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======Hardware - Centurion - Miscellaneous======

[[https://web.archive.org/web/20230322155302/http://centurion-computers.com/|Centurion Business Computers (archive.org)]]


=====Videos=====

By [[https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCE4xstUnu0YmkG-W9_PyYrQ|Usagi Electric]] on YouTube:
  * [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DJ1HwuYBuss|I Bought a Minicomputer from 1980! – Part 1]]
  * [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZRf3oOwUsqI|Minicomputer Part 2: Removing the Drives]]
  * [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SEqVCjSy0CQ|Minicomputer Part 3: In-depth Look at the Power Supply]]
  * [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iHRNJCqR0LY|Minicomputer Part 4: In-depth Look at all the Computer PCBs]]
  * [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4pOViNWeeVA|Minicomputer Part 5: Building an Arduino ROM Reader]] 
  * [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AxIriow_qQo|Minicomputer Part 6: Restoring the ADDS Data Terminals]]
  * [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=J_2ZgBYO9T0|Minicomputer Part 7: Cleaning and Testing]]
  * [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l8-P_-9KrgU|Minicomputer Part 8: Status Update and Unfortunate News]]
  * [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WkRq00SeAFM|Minicomputer Part 9: Reverse Engineering the Diagnostic Board]]
  * [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iSbJYzof1jY|Minicomputer Part 10: Will it Boot?]]
  * [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_j2L6nkO8MQ|Minicomputer Part 11: Running Real Centurion Code off the DIAG Card!]]
  * [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0Gk1b4j0ls8|Minicomputer Part 12: I Bought a What?!]]
  * [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=C_hdrK30Sdo|Minicomputer Part 13: Working on the Finch Drive]]
  * [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7UJ0rij7tfs|Minicomputer Part 14: Spinning up the 1970’s 10MB Hard Drive!]]
  * [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6Fj1G-xIMvs|Minicomputer Part 15: We Found the Holy Grail!]]
  * [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=60_hDBqJTu0|Minicomputer Part 16: Aligning the Heads on the CDC Hawk Drive]]
  * [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kKChZhBIwz8|Minicomputer Part 17: Welcome to the OS!]]
  * [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xhIeoW_6pc4|Minicomputer Part 18: Restoring CDC 8” Floppy Drives]]
  * [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ofYcJGg58Jg|Minicomputer Part 19: Troubleshooting the CDC 8” Floppy Drives (it did NOT go well)]]
  * [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GmuDJC1gJOo|Minicomputer Part 20: Connecting the CDC 8” Floppy Drives to the Centurion]]
  * [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qI1CPguC3Co|Minicomputer Part 21: Prepping the OS for the Floppy and Finch]]
  * [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FkwjtQACiBs|Minicomputer Part 22: Working on the FFC and CDC Floppy Drive]] on 2022-10-24.
  * [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VUl_hW05X9A|Minicomputer Part 23: The CDC Floppy Drive Finally Works!]] on 2022-11-07.
  * [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZcVkhAx7ano|Minicomputer Part 24: Disaster with the Finch!]] on 2022-12-12.
  * [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hbc6n3Ln3bM|Reviving an 8-inch Hard Drive from the 1980’s!]] on 2023-08-06.
  * [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0CgafaxnQ9A|Coding on a 1980s Business Minicomputer!]] on 2023-01-01.
  * [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UknPKb3DOeY|Building a “Miniature” Centurion Minicomputer (Part 1)]] on 2023-01-15.
  * [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sFy0RjcpfOw|The Mini-Centurion Works!]] on 2023-01-22.
  * [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=c_KWEBjdc8k|Emulating the Vacuum Tube Computer on the Centurion Minicomputer]] on 2023-02-05.
  * [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NUpl2FTgvUI|Exploring Rare Centurion History from the Co-founder!]] on 2023-02-20.
  * [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9jj48quNiIY|Trying (and Failing) to Restore a 1970s CDC 10MB Hard Drive]] on 2023-02-27.
  * [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OvkRROqKK4k|Coding Assembly on a 1980s Business Minicomputer]] on 2023-03-05.
  * [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VZlVBkjWbCc|The 1970s CDC Hard Drive Works!]] on 2023-03-12.
  * [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ct2ETqJEU2A|Project Update]] on 2023-03-26.
  * [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XIH19_HSfoA|The Mini Centurion is Ready for VCF!]] on 2023-04-09 with FAQ after the first 15 minutes.
  * [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eXcqKJPojtQ|VCF East 2023, Large Scale Systems Museum, and a New Centurion!]] on 2023-04-30.
  * [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0DFGujyEL1M|We Found a 2nd Centurion OS!]] on 2023-06-11.
  * [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=s8lfMFHgRFo|Working on a Rare Centurion MicroPlus!]] 2023-07-16.
  * [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GURyfXumgjs|The Mini-Centurion is Back!]] on 2024-05-05. See also [[https://kadindustries.com/|KAD Industries]] sheet metal fab and machine shop service.
  * [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yBixpyaklxQ|Assembly Programming is Hard…]] on 2024-06-09. Low level formatting a Hawk fixed HDD platter with own program written in assembly.
  * To be continued...
  * [[https://github.com/Nakazoto/CenturionComputer|GitHub - Nakazoto/CenturionComputer]] the Centurion Wiki.
  * [[https://github.com/phire/centurion_isa|GitHub - phire/centurion_isa]] Centurion Instruction Set Architecture.
  * [[https://github.com/agentorange96/CenturionAssembler|GitHub - agentorange96/CenturionAssembler]] An assembler for the Centurion mini computer.
  * [[https://github.com/tergav17/CPU7Plus|GitHub - tergav17/CPU7Plus]] A GUI-based emulator for the Centurion-series minicomputer.