maple "mavica" syrup [6502] @mavica_again@computerfairi.es

updating my resume to add that i can solder better than an FAA certified engineer

translucent trans floppies

i finally got one of those xbox controllers the kids say i need to play games on pc these days

happy #portfolioday i push pixels with my paws and with code #pixelart #webgbcam

https://maple.pet/art
https://maple.pet/tech
https://maple.pet/webgbcam

having a clear xbox + controller is all well and good until you realize 20 year old clear plastic is very brittle

perhaps screw posts from a discarded toy and model making plastic cement will help

are these still hot ass? is it still luck of the draw which chipset you'll get in these and only one is actually decent quality? is there a better option around the same price range?

went looking what gonks were

image cw horrifying

turns out the carriage starts at an offset of 60 steps, so when i was scaling data to a full page width of 960 steps everything was offcenter to the right. i've corrected this in pypenwriter and made it not issue redundant moves to minimise penup/pendown noise

(this picture being offcenter is just due to the scale not matching the paper)

https://github.com/lana-chan/pypenwriter

silly me for expecting quality control on a 300 gbp piece of professional equipment

my oscilloscope stopped working inexplicably today showing no signs of life whatsoever

i decided to ignore the "no operator serviceable parts inside" warning and went to look over the power supply board

the AC in header was not at all soldered to the board. i have no idea how this scope worked for years until now

#lowpoly #burger

society if the amiga and the dreamcast hadn't languished and died

panasonic rk-p400c #plottermastodon #plottertwitter

yeah i have one. no it's not good

i wanted a more permanent solution to the true RS232 to USB adapter my panasonic RK-P400C typewriter plotter needed so i shoved everything as best as i could into a DB25 shell

"i bet it doesn't even work"

ok here's my proof of work. i didn't want to bother with cradles for my #handspring #visor #pda so i put a factory-looking #miniusb #port on it for #hotsync

ok here's my proof of work. stealth modchip installed in PS1 that isn't one of the any motherboards that's properly documented (that i've found). the modchip is custom burnt on an attiny

ok here's my proof of work. i converted a PAL-M 2600 clone to NTSC composite with scrap parts

ok here's my proof of work. i serviced my amiga 600 featuring a previous owner's exploded badly replaced capacitor with several keyboard controller traces destroyed