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Welcome to the lo-tech blog wiki - a low tech computing site run by James Pearce.

Purpose

lo-tech.co.uk is the home of what I think is the fastest 8-bit ISA storage device for PC/XT class hardware - the XT-CFv3 (currently in test) - and some other hardware projects.

The site started as a 'vintage blog', the idea being to build a kind-of on-line museum detailing old computers I came across, with a wiki for documentation and other notes. But things have developed in a different way, the focus having become more the creation of hardware for these old machines. For me it's much more interesting, and besides, there's a wealth of information available on-line about pretty much everything already.

Top Links

• Lo-tech XT-CF Boards - a family of 8-bit ISA CompactFlash adapters, providing bootable solid-state storage for any IBM compatible PC
• Lo-tech Memory Boards - a family of 8-bit ISA ROM, RAM and EMS boards for any IBM compatible PC
• Lo-tech ISA USB Adapter - an 8-bit ISA USB storage adapter, providing bootable USB flash storage for any IBM compatible PC
• Lo-tech Yamaha C1 Music Computer IDE Adapter - an IDE controller for the Yamaha C1 which, coupled with a custom ROM, replaces the Yamaha supplied MFM controller to provide bootable hard disk storage from an ATA or CompactFlash media.
• Lo-tech Audio Boards - some 8-bit adapters providing music related functionality for IBM compatible PCs
• Trs-80-ide - Tandy TRS-80 IDE Adapter for Model III/4/4p, and Model II via third-party adapter
• RaspberryPi Boards - GPIO Boards for RaspberryPi
• Test Boards
• Wiki Search
• Blog front-page