Timido is checking in on me. I guess it's time to feed him.
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"I sent you to buy cat food"
"Yes"
"Then why is there a commodore in your backseat?"
"Yes"
Ok, I definitely won't go on with my computer kit today.
SNES, NES gameboy and gamegear carts done.
All opened up, cleaned (they were clean enough already though, even those that had rain falling on them), batteries removed, contacts cleaned with rubber and then deoxidized to protect them.
They probably work better than before, to be honest.
In this moment I am feeling deeply envious.
#catsofmastodon
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Floppy control board out of the C128D and shining again.
QUICK
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Probably enough C128D for today, floppy controller and mechanics removed, cleaned, greased. Keyboard disassembled, washed, dried, reassembled. Tomorrow I'll do the rest.
Time to feed the felines.
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On the other hand, I had to leave this there.
My wife absolutely barred me from even asking the price.
I mean why. Who doesn't want a train station clock at home?
Ahhh there's no time like the present to study some #objectivec
Actually to refresh it.
I was using it at my first job, when I was still young and I had the illusion of purpose in life.
Why am I doing it? No idea.
Had a friend coming over. He's been away for a few years, and was passing nearby, so we met for a quick chat. Had some catching up to do on our life things.
Asked me if I'm still a dev or what is my role now.
I reflected a bit on it. And maybe it was the beer.
But the summary of my current job was "I act as a lubricant: we have lots of moving parts that we need to fit together correctly, by different people, and I work to reduce the friction".
Now the alcohol effect has worn off and I'm left with the crude realization.
AI + Stupid people (mostly stupid people)
#TauntingBoard has finally been released!
It's an #Apple2 #MockingBoard clone(ish) with a few changes I'd dare call improvements.
It's free for everyone: print it, build it, enjoy it.
https://codeberg.org/hkzlab/TauntingBoard
Thanks for #PCBWay for sponsoring not one, but two prototype runs for this board!
Boost if you wish (appreciated!) and/or donate a few credits via Ko-Fi if you want and have some to spare (Not essential, but they'll be used to help pay for components for future projects: believe me, they're helpful, vet expenses are eating away most of disposable income lately).
Preliminary test of the MTU motherboard with one of my KIM-1 clones.
No smoke => good
KIM-1 responsive => even better
so I've started building the first two boards that will be plugged into it.
A few more components soldered to the MTU side plane for the #kim1 (by Eduardo Casino).
I still miss a few connectors and headers.
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I did not find retro things at the #fleamarket (there was a mac LC III for a ridiculous price and I had enough of those in the past), But I did find a pretty good Dell full hd LCD for a very decent 10€, it's a P2217H. It has display port too! A good addition to my desk.
Fever gone for now. Brought old cat back to the vet for a post operation checkup and now back in business.
I'm routing a new version of the MiSCUSI.
This uses the 53C80 and replaces the 74LS133 with ICs that are more readily available.
I also moved a few things around for a better clearance.
Let's hope I did not fuck it up.
Office day today.
At the third email in the vein of "I made this analysis in Gemini, please check if correct" a colleague noticed my expression and felt compelled to take a photo of my "utter desperation" as he put it.
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Bottom of the C128 motherboard, there was some ingress of dirt in here, nothing massive. Let's clean it.
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As expected, the supercap in this XBOX has blurped its juice on the motherboard. Cleaned it up a bit. Doesn't seem it has caused extensive damage, at least at first glance.
I have a few XBOXes that need cap replacements. I should really order replacements at mouser and start fixing them. Bring up at least one unit to develop a bit for: I heard there's an open SDK now.
Moar pickled eggs!
Duck this time, with some onion.
#farm
Uuurgh. AliExpress package with components for the MTU KIM-1 motherboard has been handed to a new delivery center.
This is not going to end well...
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@polpo I sincerely am impressed by how you managed to juggle all this.
I feel I can barely hold onto my sanity with my day job, the farm and the cats...
Take it easy and stay sane and healthy.
A release tomorrow is better than a burned out dev today :)
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"Of rustic things, or of practical agriculture".
Another old #book I found at the #fleamarket, alas only 7th and 8th books are bound in this volume.
The 7th book is about forests, wild trees and their use. Book 8 is about cattle, horses and sheep.
There's a pencil note at the end mentioning that at least other two volumes were being sold together with this at some point... But none were present at the sale.
Tomorrow I'll start filling in the mouser cart for with (some of) the components required for the KIM-I build.
You can start betting on what I'll forget.
The 2nd hand shop where I found the commodore also had a small selection of speakers. I got these ones, all 8 ohm.
Could come in handy for a future build of some kind. The small ones are particularly pretty I think.
I'll wire one up to the Tauntingboard to test.
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@xconde@social.chinwag.org unfortunately here is generalized. The AI craze comes from waaaaay high up, and the direct underlings are scrambling to please them as much as possible
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@dr_muesli@woof.tech yep. Definitely check them. If it's one of the later revisions the supercap won't be an issue (probably), but I always end up with bulging caps around the CPU...
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@allanon@mastodon.uno ho letto, mi spiace tantissimo. Purtroppo ho le idee abbastanza chiare sulle conseguenze del diabete: Siamo passati attraverso un calvario simile con la nonna della mia compagna giusto l'anno scorso. Con esiti infausti, purtroppo.
In bocca al lupo a te e a tua madre! Che possa riprendersi fisicamente e psicologicamente.
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@DosFox@tech.lgbt '10 and '21, but I still have to route the board. Reeeeally short on time these days :(
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@GamesMissed@mastodon.social AH. That's interesting, I will have to try the 15Khz input.
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@renard@equestria.social ah it's not that one I need to replace, it's the others that have expelled their innards.
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@ToonLink@fandom.ink Sorry for your loss. I've never really been able to truly get over the loss of mines, they're always missed. I'm sure she was a great friend to you.
Interesting.
First of all, this AtariST seems to have had no water ingress.
Second, WTF is that floating RAM expansion?
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@me_@sueden.social yup, 1040STF it is, and I guess that weird thing that has pins sandwiched between MMU and its socket is part of the trick.
Exploration on this thing will sadly have to wait. Tomorrow I'll finish cleaning it and I will transfer it to storage.
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@xconde@social.chinwag.org And, to be honest, what disturbs me in this case is not that this technology gets applied (putting moral considerations aside, as I'm not expecting anyone in corpos to care): it's that these people seems to have taken it as a permission to turn off their brains and just rely on the work of others to have their shit checked.