Electronics design veteran Suavek is working on a replica of the Falcon 030 motherboard. As a professional engineer with over 25 years of experience designing electronics for consumer and commercial products, Suavek is well positioned to complete the task and deliver a fully functional PCB. His background in working at PCB fabrication houses and performing various boards reverse engineering further increases the chances of success.
The project is being executed using industry standard tools, including Altium Designer. A full design rule check and ongoing synchronization between schematics and the printed circuit board are underway to ensure an error-free replica. The engineer estimates that the prototype board should be available within the next 2–3 months.
Suavek is also active in the retro computing scene, exhibiting annually at the VCF West shows in Mountain View, CA, where he displays rare vintage computers and his own electronics designs.
Check out the dedicated project website:
https://re-falcon.com/
The site also features Suavek’s extensive bio and is updated daily as project work progresses.
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We have four different Falcon remakes that are announced; this one, Falcon NG by Centuriontech, Falcon microbox by Wizztronics and the Eagle recration of the Falcon by oldAtariuser. And I know a fifth project is being worked on the in background, quite different though.
Exciting times :)
These are two parallel efforts; the actual reversing work effort and progress I describe on my project page is independent effort.