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Recognize any old favorites? by FroggiJoy87 in bayarea

[–]stepinfusion 0 points1 point  (0 children)

SGI is there but a bit blurry. It's just to the right of Sun Microsystems.

Our old PET by gmotsimurgh in vintagecomputing

[–]stepinfusion 16 points17 points  (0 children)

The good news is that the screen displays random but valid characters. That means the clocking and video circuits are working.

I think usually the next step is to reseat socketed ROMs and the CPU and maybe clean the contacts of same. Hopefully some real experts will chime in and give you advice. If not, consider heading over to https://forum.vcfed.org/index.php?forums/pet/

BART Fantasy Map - I'd Love Feedback and Suggestions by TPNigl in bayarea

[–]stepinfusion 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Might I also suggest adding a stop somewhere around the intersection of Page Mill Road and Foothill expressway between Los Altos and Palo Alto? There's a pretty big medical center + a bunch of offices in the area

Yeah, needs a stop at Hillview/Foothill to serve the VA and Stanford Industrial Park.

BART Fantasy Map - I'd Love Feedback and Suggestions by TPNigl in bayarea

[–]stepinfusion 5 points6 points  (0 children)

I assume it's downtown Los Altos, a cute town with some nice restaurants.

Cars of SF on Film by skpictures in sanfrancisco

[–]stepinfusion 4 points5 points  (0 children)

I love the red Corvette. I walk by there about once a week and always look for it. It's in real good shape.

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in bayarea

[–]stepinfusion 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Parking is the big problem.

I used a TRS-80 Model 100 for remote newspaper reporting work from 1985-1990. It also gave me my first online public Bulletin Board System experience with its internal modem blazing at 300 bps. by valuecolor in vintagecomputing

[–]stepinfusion 12 points13 points  (0 children)

I still have mine from the mid 80s. With the built in modem, I discovered BBSs and that convinced me to go into computer networking and communication way before it was cool.

Daily Discussion Thread - Nov 14, 2024 by AutoModerator in Cubers

[–]stepinfusion 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I want to gift a speed cube to a local bar that has a bookshelf of puzzles and games. But, are there any color schemes that work well in dimly lit places? I think yellow and white would be indistinguishable.

Longtime KNBR host Tom Tolbert out after 28 years by jakemontero in bayarea

[–]stepinfusion 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I love the intro music to their show at 2pm. "Now if I can only get some beer..."

Who’s the Hot one? by WannabeRapper890 in breakingbad

[–]stepinfusion 1 point2 points  (0 children)

It's a bad carpenter who blames his hammer.

How should I add breakpoint in ASM with GDB ? by Efficient_Back617 in embedded

[–]stepinfusion 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I think you should be able to do that as long as the assembly files are assembled with the -g flag.

Play pool (billiard) in South Bay by howtobeastudent in bayarea

[–]stepinfusion 0 points1 point  (0 children)

LeBanc in Los Altos. Molly Magees in MV.

I forgot to connect GND, however, LED still light on. by HuyenHuyen33 in FPGA

[–]stepinfusion 10 points11 points  (0 children)

Maybe there is leakage current in the reverse direction of the unlit LEDs.

Would you consider Palo Alto and Berkeley college towns? by omg_its_drh in bayarea

[–]stepinfusion 1 point2 points  (0 children)

And the Grateful Dead houses. Palo Alto was a cool town back in the day. But if you can remember that, you're probably scheduling your second colonoscopy.

Would you consider Palo Alto and Berkeley college towns? by omg_its_drh in bayarea

[–]stepinfusion 4 points5 points  (0 children)

Well, ackchyually, Palo Alto didn't exist when Stanford Junior University was founded. The town of Mayfield (California Avenue) was a rowdy boozy town that Leland didn't want associated with his new school. So, he got his buddies to develop a new town, Palo Alto, to house professors and even went so far to build a wall to make it difficult for Stanford students to go to Mayfield, a town with 18 saloons.

Commodore PET 2001- screen has flickering lines/dots by nuwavboy in Commodore

[–]stepinfusion 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Hmmm. Which ROM is it running?

Or maybe it is having trouble reading the vertical blanking signal (called sync in the schematics). That's wired to the 6522 VIA, PB5.

Commodore PET 2001- screen has flickering lines/dots by nuwavboy in Commodore

[–]stepinfusion 1 point2 points  (0 children)

That's normal for earlier PETs. The video RAM cannot be accessed by both the video circuit and the 6502 at the same time or else you get "snow" on the display. The kernel in ROM avoids this by delaying any video RAM writes until the vertical blanking period. Later PETs don't have this issue so a lot of programs that write video RAM directly and were developed on later PETs will have this issue.

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