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Just in time for Marchintosh 2025 (by which I mean slightly late), TashTalk Raspberry Pi hat kits are back in stock! Get 'em while they're hot! https://ko-fi.com/tashtari/shop

Nice! I like the look of the blue faceplates with the white case.

Great to see another build! To follow up on the questions about MIDI raised in the chat and the video: The PIC firmware was created with the idea of making it possible to make a two-in-one device that emulated both the MacRecorder and the Apple MIDI Interface. This is still doable but would...

Yeah - in MIDI mode (mode select pin pulled low), the firmware generates a 1 MHz clock from the clock output pin and relays the MIDI/audio input pin to the RxD± pins, inverted.

No worries. I'm in the US, though, my profile shouldn't be saying I'm in France...

Oh, wow, I somehow missed the activity in this thread... If you haven't already bought a programmer, I'm willing to supply some pre-programmed PIC12F1501s at cost. Microchip will program them but they have a minimum of $60 on their programming services, which makes it unappealing unless you're...

You can use a PICkit3 or ICD3 or newer, but if I'm not mistaken (@demik correct me if I'm wrong) you can also program these on the common TL866+ programmers.

Cool, looks like it did plug into the keyboard port... most likely the keypad functioned like the separate M0120 keypad for the 512k/128k since it has that keypad's symbols printed on it in red, but the function keys are a mystery.

This is probably a long shot considering how rare MacCharlies are, but... I find myself curious about the keyboard unit that came with them. If it plugged into the Mac's keyboard port (the one with the 4P4C phone handset-type jack), it's one of a very small number of devices that did, and maybe...

Elevate your game! Introducing... TashPad! Elevator Pitch It's a converter that makes a Super Nintendo/Super Famicom controller appear to an ADB Macintosh as a Gravis Mac GamePad. Used with the GamePad's control panel, it can be used to play all your favorite Mac games. I made the...

Forgot to post here as well, I have TashTalk 2 RPi hat kits back in stock over at my Ko-fi shop! They're now (optionally) available with stackable headers: And fully assembled/tested:

To anyone who was waiting, I have some TashTalk hat kits back in stock, and I'm ordering some parts to put together some more.

Hm. I've done too much wheel-reinvention in my time to cast stones, but I certainly wish they were writing it in Python... =)

The protocol in question is AURP, documented here. Implementing it in TashRouter would be a fairly significant undertaking, but should be doable... it'd likely just be another subclass of Port, alongside the ones that support TashTalk, LToUDP, and EtherTalk. If anyone's interested in taking it...

Sudden unexpected uptick in popularity since the whole GlobalTalk thing came about. =) I have PCBs on order, once they're here I'll be able to make more kits and will update this thread.