README.md
This is a transcription into KiCad of Steve Ciarcia's E-Z Color Graphics
Interface, described in the <![CDATA[]]>August 1982 issue of Byte magazine<![CDATA[]]>.
It's not a line-for-line copy, but takes advantage of KiCad features that
wouldn't have been available 40 years ago.

I originally posted this on
<![CDATA[]]>GitLab<![CDATA[]]>, and that's where you can also
find gerbers, a STEP model, and other extras, though KiCad 6 should be 
sufficient to regenerate those from the files presented here.  Parts are 
annotated with manufacturer and part-number fields, and current (as of 
December 2022) distributor SKUs are provided for all but the TMS9918A...
you'll need to trawl eBay for one of those.

The sockets_*.kicad_sch sheets are present so that any BOM that you generate
will include sockets for all devices that can use them.

As with the schematic, the PCB layout isn't a 1:1 copy.  The article didn't
provide the author's original layout, so mine is what I came up with on my
own.  The components are laid out in a similar order, but the connections
between them are my own work.  I haven't yet had a chance to build this 
board.

KiCad has gotten better at including symbols and footprints in files, but
you might still find my <![CDATA[]]>kicad-libs<![CDATA[]]>
collection useful, especially if you want to modify these files or grab
symbols out of it (footprints are all stock KiCad, IIRC).