternatively you could go with Grant Searles schematic http://www.jupiter-ace.co.uk/hardware_diy_ace.html http://www.jupiter-ace.co.uk/hardware_diy_ace.html
- Gordonjcp 4y agoI have a circuit diagram and Kicad, and it wouldn't cost much to get a board made.
- Zenst 4y agoChap in this video has Jupiter Ace emulated and running upon a Raspberry PICO, even handles display driver for VGA output. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XhDkOIs2Au8 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XhDkOIs2Au8
- pjmlp 4y agoI do, it was a regular ad on Speccy magazines.