#tl866 — Public Fediverse posts

I retired by #tl866 -- the socket's too loose. Somehow, the new #t48 that replaced it lacks the same charm.

It's no longer a 1980s-looking beige box, it's black with rounded curves and a needlessly blue LED, and it's finickier (doesn't like being on the USB 2.0 under-desk hub with the HID devices)

I suppose it's mostly nostalgia-- the 866 is where I built my most successful hobby project (a CH375/6 option ROM).

Still, do I need strong feelings about ROM programmers? #vintagecomputing

Repairs Builds and Restorations: Epictronics Makes Versa64Cart Carts, Fixes a TL866, and Checks a C64 ALDI
#Commodore64 #C64 #RetroComputing #EPROM #HomebrewHardware #ElectronicsRepair #TL866 #VintageComputers #PCB #3DPrinting
https://theoasisbbs.com/repairs-builds-and-restorations-epictronics-makes-versa64cart-carts-fixes-a-tl866-and-checks-a-c64-aldi/?fsp_sid=936

Repairs Builds and Restorations: Epictronics Makes Versa64Cart Carts, Fixes a TL866, and Checks a C64 ALDI
#Commodore64 #C64 #RetroComputing #EPROM #HomebrewHardware #ElectronicsRepair #TL866 #VintageComputers #PCB #3DPrinting
https://theoasisbbs.com/repairs-builds-and-restorations-epictronics-makes-versa64cart-carts-fixes-a-tl866-and-checks-a-c64-aldi/?fsp_sid=936

Repairs Builds and Restorations: Epictronics Makes Versa64Cart Carts, Fixes a TL866, and Checks a C64 ALDI
#Commodore64 #C64 #RetroComputing #EPROM #HomebrewHardware #ElectronicsRepair #TL866 #VintageComputers #PCB #3DPrinting
https://theoasisbbs.com/repairs-builds-and-restorations-epictronics-makes-versa64cart-carts-fixes-a-tl866-and-checks-a-c64-aldi/?fsp_sid=936

Repairs Builds and Restorations: Epictronics Makes Versa64Cart Carts, Fixes a TL866, and Checks a C64 ALDI
#Commodore64 #C64 #RetroComputing #EPROM #HomebrewHardware #ElectronicsRepair #TL866 #VintageComputers #PCB #3DPrinting
https://theoasisbbs.com/repairs-builds-and-restorations-epictronics-makes-versa64cart-carts-fixes-a-tl866-and-checks-a-c64-aldi/?fsp_sid=936

Repairs Builds and Restorations: Epictronics Makes Versa64Cart Carts, Fixes a TL866, and Checks a C64 ALDI
#Commodore64 #C64 #RetroComputing #EPROM #HomebrewHardware #ElectronicsRepair #TL866 #VintageComputers #PCB #3DPrinting
https://theoasisbbs.com/repairs-builds-and-restorations-epictronics-makes-versa64cart-carts-fixes-a-tl866-and-checks-a-c64-aldi/?fsp_sid=936

A New Cartridge for an Old Computer https://hackaday.com/2025/10/06/a-new-cartridge-for-an-old-computer/ #ieeespectrum #programming #3dprinting #cartridge #commodore #assembly #memory #tl866 #News #demo #c64 #rom

A New Cartridge for an Old Computer https://hackaday.com/2025/10/06/a-new-cartridge-for-an-old-computer/ #ieeespectrum #programming #3dprinting #cartridge #commodore #assembly #memory #tl866 #News #demo #c64 #rom

A New Cartridge for an Old Computer https://hackaday.com/2025/10/06/a-new-cartridge-for-an-old-computer/ #ieeespectrum #programming #3dprinting #cartridge #commodore #assembly #memory #tl866 #News #demo #c64 #rom

A New Cartridge for an Old Computer https://hackaday.com/2025/10/06/a-new-cartridge-for-an-old-computer/ #ieeespectrum #programming #3dprinting #cartridge #commodore #assembly #memory #tl866 #News #demo #c64 #rom

A New Cartridge for an Old Computer - Although largely recognizable to anyone who had a video game console in the 80s or... - https://hackaday.com/2025/10/06/a-new-cartridge-for-an-old-computer/ #ieeespectrum #programming #3dprinting #cartridge #commodore #assembly #memory #tl866 #news #demo #c64 #rom

A New Cartridge for an Old Computer - Although largely recognizable to anyone who had a video game console in the 80s or... - https://hackaday.com/2025/10/06/a-new-cartridge-for-an-old-computer/ #ieeespectrum #programming #3dprinting #cartridge #commodore #assembly #memory #tl866 #news #demo #c64 #rom

A New Cartridge for an Old Computer - Although largely recognizable to anyone who had a video game console in the 80s or... - https://hackaday.com/2025/10/06/a-new-cartridge-for-an-old-computer/ #ieeespectrum #programming #3dprinting #cartridge #commodore #assembly #memory #tl866 #news #demo #c64 #rom

A New Cartridge for an Old Computer - Although largely recognizable to anyone who had a video game console in the 80s or... - https://hackaday.com/2025/10/06/a-new-cartridge-for-an-old-computer/ #ieeespectrum #programming #3dprinting #cartridge #commodore #assembly #memory #tl866 #news #demo #c64 #rom

A New Cartridge for an Old Computer - Although largely recognizable to anyone who had a video game console in the 80s or... - https://hackaday.com/2025/10/06/a-new-cartridge-for-an-old-computer/ #ieeespectrum #programming #3dprinting #cartridge #commodore #assembly #memory #tl866 #news #demo #c64 #rom

New video! I'm showing two (and a half) ways of getting the TL866 EPROM programmer to work in Linux.

YouTube: https://youtu.be/_oacXhtaLsk
PeerTube: https://makertube.net/w/kKdacAjugvbd6cDGyUSZew

#TL866 #EPROM #EPROMProgrammer #XGecu #MiniPro #Linux #LinuxMint #Wine #VirtualBox #Tutorial #HowTo #EPROMBurner

New video! Installing the latest 3.2.3 Kickstart ROM and Amiga OS in my Amiga 600.

YouTube: https://youtu.be/iebCfK553jo
PeerTube: https://makertube.net/w/qgyaPKh3Y7oTtPeNJRWqVM

#Amiga #Commodore #A600 #Amiga600 #AmigaOS #AmigaOS32 #AmigaOS323 #Kickstart323 #EPROM #TL866 #27C400 #Install #Tutorial #RetroComputing #VintageComputing

New video! Installing the latest 3.2.3 Kickstart ROM and Amiga OS in my Amiga 600.

YouTube: https://youtu.be/iebCfK553jo
PeerTube: https://makertube.net/w/qgyaPKh3Y7oTtPeNJRWqVM

#Amiga #Commodore #A600 #Amiga600 #AmigaOS #AmigaOS32 #AmigaOS323 #Kickstart323 #EPROM #TL866 #27C400 #Install #Tutorial #RetroComputing #VintageComputing

New video! Installing the latest 3.2.3 Kickstart ROM and Amiga OS in my Amiga 600.

YouTube: https://youtu.be/iebCfK553jo
PeerTube: https://makertube.net/w/qgyaPKh3Y7oTtPeNJRWqVM

#Amiga #Commodore #A600 #Amiga600 #AmigaOS #AmigaOS32 #AmigaOS323 #Kickstart323 #EPROM #TL866 #27C400 #Install #Tutorial #RetroComputing #VintageComputing

New video! Installing the latest 3.2.3 Kickstart ROM and Amiga OS in my Amiga 600.

YouTube: https://youtu.be/iebCfK553jo
PeerTube: https://makertube.net/w/qgyaPKh3Y7oTtPeNJRWqVM

#Amiga #Commodore #A600 #Amiga600 #AmigaOS #AmigaOS32 #AmigaOS323 #Kickstart323 #EPROM #TL866 #27C400 #Install #Tutorial #RetroComputing #VintageComputing

New video! Installing the latest 3.2.3 Kickstart ROM and Amiga OS in my Amiga 600.

YouTube: https://youtu.be/iebCfK553jo
PeerTube: https://makertube.net/w/qgyaPKh3Y7oTtPeNJRWqVM

#Amiga #Commodore #A600 #Amiga600 #AmigaOS #AmigaOS32 #AmigaOS323 #Kickstart323 #EPROM #TL866 #27C400 #Install #Tutorial #RetroComputing #VintageComputing

If you want to program 16-bit 27C400 ROMs like #Kickstart ROMs or #vintagemac ROMs, the #TL866-II programmer is out of production and all sellers sell the #XgecuT48 instead. Even if they claim that it's the TL866-II, it isn't and you'll most likely get a black T48 instead.

The T48 is not compatible with the adapters sold for the TL866-II, it's wired differently and the socket is the other way around.

Luckily now there is an adapter for the T48 also:
https://www.gotek-retro.eu/t48-eprom-adapter/

#RetroComputing

There is effort on open source #firmware for the #TL866 programmer, which looks quite capable.
I am considering getting one of them, but they cost about €60 currently.

https://github.com/ProgHQ/open-tl866