Episode 158: Ben Heck's Apple 1 Replica Part 1 Episode

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Ben decides to take on another retro 8-bit computer project and builds an Apple 1 from scratch. He wires the CPU, ROM, and RAM to a PCB and adds some logic gates for memory addressing. With this basic 6502 computer complete, he uses an oscilloscope to take a look at what the CPU is doing. The digital data shows that the 6502 is functional and Ben can move on to the next step.

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wjsteele 5 months ago in reply to wjsteele

There appear to be two copies... one is corrupted... but the one from here is not: github.com/.../Replica Creation
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wjsteele 5 months ago in reply to Electropot

The file just downloaded for me just fine.
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wjsteele 5 months ago in reply to Electropot

All his design is a bread boarded version of Vince's design. There might be some components missing, but all the major components are wired the same.
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Electropot 5 months ago in reply to wjsteele

Its not exactly the same as in this schematic. Ben has done his own variation.
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Electropot 5 months ago in reply to vfehring

It is yet corrupted :-(
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colorize over 4 years ago

Is it possible to do this bit with c64's basic? I would Love a c64 clone.
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makerkaren over 4 years ago in reply to arduinopi

All of the documentation Ben had is on the GitHub repo. If it's not in there, he never made one.
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asif56 over 4 years ago

Is it possible to get a parts list for this build so that I can replicate it.

Regards,
Asif
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wjsteele over 5 years ago in reply to arduinopi

The schematic is in the documentation linked to by clicking on the "Supporting Files" button. Look in the /software/replica 1 TE CD/manuals folder for the replica1TEschmatic.pdf file.

Bill
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arduinopi over 5 years ago

Ben Heck can I please have a wiring diagram for the Apple one Computer
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