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Offline MicroCoreLabs

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FPGA-based IBM Wheelwriter Option
« on: Sun, 03 November 2019, 21:31:20 »


Hi,

I just uploaded a small FPGA project to GitHub which allows us to control an IBM Wheelwriter via a serial terminal.

Here's a short demo on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=q8gCYw75E1A&feature=youtu.be
And my blog:  https://microcorelabs.wordpress.com/2019/11/03/ibm-wheelwriter-printer-option/
And the code on GitHub:  https://github.com/MicroCoreLabs/Projects


Enjoy!
-Ted
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Offline suicidal_orange

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Re: FPGA-based IBM Wheelwriter Option
« Reply #1 on: Mon, 04 November 2019, 04:57:08 »
I can't think of a reason to actually use this but I'm impressed that it works, surprisingly fast too.

Thanks for sharing :thumb:
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Offline equalunique

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Re: FPGA-based IBM Wheelwriter Option
« Reply #2 on: Mon, 04 November 2019, 08:29:24 »
Quote from: suicidal_orange on Mon, 04 November 2019, 04:57:08
I can't think of a reason to actually use this but I'm impressed that it works, surprisingly fast too.

Thanks for sharing :thumb:
Shown in the video, the general use case is for texting Chuck Norris jokes to your friends. ;)

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Offline MicroCoreLabs

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Re: FPGA-based IBM Wheelwriter Option
« Reply #3 on: Mon, 04 November 2019, 11:08:39 »
I beg your pardon, but they are Chuck Norris Facts... not jokes... :)

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