2026-08-03T01:08:45Z https://njump.me Ian Scott :apple_inc: 🐙 https://njump.me/npub168z0j9rrjksud26fl6nk9a5a6ce9ce6r0n6zgpw9d3d6cvs2wwvsg3pl86 https://files.bitbang.social/accounts/avatars/000/012/251/original/1f9bd73cadf2d2a0.jpg https://files.bitbang.social/accounts/avatars/000/012/251/original/1f9bd73cadf2d2a0.jpg https://njump.me/nevent1qqsq69v54ryfxx4sgsulh9vhmxkwwa4vst4939j9d87ucyzva8x2kjczyrguf7g5vw26r34tf8l2wchknhtryhr8gd70gfq9c4k9htpjpfeej82jxzu FYI I&#39;m going to be migrating to <span itemprop="mentions" itemscope itemtype="https://schema.org/Person"><a itemprop="url" href="/npub1keha2sfrww8zh0feru36p7cn2z63gjcqp4znxmhft8kfuvqp3nqqq69hlq" class="bg-lavender dark:prose:text-neutral-50 dark:text-neutral-50 dark:bg-garnet px-1"><span>Ian Scott</span> (<span class="italic">npub1keh…9hlq</span>)</a></span> in a short while. Here&#39;s hoping the process goes smoothly 🤞 2025-04-22T18:42:24Z https://njump.me/nevent1qqsfsvaf7g7xgq7tl4d5hg393ykurnzw4vt9upz547yzeujqjvw2gpqzyrguf7g5vw26r34tf8l2wchknhtryhr8gd70gfq9c4k9htpjpfeejc4tpk9 I carried my Polaroid 100 around #VCFEast and had a blast taking photos of old stuff and people with their exhibits. I gave out most of the shots I took but here are a couple that made it back with me!<br/> <img src="https://files.bitbang.social/media_attachments/files/114/288/643/774/968/874/original/a32a584f31152112.jpeg"> <br/> 2025-04-06T02:25:16Z https://njump.me/nevent1qqsqymgp3lu0935fwdkqnu5v7ka8rgxdhp64fqvj8sgcvjmlpu952qqzyrguf7g5vw26r34tf8l2wchknhtryhr8gd70gfq9c4k9htpjpfeej5sl38f There are PicoGUS cards and ImageScribbler cards in consignment at #VCFEast #VCFEast2025! Come buy them so I don’t have to ship them back home.<br/> <img src="https://files.bitbang.social/media_attachments/files/114/285/577/317/985/244/original/e48ab3a5f383fc8f.jpeg"> <br/> 2025-04-05T13:25:22Z https://njump.me/nevent1qqsrjaksjm595vn277f5ez4e2sfpq0g0jtdygandvjrmpcnye0dkwdczyrguf7g5vw26r34tf8l2wchknhtryhr8gd70gfq9c4k9htpjpfeejmapv35 I did my talk at #VCFEast about #PicoGUS today! That was really fun.<br/> <img src="https://files.bitbang.social/media_attachments/files/114/281/554/420/744/579/original/c335ca6cba6351ae.jpeg"> <br/> 2025-04-04T20:22:17Z https://njump.me/nevent1qqsw5j90xnemhhe7p6jclagt7wjx5eh72w34e6qwca66a7wz2kpavmszyrguf7g5vw26r34tf8l2wchknhtryhr8gd70gfq9c4k9htpjpfeejk0nhv6 I got an absolutely wonderful print on my ImageWriter II from <span itemprop="mentions" itemscope itemtype="https://schema.org/Person"><a itemprop="url" href="/npub1gkyeae2rwzmj95txnwzu6knytreemwvwrp7ujefpd3get53z7h4sa3fcyz" class="bg-lavender dark:prose:text-neutral-50 dark:text-neutral-50 dark:bg-garnet px-1"><span>Brad Bell</span> (<span class="italic">npub1gky…fcyz</span>)</a></span>. Happy #MARCHintosh back to Minna!<br/> <img src="https://files.bitbang.social/media_attachments/files/114/253/636/166/793/472/original/2a8b18e5169c481e.jpeg"> <br/> 2025-03-30T22:02:20Z https://njump.me/nevent1qqsxtm5f2lwalgzhqpq29lvw3efjrvwpruzj5mqkscykp5alew00waczyrguf7g5vw26r34tf8l2wchknhtryhr8gd70gfq9c4k9htpjpfeej67tsng In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqsdp36tvr2aha6fmtf82xajvgnvcsk46aegg3ptqhdwugdpmeacpnsucrtdg'>nevent1q…rtdg</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>when I was installing Real Player at the start of #MARCHintosh it struck me just how “modern” it felt, installing shortcuts and begging for registration… 2025-03-23T02:07:31Z https://njump.me/nevent1qqsqhvcr3ezjj7j6hpuyj54d6pwa4z39n2576myep4azjy8k03thtnszyrguf7g5vw26r34tf8l2wchknhtryhr8gd70gfq9c4k9htpjpfeejc63eay The design for my clone of Apple&#39;s ImageWriter II/LQ LocalTalk Option, the #ImageScribbler LocalSquawk option, is officially released! There&#39;s still time to get/make one and get your ImageWriter on #GlobalTalk before #MARCHintosh is over. CC0 licensed, KiCad/Gerbers/BOM at <a href="https://github.com/polpo/imagescribbler">https://github.com/polpo/imagescribbler</a> 2025-03-09T17:34:29Z https://njump.me/nevent1qqsyp7yn9sm285af49enjsuqzfmt4f593a727l2tc9jny9fs33zx9xqzyrguf7g5vw26r34tf8l2wchknhtryhr8gd70gfq9c4k9htpjpfeejc45xjk Tonight I’m going to try to get this original StyleWriter on #GlobalTalk using GreyShare. I wonder what the odds of this old sealed ink cartridge still being good are…<br/>#MARCHintosh<br/> <img src="https://files.bitbang.social/media_attachments/files/114/118/503/541/384/493/original/4c84bae40201f48a.jpeg"> <br/> 2025-03-07T01:16:20Z https://njump.me/nevent1qqsz54mnqcl205mdnlsdzfgqy0ht2mmzul4k9684k8vwvlhjuf7jfwszyrguf7g5vw26r34tf8l2wchknhtryhr8gd70gfq9c4k9htpjpfeejkm844h In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqswkyeezs47hn4kj46t80u9khrnxa4qt0hj0gpcqeulsvm02wq348qtv73vq'>nevent1q…73vq</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>haha, I love it! 2025-03-05T16:45:33Z https://njump.me/nevent1qqspfg92phhwqsjsh22lygfd936y9qsvkejh0thw6nk6kq9lyks463qzyrguf7g5vw26r34tf8l2wchknhtryhr8gd70gfq9c4k9htpjpfeejtu7we6 I’ve seen people on #GlobalTalk say they avoid printing on ImageWriters during odd hours because they don’t want to bother people with the noise - but that’s not a problem for me. the polpo zone’s ImageWriter is in the basement and nobody can hear it so let ‘er rip! #MARCHintosh 2025-03-05T02:16:43Z https://njump.me/nevent1qqsfrvztxrcjerjzzmak6ds908mlwf0gjvvq2sj937muv502n460etczyrguf7g5vw26r34tf8l2wchknhtryhr8gd70gfq9c4k9htpjpfeejuqf9dx About to be released just as #MARCHintosh is kicking off: the #ImageScribbler LocalSquawk Option board, aka my clone of Apple’s ImageWriter II/LQ LocalTalk Option board. With this you can get your ImageWriter on #GlobalTalk! #LiveLaughLocaltalk<br/> <img src="https://files.bitbang.social/media_attachments/files/114/095/566/748/029/978/original/e7c8dd05f8b8981b.jpeg"> <br/> 2025-03-03T00:03:15Z https://njump.me/nevent1qqsxpsw9djdejgyrrjmmyl5taw7dnwuay9ecgup0cze08a3gg8ctgeqzyrguf7g5vw26r34tf8l2wchknhtryhr8gd70gfq9c4k9htpjpfeejkhc0uy When you want to fit a DIP in a footprint meant for an SOIC<br/> <img src="https://files.bitbang.social/media_attachments/files/114/031/293/372/791/304/original/662104a7a62565d4.jpeg"> <br/> 2025-02-19T15:37:39Z https://njump.me/nevent1qqsq3m0cxxfmqpuzlmghaxwsa9a2hw4cr95pcpkvmukzcke0a4qr25gzyrguf7g5vw26r34tf8l2wchknhtryhr8gd70gfq9c4k9htpjpfeej850nlg When building a DIY PCB project that mostly uses through-hole components, would you rather put in a wire jumper or bridge a solder jumper? Would a wire jumper be considered more beginner-friendly?<br/> <img src="https://files.bitbang.social/media_attachments/files/113/976/174/809/712/479/original/cbd0e33138ae1ee8.png"> <br/> <img src="https://files.bitbang.social/media_attachments/files/113/976/175/185/419/704/original/fe3e9356521a081b.png"> <br/> 2025-02-09T22:03:28Z https://njump.me/nevent1qqszeu7eh9zffd3q6w5r9ha5m5pw4qvgewhcs2h7574fwclyynshz4czyrguf7g5vw26r34tf8l2wchknhtryhr8gd70gfq9c4k9htpjpfeejuev3kn Oddly proud of myself for finishing a 1lb spool of solder. It took just over 3 years to do it. BTW this is Amerway solder sold at Tequipment, it’s like half the cost of Kester and works great. And the solder spool holder is by <span itemprop="mentions" itemscope itemtype="https://schema.org/Person"><a itemprop="url" href="/npub1wpxqr6nhk5s3298epux7unhdxvhzccayh0uc39dv0hkl6hau6z9sz8rt0g" class="bg-lavender dark:prose:text-neutral-50 dark:text-neutral-50 dark:bg-garnet px-1"><span>Todd Gill - Retro Frog</span> (<span class="italic">npub1wpx…rt0g</span>)</a></span> !<br/> <img src="https://files.bitbang.social/media_attachments/files/113/963/357/974/531/760/original/02e52b954fc9a282.jpeg"> <br/> 2025-02-07T15:40:45Z https://njump.me/nevent1qqs8w4dnkug6fk6wyu0an49suysv7gw0nt7pqnehmn4cm9fyp9rn84qzyrguf7g5vw26r34tf8l2wchknhtryhr8gd70gfq9c4k9htpjpfeejjmwtxa In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqswgzwzaw08an07jhtqnqhze8xc4cnk3ncyujchkmxjucmukw9lyacdlvxcm'>nevent1q…vxcm</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>Oh yeah, it looks like the pens work, very well when I write with one in my hands, but not so great in the Penwriter. I wonder if the pressure can be adjusted somehow?<br/> <img src="https://files.bitbang.social/media_attachments/files/113/943/876/693/771/981/original/8d88e17bd5c102cd.jpeg"> <br/> 2025-02-04T05:06:24Z https://njump.me/nevent1qqsf306gwn9skjqy56leq8h2s0reymh9v4s35h7azx3m50qucrar20gzyrguf7g5vw26r34tf8l2wchknhtryhr8gd70gfq9c4k9htpjpfeejktrgft My mother in law found this when moving house and now it’s mine! It’s a Panasonic PenWriter, a typewriter that’s actually a pen plotter! Can’t wait to try it out, but I don’t have much hope for the pens still working #penplotter<br/> <img src="https://files.bitbang.social/media_attachments/files/113/943/212/466/035/317/original/843294cdc8a5b948.jpeg"> <br/> 2025-02-04T02:17:29Z https://njump.me/nevent1qqsdn46dfee32g892hs76gcce8evk5c79w4ccg0r07hcnpyc5m2a69qzyrguf7g5vw26r34tf8l2wchknhtryhr8gd70gfq9c4k9htpjpfeejr6zvsk two of them<br/>#ImageScribbler<br/> <img src="https://files.bitbang.social/media_attachments/files/113/929/361/499/393/149/original/de534745ce5950c5.jpeg"> <br/> 2025-02-01T15:35:06Z https://njump.me/nevent1qqsg7r02v9zv3ruflwgtpkndn46z66gln6876y8t6jdpe2yn7xe9ueqzyrguf7g5vw26r34tf8l2wchknhtryhr8gd70gfq9c4k9htpjpfeejklwdez Last night I tested my reverse engineered ImageWriter II/LQ LocalTalk Option card and it mostly worked after a lot of trial/error - turned out I needed to clone the NVSRAM from the original board. Way more testing still ahead especially around chip variants to make a cost reduced SMT version. #ImageScribbler<br/> <img src="https://files.bitbang.social/media_attachments/files/113/907/512/725/695/319/original/231f5870e7c4b5de.jpeg"> <br/> 2025-01-28T18:59:12Z https://njump.me/nevent1qqsd7rrj8wpzwy49w082sla7k6c239jxv9mm87lnyvtvn5sxygn72kszyrguf7g5vw26r34tf8l2wchknhtryhr8gd70gfq9c4k9htpjpfeejvm78he Reverse engineering something<br/> <img src="https://files.bitbang.social/media_attachments/files/113/861/815/241/042/948/original/fd6588a3bc922900.jpg"> <br/> 2025-01-20T17:17:17Z https://njump.me/nevent1qqsfz6tffpz8572xhehxkyd6xtplgprekjjq7a3zjpf0a9rd0gcxr2gzyrguf7g5vw26r34tf8l2wchknhtryhr8gd70gfq9c4k9htpjpfeejpy97an We took off from Anchorage right after midnight and were treated to an amazing show of the aurora borealis for most of our trip back home! I’ve never been able to see aurora with my naked eye before so this was really special. I didn’t quite realize how much it moves.<br/> <img src="https://files.bitbang.social/media_attachments/files/113/754/157/083/870/598/original/13a0a7e481f493b5.jpeg"> <br/> <img src="https://files.bitbang.social/media_attachments/files/113/754/157/565/602/422/original/f7b64c6f032582b9.jpeg"> <br/> <img src="https://files.bitbang.social/media_attachments/files/113/754/158/051/229/526/original/658fe4938826c8a6.jpeg"> <br/> 2025-01-01T16:58:28Z https://njump.me/nevent1qqsq4cdj64v3n3tkavw5shdelh2gm3j6jm6srmtw4xkp66cuzvh0dgszyrguf7g5vw26r34tf8l2wchknhtryhr8gd70gfq9c4k9htpjpfeej8l9qyk In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqst8retapg3emqmxdfcpz5uhsau6d9s7c294k3uksynveyjh0hdrys5x032f'>nevent1q…032f</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>I think you’ll get better traction in Marvin instead of The Guide - it’s more active and more on topic. And maybe a more general subject line like “FujiNet for MS-DOS” will get more attention. 2024-12-31T00:31:48Z https://njump.me/nevent1qqsw2pmj8xmd7k0dw4y20073cn7l4z3qs2vu4c3fwutxzf4ua5vgajgzyrguf7g5vw26r34tf8l2wchknhtryhr8gd70gfq9c4k9htpjpfeej7mekqs #PicoGUS firmware v2.2.0 is released! Highlights:<br/>- NE2000/WiFi support for folks using v1.x and Femto boards<br/>- Sound Blaster detection fixes for Windows, Tyrian, Dig-It, STMIK demos (thx <span itemprop="mentions" itemscope itemtype="https://schema.org/Person"><a itemprop="url" href="/npub1jmged5cd3ttfnp4r6lz77d39rzvv7yawc2x70uxtmudd260gx8xsrdfa2k" class="bg-lavender dark:prose:text-neutral-50 dark:text-neutral-50 dark:bg-garnet px-1"><span>Ian Hanschen</span> (<span class="italic">npub1jmg…fa2k</span>)</a></span>)<br/>- MPU-401 fixes in GUS mode<br/>Full details and firmware download at <a href="https://github.com/polpo/picogus/releases/tag/v2.2.0">https://github.com/polpo/picogus/releases/tag/v2.2.0</a> 2024-12-09T04:39:39Z https://njump.me/nevent1qqs0e6f0wccpy7p4r3437y34fn3rkduj2vu4af9ec6dgalkr8q0ednszyrguf7g5vw26r34tf8l2wchknhtryhr8gd70gfq9c4k9htpjpfeejgpqkkc My PB of 707,338 on Tetris DX for the Game Boy Color is only about 30,000 less than the world record in June 2007 (pls<br/>don’t pay attention to the fact that the current record is 9,999,999, set a few months later)<br/> <img src="https://files.bitbang.social/media_attachments/files/113/518/780/756/570/388/original/b175cecec488470a.jpeg"> <br/> <img src="https://files.bitbang.social/media_attachments/files/113/518/781/202/445/656/original/2121726fab7e65e7.jpeg"> <br/> 2024-11-21T03:19:02Z https://njump.me/nevent1qqs0rncay8wkjqafq9earxm29gq3scda7cjng47y5na2sy35nfjtcmgzyrguf7g5vw26r34tf8l2wchknhtryhr8gd70gfq9c4k9htpjpfeejl9uppg In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqsdrmafep2v99e6dq0m0734xhhz7vz8tyv7d4rtm42l3fslaljew7c5ddug2'>nevent1q…dug2</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>This is the first time I’ve played Zork beyond just farting around the house. It’s really hard. And really good. I know the game is legendary but it’s great to actually experience it<br/> <img src="https://files.bitbang.social/media_attachments/files/113/513/541/113/890/008/original/79d6d9a72787937f.jpeg"> <br/> 2024-11-20T05:06:24Z https://njump.me/nevent1qqsdrmafep2v99e6dq0m0734xhhz7vz8tyv7d4rtm42l3fslaljew7czyrguf7g5vw26r34tf8l2wchknhtryhr8gd70gfq9c4k9htpjpfeejxmjw9a In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqs9d36lc0nrnjyd3w9hmjcz6d52pxcvfmseh0zz53p4kqx4fa37h0qnceer5'>nevent1q…eer5</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>My final goal before putting it away is to beat Zork on it! 😄 2024-11-19T04:44:58Z https://njump.me/nevent1qqs9d36lc0nrnjyd3w9hmjcz6d52pxcvfmseh0zz53p4kqx4fa37h0qzyrguf7g5vw26r34tf8l2wchknhtryhr8gd70gfq9c4k9htpjpfeej6ckznm In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqstt8ng6yhzk92u0kpu25vrtemuecst788lske0huqyqkxr0csh0zq97dset'>nevent1q…dset</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>This project was long stewing. I found the Osborne 5 years ago in a basement at an estate sale up the road. The guy running the sale asked me &#34;is that a sewing machine?&#34; when I brought it up to the table. It had an overly bright CRT and I wasn&#39;t confident enough to fix it. I finally opened it back up a few weeks ago to pilfer one of the 3 5.25&#34; drives inside for a Greaseweazle so I just kept going and got the computer working again. 2024-11-19T04:43:11Z https://njump.me/nevent1qqstt8ng6yhzk92u0kpu25vrtemuecst788lske0huqyqkxr0csh0zqzyrguf7g5vw26r34tf8l2wchknhtryhr8gd70gfq9c4k9htpjpfeeju4gf7t I&#39;ve finally finished up restoring the Osborne 1 enough to put it away. Done:<br/>- Repaired CRT (recapped, reflowed bad solder joints)<br/>- Deep clean of case, keys<br/>- Cleaned bright/contrast pots<br/>- Replaced bad PSU with modern Mean Well<br/>- New cable harnesses for PSU<br/>- Cleaned FDDs<br/>- Filled empty drive bay<br/> <img src="https://files.bitbang.social/media_attachments/files/113/507/777/710/768/148/original/372f0432c1a612d0.jpeg"> <br/> 2024-11-19T04:40:55Z https://njump.me/nevent1qqsgqaxxqxdkl6cxppcn63afwcyntrmpc0k6ply6whz2x6sawqvmm7czyrguf7g5vw26r34tf8l2wchknhtryhr8gd70gfq9c4k9htpjpfeej65h77s Getting back in the mood to work on #PicoGUS by listening to some tracker music bangers on it. Just discovered this one, Pheno by Bay Tremore and Muffler<br/><video controls width="100%" class="max-h-[90vh] bg-neutral-300 dark:bg-zinc-700"><source src="https://files.bitbang.social/media_attachments/files/113/474/107/075/444/620/original/ab4d06e5f54c6db5.mp4"></video><br/> 2024-11-13T06:00:44Z https://njump.me/nevent1qqsv0mcaxm9np0tf46nfyx4cr8yqxv5kucv94ylz2hhjs7hx2z2njqqzyrguf7g5vw26r34tf8l2wchknhtryhr8gd70gfq9c4k9htpjpfeej9ypmq4 Anyone else have a pile of these microSD to SD card adapters that they don’t need but can’t bring themselves to throw them away?<br/> <img src="https://files.bitbang.social/media_attachments/files/113/471/947/159/490/444/original/eb326300d96f9417.jpeg"> <br/> 2024-11-12T20:48:33Z https://njump.me/nevent1qqsr2c4jsklfr7q2t7q2lc0h96yl366sl8fgvwcyh3qgjs0w4hjy3uqzyrguf7g5vw26r34tf8l2wchknhtryhr8gd70gfq9c4k9htpjpfeejpqr0pl I found a bad solder joint and after reflowing it (and every other one on the board while I was at it) and the Osborne CRT seems to be fixed! I love this cute ascii art “self portrait” in the help on the system floppy<br/> <img src="https://files.bitbang.social/media_attachments/files/113/466/428/249/069/373/original/9000c36cb7402be1.jpeg"> <br/> <img src="https://files.bitbang.social/media_attachments/files/113/466/428/770/046/104/original/9c42a99b9723396f.jpeg"> <br/> 2024-11-11T21:25:07Z https://njump.me/nevent1qqsza24z8gn359xtkqjvxj72f6kyfmxgkkkar7ycx7gl609dfdjjj7szyrguf7g5vw26r34tf8l2wchknhtryhr8gd70gfq9c4k9htpjpfeejegjfsh In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqsydne5m3a0lar5p442gpr5zhmpdvt45nthancuhfzvd6ry2k2zeus6mxufu'>nevent1q…xufu</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>celebrated too soon, it’s back to the same issue… 2024-11-11T18:32:56Z https://njump.me/nevent1qqsydne5m3a0lar5p442gpr5zhmpdvt45nthancuhfzvd6ry2k2zeuszyrguf7g5vw26r34tf8l2wchknhtryhr8gd70gfq9c4k9htpjpfeejptc2qw In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqsrqa52s4spjfwjnqaudchh2dj33086u5qjw9l76f9w0x7pf3kp8yq4nszvv'>nevent1q…szvv</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>guess what?! 😀<br/> <img src="https://files.bitbang.social/media_attachments/files/113/465/666/489/973/411/original/e100edb1ab5dae54.jpeg"> <br/> 2024-11-11T18:11:18Z https://njump.me/nevent1qqs85er7ttme4n540ggea7mzlt9sndys55h72auu3efsfjnpfadg75szyrguf7g5vw26r34tf8l2wchknhtryhr8gd70gfq9c4k9htpjpfeejjl5m76 In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqsqc0kqxszuyrhn6eqqupkftzwuz9t8e7lh2q45574vptlxvhj8z7ghpn66d'>nevent1q…n66d</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>fingers crossed. 🤞 the CRT is currently dead... I&#39;m guessing one of the new pots I put in let go so I need to track that down first 2024-11-11T17:51:11Z https://njump.me/nevent1qqsd2y4apznnhgux0y3z64s427t52nnxce4zp8v4k6ztx2qp50gz6qczyrguf7g5vw26r34tf8l2wchknhtryhr8gd70gfq9c4k9htpjpfeej7lfd9l In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqszct43y6ecjydj6uv3nxp98x965jzwzvdl7q0enayqlarcqdjd5ksartn74'>nevent1q…tn74</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>there’s no screen pot but there is a focus pot. I’ll give that a look… 2024-11-11T17:44:12Z https://njump.me/nevent1qqsd64n4lt7arjj7wzypdyyzjlr5ehg3ch3aatmjr8jya8p8v085jvszyrguf7g5vw26r34tf8l2wchknhtryhr8gd70gfq9c4k9htpjpfeejay2yx5 The CRT on this Osborne 1 is driving me nuts. It’s way too bright. I threw a bunch of caps at it and that didn’t fix the issue, and about 30 seconds after taking this photo it just went blank with no pop or smoke so now I have to figure that out.<br/> <img src="https://files.bitbang.social/media_attachments/files/113/465/539/611/929/460/original/3943d437f6b12306.jpeg"> <br/> 2024-11-11T17:38:59Z https://njump.me/nevent1qqsf8rc3n08fgtlvuehuujg80fs9gtwhlx0dqa6mhjackuxzsqxfs7qzyrguf7g5vw26r34tf8l2wchknhtryhr8gd70gfq9c4k9htpjpfeejx80mss In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqsy2fz8pj4ruj64zd6lnulsyatxefh5sv4z0clp0xkyzsg3h7h0z9swxeum0'>nevent1q…eum0</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>My goal is nothing on the floor. I’ve been literally tripping over old half fixed stuff for far too long 2024-11-05T15:25:54Z https://njump.me/nevent1qqsfht5u3uervrqna5fgrtc9hrv99wu7lyxagzf3lv3schgecdy6u2qzyrguf7g5vw26r34tf8l2wchknhtryhr8gd70gfq9c4k9htpjpfeejn0zx7z Finishing projects has been a form of self-care for me recently. I get a sense of accomplishment and I reduce the mental and physical piles of “I’ll get to it some day” 2024-11-05T15:06:23Z https://njump.me/nevent1qqsy2s00z078z4njdhqqsph0s73eh6nn98zprmktf0admjr33tfwdkgzyrguf7g5vw26r34tf8l2wchknhtryhr8gd70gfq9c4k9htpjpfeej4jwp8m The Osborne 1 is taking a bath today<br/> <img src="https://files.bitbang.social/media_attachments/files/113/420/069/770/197/259/original/af18e64dd43d90ef.jpeg"> <br/> 2024-11-03T16:55:25Z https://njump.me/nevent1qqsvqmuqwul9208kz0tv3ljhj493t4dgmpntwk6xmdfj2487czsd4mszyrguf7g5vw26r34tf8l2wchknhtryhr8gd70gfq9c4k9htpjpfeejvlkaxe In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqs28wt3n85wwnca0fk74skkr3594rg4stpl07xzuvegx3hg53tkuwcjw8z5u'>nevent1q…8z5u</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>love it. I miss the Logitech eye logo, especially that squarer one! 2024-11-01T03:34:34Z https://njump.me/nevent1qqspa69zfqynpnem3ew2nwt54q0ucm89nuyspg8c2tks2vkmj2vemlczyrguf7g5vw26r34tf8l2wchknhtryhr8gd70gfq9c4k9htpjpfeejy7e5x2 In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqsyjfwfql75zu356f34f6q09g4kvqqeh9flfazm6ehvhf9j2pu8kaguerae4'>nevent1q…rae4</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>it’s always nice to see a room being used for the purpose for which it is named! 2024-10-29T02:29:29Z https://njump.me/nevent1qqsz04svrm5tmrw9jthpx6d37a9njjrspc7ym8h02ewlxgp8fcyacfczyrguf7g5vw26r34tf8l2wchknhtryhr8gd70gfq9c4k9htpjpfeej5py70g In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqsq0szgqgxs4x575f9sapj4k0g9dr7xx9pr8l77ey3d5y40auhljzqmwawus'>nevent1q…awus</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>BTW I found this Osborne in a basement at an estate sale up the street from where I live. It appears to work but the CRT is way too bright and I haven&#39;t gotten around to fixing it. The 3-floppy mod is interesting – it involves this little DD upgrade board added to the motherboard.<br/> <img src="https://files.bitbang.social/media_attachments/files/113/383/271/781/757/217/original/e5941888f09c6ee8.jpeg"> <br/> 2024-10-28T04:57:24Z https://njump.me/nevent1qqsq0szgqgxs4x575f9sapj4k0g9dr7xx9pr8l77ey3d5y40auhljzqzyrguf7g5vw26r34tf8l2wchknhtryhr8gd70gfq9c4k9htpjpfeejjwudu6 In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqsrhvahl3u9nys2t4azayugsemps2z9fmx0ayr7qyju59mv5ku5nqg64ss5g'>nevent1q…ss5g</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>Getting to that point was a very yak shavey experience: I had to dismantle a whole Osborne 1 so I could borrow the DD drive. It&#39;s been modded to have 3 DD floppies so I don&#39;t think it&#39;ll mind me borrowing one for a while...<br/> <img src="https://files.bitbang.social/media_attachments/files/113/383/268/988/689/054/original/5b75f0443fe04dde.jpeg"> <br/> 2024-10-28T04:56:37Z https://njump.me/nevent1qqsrhvahl3u9nys2t4azayugsemps2z9fmx0ayr7qyju59mv5ku5nqgzyrguf7g5vw26r34tf8l2wchknhtryhr8gd70gfq9c4k9htpjpfeej3nuexk Today I built up a Greaseweazle (<a href="https://github.com/keirf/greaseweazle">https://github.com/keirf/greaseweazle</a>) box with a HD 5.25&#34;/3.5&#34; combo drive and DD 5.25&#34; drive so I can write just about any floppy that I care about. It takes 12V from a barrel jack and uses a little buck converter to get the 5V.<br/> <img src="https://files.bitbang.social/media_attachments/files/113/383/192/036/939/487/original/cf2bca416a3797b2.jpeg"> <br/> <img src="https://files.bitbang.social/media_attachments/files/113/383/264/822/277/074/original/5c8f835a47f595d5.jpeg"> <br/> 2024-10-28T04:56:04Z https://njump.me/nevent1qqsws8fnn3c8lrvym2x2t7q2ga07ncdslsj2aguc97k235w5cjqdc5gzyrguf7g5vw26r34tf8l2wchknhtryhr8gd70gfq9c4k9htpjpfeejv635ps When you don’t have any jumper shunts but you have a wire wrap tool<br/> <img src="https://files.bitbang.social/media_attachments/files/113/380/814/531/996/707/original/d6a365c930d1f4ac.jpeg"> <br/> 2024-10-27T18:32:19Z https://njump.me/nevent1qqsgavuzvqgel4q09ysle33fe20xzng09v8urq65dht75auhctr3qmqzyrguf7g5vw26r34tf8l2wchknhtryhr8gd70gfq9c4k9htpjpfeej9w4ac9 In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqsvmdzg7s5dya2hz7fthpgfudnvlsyhyh3c3x2clat5k2x6r4u34ksyg3kv8'>nevent1q…3kv8</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>Time to play with #AutoCAD, which amazingly was ported to this machine. It takes a couple minutes to load any drawing of reasonable complexity. Redrawing is relatively quick though!<br/><video controls width="100%" class="max-h-[90vh] bg-neutral-300 dark:bg-zinc-700"><source src="https://files.bitbang.social/media_attachments/files/113/340/325/261/608/805/original/f20937eef93a71cd.mp4"></video><br/> 2024-10-20T14:55:49Z https://njump.me/nevent1qqsvmdzg7s5dya2hz7fthpgfudnvlsyhyh3c3x2clat5k2x6r4u34kszyrguf7g5vw26r34tf8l2wchknhtryhr8gd70gfq9c4k9htpjpfeejuwnqdl In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqstmecezm3lxz657puygk683m5mkfht5k25p7243qqzt8wf7w4arvcexjy6c'>nevent1q…jy6c</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>Next step was seeing if the drive can read disks created from images on the HP Museum. After messing around far too long with drive images that I didn’t realize were double sided, I finally wrote a working disk. Here’s #Zork III on the HP-150, one of the few games ever made for this computer.<br/> <img src="https://files.bitbang.social/media_attachments/files/113/340/314/269/877/450/original/1367e4df85e12ee3.jpeg"> <br/> 2024-10-20T14:52:36Z https://njump.me/nevent1qqstmecezm3lxz657puygk683m5mkfht5k25p7243qqzt8wf7w4arvczyrguf7g5vw26r34tf8l2wchknhtryhr8gd70gfq9c4k9htpjpfeejwjwl6y In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqs9v20n7f6z2z4f90xkdww7a45ksq7paqpdflq950syzw8ap3nnu7cmdm20t'>nevent1q…m20t</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>The disk seems to be unarchived but it’s not very useful on its own, since its disk B in a set of 2. I found a listing online by someone who says they have disk A, but imaging it failed. 2024-10-20T14:47:47Z https://njump.me/nevent1qqs9v20n7f6z2z4f90xkdww7a45ksq7paqpdflq950syzw8ap3nnu7czyrguf7g5vw26r34tf8l2wchknhtryhr8gd70gfq9c4k9htpjpfeejlyysns In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqs8nzw26mg7krf8gvuvknn2qlj3mz08h0lnz2wh7fu5fjcadxgv3rgx45dyp'>nevent1q…5dyp</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>Amazingly I figured out how to get the original drive working - there’s a solenoid that holds the pressure pad off the surface of the disk until it’s being accessed. It gets stuck in the up position but tapping it with a finger gets the disk to read! I finally am able to read this disk that I’ve carted around for decades! This is a pretty early disk with an oval window and locking shutter (you squeeze the corner of the disk to release it).<br/> <img src="https://files.bitbang.social/media_attachments/files/113/340/289/085/799/164/original/8b43d1f60d081f0d.jpeg"> <br/> <img src="https://files.bitbang.social/media_attachments/files/113/340/289/537/041/471/original/86661b30844d02f7.jpeg"> <br/> 2024-10-20T14:46:16Z https://njump.me/nevent1qqs8nzw26mg7krf8gvuvknn2qlj3mz08h0lnz2wh7fu5fjcadxgv3rgzyrguf7g5vw26r34tf8l2wchknhtryhr8gd70gfq9c4k9htpjpfeej2t4j38 Poking at the HP-150 again because it has problems reading floppy disks. This is basically the first ever 3.5” floppy mechanism- it’s not even double sided! I managed to find an extra on eBay for not too much money, amazingly. When putting it in it’s totally dead so it’ll have to serve as a parts drive.<br/> <img src="https://files.bitbang.social/media_attachments/files/113/340/266/389/717/444/original/bb2095527d40f5f6.jpeg"> <br/> 2024-10-20T14:40:22Z https://njump.me/nevent1qqsxt73ltagaj2le7dvqrym36uulw42ta0fndlclfpwlgrtmg885c9qzyrguf7g5vw26r34tf8l2wchknhtryhr8gd70gfq9c4k9htpjpfeejfs0lpz In time for spooky season, here’s #X68000 Castlevania (Akumajō Dracula) playing the title music through the cheapo Midiori clone I designed, plugged into my longcat slot breakout. Worked first try!<br/><video controls width="100%" class="max-h-[90vh] bg-neutral-300 dark:bg-zinc-700"><source src="https://files.bitbang.social/media_attachments/files/113/296/094/647/572/426/original/c597a84582a2a9b8.mp4"></video><br/> 2024-10-12T19:28:33Z https://njump.me/nevent1qqsq035hrv7rr3xnr8hf4g0en33eemp9cr5get2aaa2jjez5wl6t6eqzyrguf7g5vw26r34tf8l2wchknhtryhr8gd70gfq9c4k9htpjpfeejjzfrkd In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqsyxgsqv3gagvh0lc6che3qph87ye3j6kymwnjz9sjf0ef3fj9wh2s3lfr33'>nevent1q…fr33</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>Every time you take the card out you are greeted by longcat<br/><video controls width="100%" class="max-h-[90vh] bg-neutral-300 dark:bg-zinc-700"><source src="https://files.bitbang.social/media_attachments/files/113/291/779/226/513/745/original/d68c7fe12c6eb039.mp4"></video><br/> 2024-10-12T01:10:57Z https://njump.me/nevent1qqsyxgsqv3gagvh0lc6che3qph87ye3j6kymwnjz9sjf0ef3fj9wh2szyrguf7g5vw26r34tf8l2wchknhtryhr8gd70gfq9c4k9htpjpfeej35fqsd I needed to create a breakout board for debugging and doing bus captures on the Sharp #X68000. It has to stick out of the card slot so it&#39;s longer than a normal board. Hence, longcat<br/> <img src="https://files.bitbang.social/media_attachments/files/113/291/047/431/365/344/original/83ca6d15ed540e83.jpeg"> <br/> 2024-10-11T22:05:44Z https://njump.me/nevent1qqst2v4lzg009vc5l09axat0hyxkh0yr8wtjvggkxht348eskuntthszyrguf7g5vw26r34tf8l2wchknhtryhr8gd70gfq9c4k9htpjpfeejx73ur4 Serdaco has added a new version of their Dreamblaster S2 wavetable synth module: The S2 McFish &#34;Feed the Polpo&#34; edition that&#39;s made to match the PicoGUS. Now the octopus doesn&#39;t have to go hungry 😄 <a href="https://www.serdashop.com/waveblaster">https://www.serdashop.com/waveblaster</a><br/> <img src="https://files.bitbang.social/media_attachments/files/113/280/027/057/779/496/original/a9ff5b9860a951df.jpeg"> <br/> 2024-10-09T23:24:05Z https://njump.me/nevent1qqsw4nxcntc0l4q9pgugnehd8ayqd88uve4asv5va5shs32fkgdetmczyrguf7g5vw26r34tf8l2wchknhtryhr8gd70gfq9c4k9htpjpfeejzkz99t I&#39;m thinking about migrating off of bitbang.social onto a single-user instance of my own. Any other single-user instance admins have any advice for doing so? To start I imagine I&#39;ll have to source some block lists and do stuff like turn on AUTHORIZED_FETCH. 2024-10-08T17:28:31Z https://njump.me/nevent1qqspxqutfugcr8y5k0j6g0xqzd0fmqj56jt2kuex3tee5hfuccdl6kgzyrguf7g5vw26r34tf8l2wchknhtryhr8gd70gfq9c4k9htpjpfeej8qzgqz In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqspfqdyhngj2gwp2jx2ftv8uq2rgez82whafy9g4euyqmwaf9fytmgwx0vau'>nevent1q…0vau</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>here we are printing away on LocalTalk over barbed wire<br/><video controls width="100%" class="max-h-[90vh] bg-neutral-300 dark:bg-zinc-700"><source src="https://files.bitbang.social/media_attachments/files/113/212/081/649/729/275/original/d8cec473a76a8bad.mp4"></video><br/> 2024-09-27T23:24:25Z https://njump.me/nevent1qqspfqdyhngj2gwp2jx2ftv8uq2rgez82whafy9g4euyqmwaf9fytmgzyrguf7g5vw26r34tf8l2wchknhtryhr8gd70gfq9c4k9htpjpfeej8z04c9 Today I visited <span itemprop="mentions" itemscope itemtype="https://schema.org/Person"><a itemprop="url" href="/npub1vhpdkuyajuk0l88dla0ek4hnx3aa54nkx475npqmcaethkc7gxjs8tcqle" class="bg-lavender dark:prose:text-neutral-50 dark:text-neutral-50 dark:bg-garnet px-1"><span>media archaeology lab</span> (<span class="italic">npub1vhp…cqle</span>)</a></span>&#39;s Barbed Wire Fence Telephone II installation to see if Localtalk over PhoneNET would work on it. I wanted to do this since <span itemprop="mentions" itemscope itemtype="https://schema.org/Person"><a itemprop="url" href="/npub1kmd59frrgzswaqd83hdtrfcuvjf98wu8k3dt4cvuacsxys3f4u6qdw3fq6" class="bg-lavender dark:prose:text-neutral-50 dark:text-neutral-50 dark:bg-garnet px-1"><span>paulrickards</span> (<span class="italic">npub1kmd…3fq6</span>)</a></span> asked who&#39;d be the first one to run LocalTalk over barbed wire a while ago! <span itemprop="mentions" itemscope itemtype="https://schema.org/Person"><a itemprop="url" href="/npub1xq6ncmq43ewtmkd8tf0czzre0duymxmdkcef20uq290x38u4y3xqjys6hw" class="bg-lavender dark:prose:text-neutral-50 dark:text-neutral-50 dark:bg-garnet px-1"><span>dan 💾</span> (<span class="italic">npub1xq6…s6hw</span>)</a></span> beat me to that milestone but I think this is the first time printing over barbed wire? Thanks to <span itemprop="mentions" itemscope itemtype="https://schema.org/Person"><a itemprop="url" href="/npub1nhqrvf3lm66h248gk33csl4tv5jtw0n4nwqw8ez69waeukm5ht3se4n6g8" class="bg-lavender dark:prose:text-neutral-50 dark:text-neutral-50 dark:bg-garnet px-1"><span>Ron's Computer Videos🖥️📼</span> (<span class="italic">npub1nhq…n6g8</span>)</a></span> for lending me the LocalTalk card for the ImageWriter and [@rose_alibi](<a href="https://post.lurk.org/@rose_alibi">https://post.lurk.org/@rose_alibi</a> ) for letting me borrow the fence for a bit!<br/> <img src="https://files.bitbang.social/media_attachments/files/113/211/885/140/102/743/original/42be5efc653f38ac.jpeg"> <br/> <img src="https://files.bitbang.social/media_attachments/files/113/211/889/424/060/091/original/337a91f8a1102e18.jpeg"> <br/> <img src="https://files.bitbang.social/media_attachments/files/113/211/890/705/625/786/original/159488f54e377f2e.jpeg"> <br/> 2024-09-27T22:37:43Z https://njump.me/nevent1qqszc828zz33cch5zucrlrs7e7azjr9zegh6z69nalug4zhj2rxz4qczyrguf7g5vw26r34tf8l2wchknhtryhr8gd70gfq9c4k9htpjpfeejpjhrmd look at this drip <a href="https://www.ebay.com/itm/276647767268">https://www.ebay.com/itm/276647767268</a><br/> <img src="https://files.bitbang.social/media_attachments/files/113/206/822/103/880/284/original/ba35378b7197f5b1.webp"> <br/> <img src="https://files.bitbang.social/media_attachments/files/113/206/822/537/763/650/original/96b0e99d6d385f77.webp"> <br/> 2024-09-27T01:05:29Z https://njump.me/nevent1qqs8lplsmtuagh5h5l2qpyc253vz5dk4cfsn9q8nyx6qfmah0etwntqzyrguf7g5vw26r34tf8l2wchknhtryhr8gd70gfq9c4k9htpjpfeejfdqz3e In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqsdm8n99g2yr494jnec8nvtgre54zy8q3d4049vjqezed0gr7l6n8csz2g9d'>nevent1q…2g9d</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>what this modem calls &#34;autodial&#34; would be done on Hayes compatible modems with the ATDT command. This modem uses some other scheme and finding a manual is proving difficult... 2024-09-21T04:45:37Z https://njump.me/nevent1qqsdcmcsvguwmxtqdwq9nk6lxd8wmgf3c74dw9zq9fs80he67hma56gzyrguf7g5vw26r34tf8l2wchknhtryhr8gd70gfq9c4k9htpjpfeejunl7s2 This was the first modem I ever used - a Concord Data Systems 224. My original one is long gone so I’ve been waiting for a cheap one to show up on eBay forever and one finally showed up. This modem opened whole new worlds for me and I hope to see those RXD/TXD lights blinking again on this one! This one is actually slightly fancier than the one we had since it has autodial. Ours lacked that feature so I had to dial the phone myself and hit the DATA button when I heard the modem on the other side<br/> <img src="https://files.bitbang.social/media_attachments/files/113/173/585/362/909/604/original/e585b1af0b79d585.jpeg"> <br/> 2024-09-21T04:16:26Z https://njump.me/nevent1qqspmrkm99javuqj2vmltl0swpj0h9vxpjulyrm7e9kkjq4p5cnnsjgzyrguf7g5vw26r34tf8l2wchknhtryhr8gd70gfq9c4k9htpjpfeejvh8crk In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqsz9uzgrxcu59789xmgc6v5sdl87uaqznen50y9n2af29v9awhahxqvt86h8'>nevent1q…86h8</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>these boxes are so cool! 2024-09-21T02:06:30Z https://njump.me/nevent1qqsqmedy04uaqsumuesakvsmsckh3y27vtfkjwpyxr4nmrlfv2gq70gzyrguf7g5vw26r34tf8l2wchknhtryhr8gd70gfq9c4k9htpjpfeejv49m0c I&#39;ve discovered who spoke the line &#34;what were the skies like when you were young?&#34; in the song Little Fluffy Clouds by the Orb. It&#39;s not LeVar Burton like many people think. <a href="https://polpo.org/blog/who-asked-what-were-the-skies-like-when-you-were-young-in-little-fluffy-clouds.html">https://polpo.org/blog/who-asked-what-were-the-skies-like-when-you-were-young-in-little-fluffy-clouds.html</a> 2024-09-15T15:32:34Z https://njump.me/nevent1qqsd45szqvycmade2fwgfdgerllwtt0seguxehet2e9a7g63wymppxgzyrguf7g5vw26r34tf8l2wchknhtryhr8gd70gfq9c4k9htpjpfeejpy674g In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqsqpkarpwcdkmylslf8r2el3lmuxc9ns4yd49l3ql9j9f4cnteq2dc4rdgtw'>nevent1q…dgtw</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>it’s the home key! I like the use of an arrow instead of just saying “Home”. 2024-09-11T00:55:36Z https://njump.me/nevent1qqszet2h37xfg7c5gd9wvd7jvrynqm2tuytwtn0rrw604wwt4u22upszyrguf7g5vw26r34tf8l2wchknhtryhr8gd70gfq9c4k9htpjpfeejxcwtk0 In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqsy45p8tuwrnr9ht05tuy6sjtfwc5kgm5lh83udlkqvh08m4ff8acgf89ahq'>nevent1q…9ahq</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>BTW the reason this is one of my grails is that my dad used one of these in the early 80s at his architecture firm. They had a CAD system that ran on these and an HP minicomputer that they connected to at an office across the country on a leased line. By the early 90s the HP-150s sat around derelict in storage so I took one home and used it as a dumb terminal (it has a terminal in ROM!) to dial into BBSes and a Unix shell account. 2024-09-10T02:17:39Z https://njump.me/nevent1qqs250w5mxke5h3pmp4mt6cnplzcchpxuv7kc484s6npjp3ln306j5szyrguf7g5vw26r34tf8l2wchknhtryhr8gd70gfq9c4k9htpjpfeej36qpde In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqsy5spqcfrhyjjqcdmcryyq03wfkj2326sehjenjyd7zxcajpzz2yc49zfuw'>nevent1q…zfuw</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>it’s pretty primitive! The screen has an array of infrared LEDs and photodiodes around the outside of it. It kind of makes it impossible to point at anything on the screen because it triggers a touch even if your finger doesn’t land on the screen.<br/> <img src="https://files.bitbang.social/media_attachments/files/113/110/840/786/251/676/original/b730924acfaa55ca.jpeg"> <br/> 2024-09-10T02:14:28Z https://njump.me/nevent1qqsy45p8tuwrnr9ht05tuy6sjtfwc5kgm5lh83udlkqvh08m4ff8acgzyrguf7g5vw26r34tf8l2wchknhtryhr8gd70gfq9c4k9htpjpfeejh0l47j In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqspr90zmk8p8ulcet6q9wnjgajv8ly0medjfvw34rzq5q2vv74ljpstqc2xp'>nevent1q…c2xp</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>The original batteries were still in it and thankfully the one that did leak only did a little bit.<br/> <img src="https://files.bitbang.social/media_attachments/files/113/110/823/482/469/497/original/086a6897f3e4f792.jpeg"> <br/> 2024-09-10T02:10:06Z https://njump.me/nevent1qqspr90zmk8p8ulcet6q9wnjgajv8ly0medjfvw34rzq5q2vv74ljpszyrguf7g5vw26r34tf8l2wchknhtryhr8gd70gfq9c4k9htpjpfeejpvzzy4 In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqs8d3y2uud85cvyedtzctah7szks74ktesgm63xr0fehhgjllllpecn3qrmz'>nevent1q…qrmz</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>It starts with an interface called “P.A.M.” that scans the drives for installed applications. There isn’t much - a financial calculator, a graphing program, the venerable WordStar, and a few other things I haven’t explored yet.<br/> <img src="https://files.bitbang.social/media_attachments/files/113/110/813/195/651/478/original/145e528cef2144bf.jpeg"> <br/> 2024-09-10T02:07:24Z https://njump.me/nevent1qqs8d3y2uud85cvyedtzctah7szks74ktesgm63xr0fehhgjllllpeczyrguf7g5vw26r34tf8l2wchknhtryhr8gd70gfq9c4k9htpjpfeejnj3qp0 In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqsxmhasgmme05ygt0zsgsv70ggd0zu8amxl4dz8g9tga389x7u7husn9uv6f'>nevent1q…uv6f</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>The hard drive amazingly works perfectly and is very quiet. It looks to be 15MB and most of the files are from 1984, with a few papers written by a high school student in 1987.<br/> <img src="https://files.bitbang.social/media_attachments/files/113/110/800/152/734/774/original/cd64e10285617235.jpeg"> <br/> 2024-09-10T02:04:07Z https://njump.me/nevent1qqsxmhasgmme05ygt0zsgsv70ggd0zu8amxl4dz8g9tga389x7u7huszyrguf7g5vw26r34tf8l2wchknhtryhr8gd70gfq9c4k9htpjpfeejx5s9f6 At #VCFMW, I managed to get one of my grail computers: the HP-150. It has an 8088 CPU, runs MS-DOS, but isn’t IBM compatible. It has a rudimentary touchscreen and is arguably the first computer to use the 3.5” floppy disk. It’s kind of an all-in-one: the computer is in the box with the monitor. The box it’s sitting on just has the floppy and hard drives in it.<br/> <img src="https://files.bitbang.social/media_attachments/files/113/110/781/619/835/288/original/30beeba800d81e34.jpeg"> <br/> 2024-09-10T01:59:24Z https://njump.me/nevent1qqsp3f03dcplpapcy0qxxmwg2y0tw8n9kw2sletkqfrhy07xg0lj8uqzyrguf7g5vw26r34tf8l2wchknhtryhr8gd70gfq9c4k9htpjpfeejpppy9a The panel I’m on at #VCFMW starts in just under a half hour! I can’t wait 2024-09-08T00:33:33Z https://njump.me/nevent1qqsx0at6yyvmlkp63jd5u6avm7qgmn4srk5f3e32vl327x2v3c5y7zgzyrguf7g5vw26r34tf8l2wchknhtryhr8gd70gfq9c4k9htpjpfeejrp0q24 Still mad about that Canon Cat that was on shopgoodwill last year that went for $26 that I forgot to bid on 2024-08-26T15:14:03Z https://njump.me/nevent1qqsdkw8ud9mfunqnauwhznyk9a8ylr7mm4gtl8xfj3gk5hc6gqh3hdgzyrguf7g5vw26r34tf8l2wchknhtryhr8gd70gfq9c4k9htpjpfeej57c22r In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqs0plrywpntm9x5jrk4ukkk9aptyxrx9jklms7jte7m07yq3w0yzmc5vf7fs'>nevent1q…f7fs</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>awesome, can&#39;t wait to see y&#39;all perform! 2024-08-26T02:09:50Z https://njump.me/nevent1qqswph6csgapan6xmzhsayw06gc9su7w9hr6am3d3dunuwfaaf64c4gzyrguf7g5vw26r34tf8l2wchknhtryhr8gd70gfq9c4k9htpjpfeejk0cq7m In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqsd4u4ma2a4mk8u0sm59nk965y09d8sw9k2emzhllrd4egp3d0vwkc0a205u'>nevent1q…205u</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>Yep, I use an older version of FileZilla on win98 and it works great. 2024-08-25T23:29:55Z https://njump.me/nevent1qqsqhecgqk94q4mcvlwa33jjes4502a8q9zlc6lxkc3n2d7z90gdgxqzyrguf7g5vw26r34tf8l2wchknhtryhr8gd70gfq9c4k9htpjpfeejuj0zhu In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqsfr2pwqeh3wkl0kklakhx6c85r8xack7t8v4vz24y82z6ufytu9xcjjcdce'>nevent1q…cdce</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>Huh. The jacks on this are slightly too big for banana plugs. Well that’s interesting 2024-08-25T23:27:44Z https://njump.me/nevent1qqsfr2pwqeh3wkl0kklakhx6c85r8xack7t8v4vz24y82z6ufytu9xczyrguf7g5vw26r34tf8l2wchknhtryhr8gd70gfq9c4k9htpjpfeej9k72kp Cool thrift store find: a Keithley bench multimeter. Seems like it works just fine (DC voltage matches my Fluke 87V at least) and I love the 70s era design of it. I just need to get probes that don’t have shrouds over the banana plugs so I can plug them in. Or I guess I can cut the shrouds off some I already have.<br/> <img src="https://files.bitbang.social/media_attachments/files/113/025/190/982/385/671/original/feaa0309dea570b1.jpeg"> <br/> 2024-08-25T23:12:36Z https://njump.me/nevent1qqsq35gp8wcz22r04g6r8dyzmz0uq33kdpz9tga75yhxl44gm0l2eugzyrguf7g5vw26r34tf8l2wchknhtryhr8gd70gfq9c4k9htpjpfeejhjlv3p After playing through The Crimson Diamond by <span itemprop="mentions" itemscope itemtype="https://schema.org/Person"><a itemprop="url" href="/npub139rgnzrjewjupscwgx7x0fsuff8s93ntant067kdt7c6q0y4pgsqpy3mlj" class="bg-lavender dark:prose:text-neutral-50 dark:text-neutral-50 dark:bg-garnet px-1"><span>JuliaMinamata</span> (<span class="italic">npub139r…3mlj</span>)</a></span>, I just had to see the game&#39;s gorgeous EGA artwork on a real CRT! So I took a couple screencaps from the game, nearest neighbor scaled them down and cropped them to 320x200, converted to PCX and copied them over to my IBM PC/AT on floppy disk. This is a real EGA monitor and you can see the beautiful scanlines. Now I can imagine what it&#39;d be like to play the game on an old PC back in the day. <a href="https://store.steampowered.com/app/1098770/The_Crimson_Diamond/">https://store.steampowered.com/app/1098770/The_Crimson_Diamond/</a><br/> <img src="https://files.bitbang.social/media_attachments/files/112/991/693/448/380/108/original/4ebe061ca96e985d.jpeg"> <br/> <img src="https://files.bitbang.social/media_attachments/files/112/991/694/235/158/374/original/9d43b3f234d44b11.jpeg"> <br/> <img src="https://files.bitbang.social/media_attachments/files/112/991/695/711/800/512/original/e64016ab06086523.jpeg"> <br/> 2024-08-20T01:23:35Z https://njump.me/nevent1qqs22m3gsy465nt2mpdmmhhd35uvs97m62a28u000922nr6r4hjwueqzyrguf7g5vw26r34tf8l2wchknhtryhr8gd70gfq9c4k9htpjpfeejc40hex With today&#39;s announcement of the Raspberry Pi Pico 2 and #RP2350, I&#39;m happy to say that the Pico 2 works great on #PicoGUS 1.2 with just a few source tweaks! While the Pico 2 is cool and the extra horsepower gets us tantalizingly close to emulating the OPL3 synth, the RP2350 also brings some great stuff that you can&#39;t really use when it&#39;s on the Pico 2: memory-mapped PSRAM expansion with cache, and MORE GPIOS. Real life has gotten in the way of creating a design around it, but I&#39;ll get there!<br/> <img src="https://files.bitbang.social/media_attachments/files/112/927/936/772/287/949/original/f3757adcc1c38c94.jpeg"> <br/> 2024-08-08T19:02:08Z https://njump.me/nevent1qqsrvxvk8c074ns7rrm3p2kwvqel8ctvzjtpdl77384nptazc4pvm6szyrguf7g5vw26r34tf8l2wchknhtryhr8gd70gfq9c4k9htpjpfeejq6xmkv The main US seller of #PicoGUS is Joe at JCM-1.com and tonight he&#39;s having a vendor update stream going on at 9PM EDT time. I can&#39;t make the stream live but I&#39;ll &#34;be&#34; there with a little video showing off some of the latest features that have shipped in PicoGUS. <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mGL2LZ34AcQ">https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mGL2LZ34AcQ</a> 2024-08-07T21:48:44Z https://njump.me/nevent1qqszkjfc28nxh00v6ctua6ktqmjahxd7wlp0wvpaqdfz4e5msxxqehczyrguf7g5vw26r34tf8l2wchknhtryhr8gd70gfq9c4k9htpjpfeejfqz5kc In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqs0au27udtypy06qexznnvnrgjaa7xtmstxk6c26fflkejs8rty3gq8qn3dj'>nevent1q…n3dj</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>huh, I forgot that the AWE32 overlapped with the proprietary CD-ROM interface era! 2024-08-06T01:07:17Z https://njump.me/nevent1qqsf3wxkr5p02h80q6ltrnw0cjkt8ua9hlg2spgyjjn04hactn8e0fszyrguf7g5vw26r34tf8l2wchknhtryhr8gd70gfq9c4k9htpjpfeejvqw090 In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqsg2rnu2lmqvwggkeedegvjpqhxw9sutcd30xrd5ccdvd8f7dqwrygst2hc2'>nevent1q…2hc2</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>yesssss 2024-08-05T04:35:45Z https://njump.me/nevent1qqsy9syewfqhgp7urzejgaq9ytujd2zhhtv56kysrzezjm4545k2s6czyrguf7g5vw26r34tf8l2wchknhtryhr8gd70gfq9c4k9htpjpfeejl7tks6 Getting back into getting WiFi support tidied up for release for #PicoGUS. This is a little funny because it doesn&#39;t work on the PicoGUS 2.0 boards - only the original PicoGUS 1.x boards that you can plug a Pico-W into. Anyway you can set the SSID and password and get the connection status with pgusinit, and it&#39;ll work on whatever an NE2000 works on: DOS, Win3.x, Win9x, Linux, NeXTStep, OS/2, pretty much anything.<br/> <img src="https://files.bitbang.social/media_attachments/files/112/907/521/199/884/162/original/ffbade43fbb2c3f4.jpeg"> <br/> <img src="https://files.bitbang.social/media_attachments/files/112/907/522/706/161/425/original/b1824aae5a68f22f.jpeg"> <br/> 2024-08-05T04:32:42Z https://njump.me/nevent1qqs03esqes4apjssqt4aety9jjzn36faa5styaaw0wazxqxvv2vxtyszyrguf7g5vw26r34tf8l2wchknhtryhr8gd70gfq9c4k9htpjpfeej3qyjc2 PhilsComputerLab did a video about the serial mouse support on PicoGUS! <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GiyuoIrxi5U">https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GiyuoIrxi5U</a> 2024-08-03T02:00:38Z https://njump.me/nevent1qqsvgepa0sr2263pyp7zmuh532d0vfl5chs2f4e9f7eftjw7trvhcjczyrguf7g5vw26r34tf8l2wchknhtryhr8gd70gfq9c4k9htpjpfeejlvfz47 Walked to the lake to see how close the Stone Canyon fire in Lyons is. Yeah, that’s close enough for me to worry. I’ll get things together in case we need to evacuate. As I was leaving I saw 727 and DC-10 air tankers about to drop fire retardant.<br/> <img src="https://files.bitbang.social/media_attachments/files/112/878/355/582/891/695/original/154c10df4999a82f.jpeg"> <br/> 2024-07-31T00:50:23Z https://njump.me/nevent1qqs0fa4yr6vkj4d6hst6xzmvsmztvmhcuwakz58rz98ae3uscvs4q0qzyrguf7g5vw26r34tf8l2wchknhtryhr8gd70gfq9c4k9htpjpfeejaap85y New #PicoGUS firmware release and this is a big one! <a href="https://github.com/polpo/picogus/releases/tag/v2.0.0">https://github.com/polpo/picogus/releases/tag/v2.0.0</a><br/>- Serial mouse (contributed by wbcbz7)<br/>- All modes in a single firmware image (contributed by msxboy and smymm)<br/>- Settings can be saved in flash<br/>- OPL2 missing note fix (contributed by TerryFi)<br/>- SB direct DAC fix and speaker on/off commands implemented<br/>It&#39;s so awesome to see so many contributions from others! That&#39;s why I love open source. 2024-07-09T18:12:14Z https://njump.me/nevent1qqsyxvvtt6vq7kk7yw433nz4w42s6ul76zn065xkknmumsrkh0jjnaczyrguf7g5vw26r34tf8l2wchknhtryhr8gd70gfq9c4k9htpjpfeejkm2fjs In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqst9fz444kktec4javps0v7py5wxzcvlcfyw3j7ulsfztxjy6g34ysx8t7qn'>nevent1q…t7qn</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>I wish I could find one. There were a few I ran across but they’re long discontinued. That’s why I went with a separate digital volume control IC on PicoGUS. 2024-07-02T20:30:06Z https://njump.me/nevent1qqsg0syuhcwx7s7hve9yvqvz479kua970yqh4x4mrfgs9z54cl837dqzyrguf7g5vw26r34tf8l2wchknhtryhr8gd70gfq9c4k9htpjpfeejshtyj9 In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqsp7chk60e5pen6fs88c5x7qxgfg92lc7zr67qda5586darkq07a8q8maw6a'>nevent1q…aw6a</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>Having made a peripheral that is more powerful than most computers that it plugs into: people think they&#39;re being so clever when they bring this up. And there&#39;s always someone who pops up saying it. 2024-06-20T21:48:51Z https://njump.me/nevent1qqsqksswm6kvsfghfj8sv88q85u5j64h0d20r5pvfrhej4wnctfue4qzyrguf7g5vw26r34tf8l2wchknhtryhr8gd70gfq9c4k9htpjpfeejhwlsey I finally have a spot on the retro desk dedicated to Amiga so it’s perfect timing that <span itemprop="mentions" itemscope itemtype="https://schema.org/Person"><a itemprop="url" href="/npub14u703pytw7mh6pl0axs87p6y3v7259ktq54w6c8j3z5cs0tqrfusgj8rpg" class="bg-lavender dark:prose:text-neutral-50 dark:text-neutral-50 dark:bg-garnet px-1"><span>Hoffman</span> (<span class="italic">npub14u7…8rpg</span>)</a></span>’s Amiga port of Cecconoid is digitally available today! Excited to get my hands dirty blowing up some black and white pixels! <a href="https://thalamusdigital.itch.io/cecconoid-amiga">https://thalamusdigital.itch.io/cecconoid-amiga</a><br/> <img src="https://files.bitbang.social/media_attachments/files/112/618/866/879/371/254/original/5311588c8bc05ccf.jpeg"> <br/> 2024-06-15T05:00:02Z https://njump.me/nevent1qqs0vuequj5zyw2287j64suqtkzaa44rjmqx2hsajdf6prllukvze5gzyrguf7g5vw26r34tf8l2wchknhtryhr8gd70gfq9c4k9htpjpfeejes2nkt This auction that I stumbled across on HiBid for an &#34;Atari typewriter system&#34; is INSANE.<br/>- Atari Falcon 030 which is crazy enough<br/>- Bin of wires, peripherals, and oh just a casual *unreleased N64 game prototype* just sitting there <br/>Someone near Maryland PLEASE bid on it! They don&#39;t ship and I can&#39;t get to Maryland to get it. It was at $3 a few days ago and is at $17 right now with just over a day left.<br/><a href="https://hibid.com/lot/201232092/atari-typewriter-system">https://hibid.com/lot/201232092/atari-typewriter-system</a><br/> <img src="https://files.bitbang.social/media_attachments/files/112/609/872/753/944/383/original/43d12cf091b0ae59.jpeg"> <br/> <img src="https://files.bitbang.social/media_attachments/files/112/609/874/919/277/811/original/e15ded119cf1a6f9.jpg"> <br/> 2024-06-13T14:55:33Z https://njump.me/nevent1qqsrwhyfpy8379zdnzuy72xn6q4aqtmyqm6agg3j732ep3xp5zq4u4czyrguf7g5vw26r34tf8l2wchknhtryhr8gd70gfq9c4k9htpjpfeejr8z0nm In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqsg78nfqngrzh350hhvl5jxrgs3vspjcch4u2c3aqc8mw3gm24l2zs8rzhk0'>nevent1q…zhk0</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>my two most searched terms in my camera roll are &#34;circuit board&#34; and &#34;cat&#34; 2024-06-13T04:03:01Z https://njump.me/nevent1qqsxc43vnfg55stxdpdxleyxx4qv7etgxlj3vhysr9nuuec7vzcxyxszyrguf7g5vw26r34tf8l2wchknhtryhr8gd70gfq9c4k9htpjpfeejylhx7j In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqsz8wz49eqayc2cwjk3yum2j52ult0w8r0xdv7kn0ras4dww8z0sjgpwnq5t'>nevent1q…nq5t</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>I&#39;m in the same boat... I&#39;m interested to see how it goes for you. 2024-06-03T02:48:15Z https://njump.me/nevent1qqsdy58n94ayetljrxxq7hwyceqletm4w0uhy09gnn24nste2038chqzyrguf7g5vw26r34tf8l2wchknhtryhr8gd70gfq9c4k9htpjpfeejwrlj05 And that&#39;s it! I am finally sold out of PicoGUSes on Tindie. I do not plan on selling any more myself. Instead get your PicoGUS from these fine sellers:<br/>Joe&#39;s Computer Museum - 🇺🇸 USA based, ships worldwide. In stock: <a href="https://jcm-1.com/product/picogus-v2/">https://jcm-1.com/product/picogus-v2/</a><br/>Serdashop - 🇪🇺 EU based, ships worldwide. Bundles with DreamBlaster MIDI wavetable cards available. In stock: <a href="https://www.serdashop.com/PicoGUS">https://www.serdashop.com/PicoGUS</a><br/>Flamelily IT - 🇬🇧 UK based, ships worldwide. 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