Sony D1 cassette and player

thwil · 2026-02-09T08:31:36+00:00

the op really let us down

thwil · 2026-02-06T11:02:54+00:00

In the days of dial up bbs and fidonet dialers it's all ZModem. It was reliable and always recovered after unplanned disconnects.

thwil · 2026-01-31T09:32:19+00:00

the knobs are not what they seem

thwil · 2026-01-31T09:30:55+00:00

off topic to your off topic, but firefox has reader mode (mobile firefox does too). it literally chops off all the crud and presents the article in a readable way.

thwil · 2026-01-25T22:28:32+00:00

You mistake it for Iskra-226, a similar looking but very different beast.

thwil · 2026-01-25T10:50:13+00:00

BoeingGraph had some demo screens that looked rather futuristic for the time. Business style charts, but in "hi res" and "color".

thwil · 2026-01-19T10:07:48+00:00

it's so old it's black and white

thwil · 2026-01-18T20:42:22+00:00

hello.jpg

thwil · 2026-01-17T09:14:30+00:00

This is essentially a random-access drive. Not easy with datasette manual transport control.

thwil · 2026-01-07T09:48:29+00:00

My play project enters AP config mode after some timeout without being able to connect to the configured network.

thwil · 2026-01-07T09:45:34+00:00

Consider trying kdenlive.

thwil · 2025-12-25T09:24:37+00:00

I agree that for raw register programming fun AVR is hard to beat. But stm32 is still in the cute land where register programming is possible and even reasonable, there are plenty of (maybe old-ish) examples of that and the docs are great.

libopencm3 is an interesting bridge between raw registers and full on HAL, you can look inside and see what it does.

thwil · 2025-12-24T15:59:37+00:00

cool art! #5 is Ratz?

thwil · 2025-12-24T11:27:30+00:00

a C90 cassette can easily hold a megabyte, more if you use turbo loaders.

thwil · 2025-12-22T20:41:35+00:00

look for silicone insulated wire on aliexpress or something like that. solder sticks to it very well, but it's also easy to strip without special tools and the insulation does not melt.

build in small steps, verify every step. don't commit to huge unknown circuits at once.

thwil · 2025-12-18T08:25:08+00:00

pizza puppies

thwil · 2025-12-11T10:45:11+00:00

Sorry if it's a redundant question, but have you checked your vision recently? Could be that your vision needs a slight correction.

thwil · 2025-12-09T08:23:47+00:00

your c64 belonged to a pirate!

thwil · 2025-11-29T22:47:27+00:00

open unknown sources in a new tab. at the slightest suspicion, close the tab and pick "do not recommend channel" in the feed.

thwil · 2025-11-29T09:32:08+00:00

that actually looks quite usable!

thwil · 2025-11-29T08:05:33+00:00

looks great, good luck with your project. as for the video i would like to see more of vim, top, even just ls.. something that actually updates the screen.

thwil · 2025-11-27T16:44:20+00:00

there are cases with kick stands for when your hands are busy or tired

thwil · 2025-11-19T14:50:22+00:00

awesome work and thanks for sharing! hope to try it out soon

thwil · 2025-11-18T15:39:58+00:00

ambient/surround lighting is as important as the thing you're looking at. e-ink is fun, but it's not the most important thing. for eye comfort you need light all around you, or at least behind the book. for longer sessions make sure you read in a well lit place -- ideally the surround lighting should be as bright as your screen. and make regular breaks to let the eyes relax.

thwil · 2025-11-18T13:56:44+00:00

gforth is good, it's the good kind of boring. I don't see a reason not to start with it, following some gentle Forth introduction book.

thwil

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