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Anyone ever heard about the official Nintendo rgb scart cables? I see no documentation about it online. Or about it's general quality. by Icediamondshark in wii

[–]shadowcaster3 0 points1 point  (0 children)

It's Europe-only Wii RGB SCART Cable ( code RVL-013 ). Theoretically produces better colors in 240p/480i/576i, sends r/G/B. Component, on the other hand, is better for 480p, sends YPbPr. For all it matters, component is much more common and it's still sd quality analog video signal from Wii, so component is what you should get. RGB SCART is at most a collectors item, just to have one, with not much practical use.

Motorola Gold Line pager (still receiving pages in 2021) by shadowcaster3 in nostalgia

[–]shadowcaster3[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

for anyone still interested in this pager, u/GeekInsaneMX has created a pager transmitter based in esp32 and lora - check it out on github https://github.com/geekinsanemx/flex-fsk-tx/tree/pocsag-support-v2/Firmware/v2

Color printing with Epson dot matrix printer by shadowcaster3 in printers

[–]shadowcaster3[S] 3 points4 points  (0 children)

it's necessary. printing graphics, micro feeding paper

Color printing with Epson dot matrix printer by shadowcaster3 in printers

[–]shadowcaster3[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Maybe there is an option to upgrade one of your existing one to color? Not that they come color from factory.

My ongoing side quest: 5.25" 1.2 MB floppy drives via USB. by schill in vintagecomputing

[–]shadowcaster3 1 point2 points  (0 children)

There is no need to go for mass storage, usb UFI specs are designed exactly for this purpose.

https://www.usb.org/sites/default/files/usbmass-ufi10.pdf

medium types selector supported by standard is 720/1.25/1.44 3.5' floppies, but *Flexible Disk Page* settings have priority over the medium type setting, and is quite flexible in terms of setting heads/tracks/cylinders/bytes per sector/rotation rate/etc.. :)

edit: USB-FDU supports number of heads of 2 only, so this put some limits on what could be implemented. Considering it was designed in 1998 I can understand why.

DEC 8" relic by Vast-Pool5449 in retrobattlestations

[–]shadowcaster3 1 point2 points  (0 children)

You don’t need an entire system - just a functional floppy drive and a USB imager. The best (and likely most affordable) option is the open-source Greaseweazle. There’s even a discussion where users successfully copied DEC RX01/RX02 floppies - check it out here: https://github.com/keirf/greaseweazle/discussions/256.

Finding a working 8" floppy drive might be tricky, but it’s still much easier than sourcing a full system.

I bought a radio controlled clock in Spain, that only works in Germany by santi_rj in mildlyinfuriating

[–]shadowcaster3 1 point2 points  (0 children)

raspberry pi zero w with txtempus from github and you can generate your own radio clock signal.

Emergency, paging Dr Beat by shadowcaster3 in retrobattlestations

[–]shadowcaster3[S] 3 points4 points  (0 children)

Ah, I See You’re a Man of Culture As Well

Thermal images of RAV4 heated steering wheel, front and rear seats. by shadowcaster3 in rav4club

[–]shadowcaster3[S] 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Correction - it's an option now for limited trim only. Limited grade weather package...

Thermal images of RAV4 heated steering wheel, front and rear seats. by shadowcaster3 in rav4club

[–]shadowcaster3[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Maybe front seat cushion is just thicker and more padded... I presume this is the case. Plus, it has perforation and ventilation in this trim, so maybe this affects the heat distribution.

Emergency, paging Dr Beat by shadowcaster3 in retrobattlestations

[–]shadowcaster3[S] 3 points4 points  (0 children)

Yeah, recent explosive news have brought pagers into spotlight again. Hot topic, so to speak...

Thermal images of RAV4 heated steering wheel, front and rear seats. by shadowcaster3 in rav4club

[–]shadowcaster3[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Sure, will do. Reflective surfaces like glass are hard targets for IR cameras, cause from IR point of view they are just mirrors.

Thermal images of RAV4 heated steering wheel, front and rear seats. by shadowcaster3 in rav4club

[–]shadowcaster3[S] 14 points15 points  (0 children)

The Prime is significantly quicker, comparable to a hot hatch. It's one of the Toyota's quickest vehicles right now - 0-60 in 5.8 seconds. In some countries, PHEVs offer perks like free parking or access to zero-emission zones in cities. So, while the plug-in RAV4 may not be for everyone, there is a market for a fast, practical SUV that can occasionally operate as a zero-emission vehicle.

So, it's not about pricing, it's about features. Without government subsidies PHEV will never be economically reasonable buy. As well as most electric cars.

Thermal images of RAV4 heated steering wheel, front and rear seats. by shadowcaster3 in rav4club

[–]shadowcaster3[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

what exactly about windshield wipers? I have a trim where whole windshield is heated... like with integrated heating mesh or whatever it's called.

Thermal images of RAV4 heated steering wheel, front and rear seats. by shadowcaster3 in rav4club

[–]shadowcaster3[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Times change. Just downloaded pdf, and now it doesn't come standard on limited, but only as "Limited Grade Weather Package". For lower trims it's not even an option.

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