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

new toy

light reading today

weird thing @LaserScheme just noticed: US/EUR dreamcasts say "compatible with". JP dreamcasts say "designed for".

to run HELL, type HELL (or HECK).

here's a problem i've been thinking about for a couple years now

i got a Typestar 10-II, it is immensely cost cut and barely has any features.

i want to make it into an ASCII printer. i don't have a logic analyzer to figure out the communication or levels between the controller and the print head. i thought about faking keypresses but i'm not sure what i can use to close a circuit like a key. by my account if i wanted to use 4066s it would go out of hand in part count fast.

what would you do?

sickos voice after a few hours of python yes ha ha yes

is there a type of quasi-OCR already done that i can leverage to just recognize exact characters which are always rendered identically like this or do i need to get my paws dirty in the python mines

#programming #ocr #python

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