History of ROM programmers and release of new ROM programmer

[Jockelill]

JDW has released a new video about ROM programmers and ROM programming in general, well worth watching, that includes a brief history as well:

JDW’s video is also includes a few seconds on the latest CayMac vintage programmer that has been codeveloped by myself, @dougg3, @WillJac and @jajan547

@dougg3 has also written about our efforts on his blog:

Downtown Doug Brown » Porting my Mac ROM SIMM programmer from AVR to ARM

www.downtowndougbrown.com

The new programmer is more than twice as fast as the older generations, and includes some new functions as well. They are available for purchase here:

https://ko-fi.com/s/d6e7e4494d

I also have a couple here in Sweden if anyone is interested in the area.

 

[olePigeon]

Has anyone done a color Happy Mac yet? I know it's possible, but I haven't seen it yet. A color Picasso Mac icon would be neat.

 

[dougg3]

Has anyone done a color Happy Mac yet? I know it's possible, but I haven't seen it yet. A color Picasso Mac icon would be neat.

Believe it or not, bbraun actually added a color Happy Mac to his IIsi base ROM with the 0.9.6 ROM disk driver. See his "Related Developments" section on his 68k Mac ROM Boot Disk page. He linked to a forum that seems to no longer exist, but I think archive.org has the detail.

P.S. you were mentioned a couple of times in JDW's video!

 

[nickpunt]

This is such an incredibly well put together and informative video @JDW!

 

[olePigeon]

Believe it or not, bbraun actually added a color Happy Mac to his IIsi base ROM with the 0.9.6 ROM disk driver. See his "Related Developments" section on his 68k Mac ROM Boot Disk page. He linked to a forum that seems to no longer exist, but I think archive.org has the detail.

Oooo, neat. I'm glad someone did it. Sorely underutilized ROM feature.

P.S. you were mentioned a couple of times in JDW's video!

I guess my icons were popular enough for people to continue to use them. I'm happy about that.