Bit preserve – contributing and archiving KiCad schematic files of vintage computers

The Bit Preserve repository is re-creating the classic computer schematics in KiCad. Why KiCad? Long story short, KiCad is an open source tool and has an accessible file format. This makes it ideal for preserving a schematic long term. Bit Preserve is envisioned as a community contribution project.

Pick a system, find a schematic, and start drawing. The project has picked KiCad as the primary schematic capture tool. If there are variants of the schematic, give them their own directory. If you see a system you’d like to contribute but it isn’t listed, just submit a pull request. If you start working on a system, do a pull on the readme file in that directory and put your name there as “working on it.”

Here are some links to get background about the project.

• Watch my original talk: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fBaU4JZOVzk
• Download my slides: https://baldengineer.com/kicon2019
• See additional info on baldengineer.com: https://www.baldengineer.com/bit-preserve-vintage-schematics-with-kicad.html

See the video below and more on Bald Engineer and GitHub