falter
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I have just about finished my TVT and am looking towards my next project. In the short term that'll be the clone of the Sol prototype I'm working on. However the artwork for that is very messy and it will take months to clean it up enough to be useable. The Mark-8 project is in park until I decide whether I want to use the original boards or not, and in the interim it'll take a few years to acquire the correct year parts.
So I was thinking about making a SCELBI to go alongside my Mark-8. And I'd like to make my own boards from scratch rather than buy kit boards.
I realize not having access to original boards and given my limitations with schematics that this will be an enormous task. And I was going to buy Mike Willegal's kit boards at one point. However, finding this cache of vintage 1973 board stock has made the prospect of doing my own a bit too irresistible. I don't like the look of modern PCB substrate for vintage projects. With what I have, I've even thought about ripping apart my TVT and redoing it. It just brings the authenticity that much closer, although my skills at making PCBs will limit the quality.
Am I correct in my understanding that there is no artwork out there for SCELBI because it was offered commercially? I've got pictures of original boards - I was thinking I could use those as a background and trace them with Photoshop. I'm wondering also if there are any copyright issues with SCELBI stuff. I will absolutely not do anything illegal or steal designs from anyone else (esp. Mike), and I'm not interested in trying to produce copies for others. This is totally going to be a one-off to take advantage of this vintage board stock I have.
So I was thinking about making a SCELBI to go alongside my Mark-8. And I'd like to make my own boards from scratch rather than buy kit boards.
I realize not having access to original boards and given my limitations with schematics that this will be an enormous task. And I was going to buy Mike Willegal's kit boards at one point. However, finding this cache of vintage 1973 board stock has made the prospect of doing my own a bit too irresistible. I don't like the look of modern PCB substrate for vintage projects. With what I have, I've even thought about ripping apart my TVT and redoing it. It just brings the authenticity that much closer, although my skills at making PCBs will limit the quality.
Am I correct in my understanding that there is no artwork out there for SCELBI because it was offered commercially? I've got pictures of original boards - I was thinking I could use those as a background and trace them with Photoshop. I'm wondering also if there are any copyright issues with SCELBI stuff. I will absolutely not do anything illegal or steal designs from anyone else (esp. Mike), and I'm not interested in trying to produce copies for others. This is totally going to be a one-off to take advantage of this vintage board stock I have.
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