Post AlTelqrdx3PzrqiES0 by kwramm@mastodon.gamedev.place
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(DIR) Post #AlTNaVfSikKHio1Lmq by foone@digipres.club
2024-08-29T22:19:43Z
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HOT TAKE: if you design a laptop with a power supply that looks like this, you should go to jail.Laptops should be powered by TWO WIRES and the voltage, amperage, and polarity should be WRITTEN ON THE BOTTOM, UNDER PENALTY OF LAW
(DIR) Post #AlTNxTqheHQwk2ER0a by munin@infosec.exchange
2024-08-29T22:23:19Z
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@foone oh wow it's been a minute since I've seen one of those. The one I had back in the day, the shroud had this weird notch in it and I was never quite sure if that was an intentional design feature
(DIR) Post #AlTO3jLwuzNOZ0pLwO by foone@digipres.club
2024-08-29T22:23:46Z
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my fundamental problem is that I'm passionate about changing a lot of things about the computer industry but all of them are things that would need to be changed back in 1989.
(DIR) Post #AlTO9Pdr7IqtATucim by FantasmitaAsex@todon.eu
2024-08-29T22:24:27Z
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@foone oh wait to see the Toshiba power connector. It's worse!
(DIR) Post #AlTOSe3bkFiVNX81Ls by foone@digipres.club
2024-08-29T22:26:23Z
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@FantasmitaAsex I've got like a dozen Toshiba laptops. Which one do you mean?
(DIR) Post #AlTOoEFwLyb7jFBlKq by foone@digipres.club
2024-08-29T22:26:37Z
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@yottatsa AHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH
(DIR) Post #AlTP47AgSifAOBIyOW by foone@digipres.club
2024-08-29T22:28:25Z
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EPSON WHY DID YOU NEED FOUR CONNECTORS FOR A TWO CONNECTOR POWER SUPPLY?
(DIR) Post #AlTPtKx0zQqvtVKu1o by linuxlizard@twit.social
2024-08-29T22:29:25Z
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@foone You've got my vote for king!
(DIR) Post #AlTQ3LAF3FpHS4IDiq by unspeaker@mastodon.social
2024-08-29T22:30:31Z
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@fooneuncontroversial
(DIR) Post #AlTQ7UXA9nrjfZzed6 by foone@digipres.club
2024-08-29T22:30:24Z
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@linuxlizard Monarch or Queen, please!
(DIR) Post #AlTQMlDkOk1flbC1LM by raptor85@mastodon.gamedev.place
2024-08-29T22:31:10Z
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@foone Hot take for the hot take: I prefer this style connector (so long as they list the connector type and pinout) because they can make a more secure connection and be fully waterproof, but for some reason every manufacturer takes a standard connector from someone like amphenol and adds a single extra cut to the plug shape to make it purposefully incompatible without using a file....Everything should have part numbers listed.
(DIR) Post #AlTQait7rq5oaQCmQq by foone@digipres.club
2024-08-29T22:31:09Z
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well I beeped it out and either this is a different connector, or they lied and pin 1 isn't ground, only pin 3 is.
(DIR) Post #AlTQalPSUb90PHLd6e by foone@digipres.club
2024-08-29T22:33:25Z
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it has been ZERO DAYS since I have had to open up a laptop just to figure out where to shove volts in
(DIR) Post #AlTQama88PH62fLfNY by foone@digipres.club
2024-08-29T22:34:30Z
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I'm not an expert but I don't think the RAM is supposed to do that.
(DIR) Post #AlTQanfq4fR3Qf1juq by foone@digipres.club
2024-08-29T22:36:30Z
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yeah I've not seen this kind of RAM module before. some kind of Epsom custom thing, maybe?
(DIR) Post #AlTQaoiMCn2melDGTo by foone@digipres.club
2024-08-29T22:38:07Z
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AH-HA! that was the wrong manual. They DID change the pinout!Thankfully, it's compatible.
(DIR) Post #AlTQaplEJaw5txZ4b2 by foone@digipres.club
2024-08-29T22:41:27Z
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how long has it been since you've had to straighten the pins on your RAM chips?Because for me it's "today", but I imagine for everyone else it's either "never" or "when I tried to upgrade my IBM 5150 PC" or "I had one of those computers with ZIP RAM"
(DIR) Post #AlTQaqkCeti0x45ldQ by foone@digipres.club
2024-08-29T22:42:52Z
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yeah this RAM module uses a 44-pin (2mm pitch?) connector. That's great if you want it to be possible to accidentally plug your hard drive into your RAM slot or vice versa! Normally that's not remotely possible for so many reasons.
(DIR) Post #AlTQarkwtbtq5fRsR6 by foone@digipres.club
2024-08-29T22:45:09Z
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I seriously can't think of any era of PC hardware where that was even remotely possible, for physical connector reasons. You could use the same connector for both RAM and hard drives back in the early PC era with HardCards and RAM upgrade ISA cards, but that wasn't really a case of mixing up the connectors: they just both plugged in the same generic place.
(DIR) Post #AlTQat7fobfgKR5XUm by foone@digipres.club
2024-08-29T22:50:49Z
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THE PINOUT IS FOR THE POWER CABLENOT THE POWER CONNECTOR ON THE LAPTOPmeaning:1. it's mirrored2. I may have just reverse-volted it and let the magic smoke out
(DIR) Post #AlTQqhrHSoS41fxndo by foobarsoft@mastodon.social
2024-08-29T22:32:45Z
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@foone Looks like it would be real easy to insert that the wrong way with a bit of force.
(DIR) Post #AlTSLSAZwaRCIdDP1M by niko@furry.engineer
2024-08-29T22:39:10Z
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@foone watch they're pushing 20 amps through it
(DIR) Post #AlTSRA5s3x0pyXjdpY by petrillic@hachyderm.io
2024-08-29T22:39:05Z
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@foone ampacity? That’s all I can think of.
(DIR) Post #AlTSiNRNgzDAIF0Nzk by adriano@lile.cl
2024-08-29T22:40:22Z
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@foone *bangs top of power supply*We can fit so much ground in this baby
(DIR) Post #AlTSqfKl39K66XrM24 by froqstar@social.linux.pizza
2024-08-29T22:40:48Z
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@foone but the high currents... couldn't use standard barrel jack because it wouldn't have been proprietary...mumble...
(DIR) Post #AlTT2kPG12xtJOj1X6 by Pyxaron@dragonchat.org
2024-08-29T22:41:32Z
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@foone Considering the pin count, it'd almost make sense for it to be an early "Disk On Module".
(DIR) Post #AlTTAh0UXT5R5LvhsO by chipperdoodles@chaos.social
2024-08-29T22:41:17Z
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@foone HERE HERE
(DIR) Post #AlTTEFMlFTcWW82b8C by dalias@hachyderm.io
2024-08-29T22:41:43Z
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@foone Not some USB C monstrosity where if you get unlucky your laptop decides to charge the grid? 🤡
(DIR) Post #AlTTVeKbgK1IruKc4m by lanodan@queer.hacktivis.me
2024-08-29T23:28:41.143967Z
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@foone We should send bug tickets to John Titor.
(DIR) Post #AlTTX9m8G8ISgCvPOK by philpem@digipres.club
2024-08-29T22:42:33Z
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@foone That wasn't uncommon on early laptops, everyone had their own form factor. Toshiba had a different module for every blasted laptop model. Infuriating when you want to upgrade your Satellite or Libretto, even when they were new.
(DIR) Post #AlTTkGiLltLFxuPMrw by foone@digipres.club
2024-08-29T22:43:39Z
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@luana unfortunately, I live in The Past, where such things are yet to be invented.
(DIR) Post #AlTTsdtHUDSyA6VvSi by foone@digipres.club
2024-08-29T22:43:48Z
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@directhex AHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH
(DIR) Post #AlTUACsCfufXa7NwTQ by PrincipeLu@owo.cafe
2024-08-29T22:45:45Z
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@foone why not? 😂
(DIR) Post #AlTUMgz2YG2ERSXKaW by bea@infosec.exchange
2024-08-29T22:46:48Z
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@foone “Sarah Connor? I'd like to talk to you about laptop power supply connector design!”
(DIR) Post #AlTVFyyXMMUSAafKjI by foone@digipres.club
2024-08-29T22:53:41Z
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yeah, I borrowed someone who has... nosmia? Whatever the term for "has a sense of smell" is. It's got Magic Smoke Stank now.
(DIR) Post #AlTVG1OqLWilgkzN0i by foone@digipres.club
2024-08-29T23:03:10Z
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Pulled everything out. It's a small computer! This is everything but the keyboard, hard drive, floppy drive, and screen.
(DIR) Post #AlTVG2UYHmsj4kfRY0 by foone@digipres.club
2024-08-29T23:05:23Z
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apparently instead of having a "POWER GOOD" pin like ATX PSUs do, they went for the opposite, where they have a pin that tells you if the power is sus *amongus noise*
(DIR) Post #AlTVG3Sofj5U5erZTs by foone@digipres.club
2024-08-29T23:13:27Z
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someday when I have money again I'm getting me an inspection microscope with HDMI out so I can do better close-up pictures of these things. But here's the power supply board. Something on here smells (supposedly) like Magic Smoke. Do they make smelloscopes?
(DIR) Post #AlTVG4cQNUMpfkMl60 by foone@digipres.club
2024-08-29T23:17:02Z
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waitZOOM, ENHANCE! I don't think it's supposed to look like that (Amusingly, I'm listening to Well There's Your Problem in another tab)
(DIR) Post #AlTVG5lg6ZMbEjhf9s by foone@digipres.club
2024-08-29T23:23:09Z
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the question is: what the fuck is this thing? the label has been sadly... exploded.I think it's either a MOSFET or a very small voltage regulator?
(DIR) Post #AlTVG7D0kQozhnV0Ou by foone@digipres.club
2024-08-29T23:43:01Z
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Here's the CPU.Cx486SLC2.This is a 50mhz (25mhz bus) "486" (it's a 386 design: 16bit bus, despite being a 32bit chip), with one entire kilobyte of L1 cache. No FPU, but it can use an external FPU. Performance is reportedly shit, but it's low-power so perfect for a laptop. Intel sued Cyrix over this thing. They lost.
(DIR) Post #AlTVR5niK6DyWXtv16 by the_turtle@mastodon.sdf.org
2024-08-29T22:56:55Z
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@foone perhaps that's the INTERNET HOLE???
(DIR) Post #AlTVYujZLy5UW8gxOK by tursilion@furries.club
2024-08-29T22:57:55Z
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@foone I'm down. Let's go back to 1989.
(DIR) Post #AlTVjeRWGPNJB1Mwim by vga256@dialup.cafe
2024-08-29T22:58:17Z
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@foone it's going to be a deep, neurotic joy when you find out only 2 of those pins are actually being used
(DIR) Post #AlTVu54A8M7ydwPvdo by n_dimension@infosec.exchange
2024-08-29T23:02:17Z
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@foone One of my most ingenious hacks in its simplicity was to make a cunty dell laptop power plug that was using third rail as a shitty "buy my overpriced proprietary power supply" rail.As far as I could tell, it was not drawing any current, it was just a lame "security check". Hacked with a single resistor.
(DIR) Post #AlTWAhLTa1z7zuRIcy by 4bz@freeradical.zone
2024-08-29T23:03:11Z
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@foone I came here to ask if anywhere it specified which view that pin out was 😅
(DIR) Post #AlTWWAQ6fzXuFhqI8O by gsuberland@chaos.social
2024-08-29T23:05:57Z
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@foone oh balls :(
(DIR) Post #AlTWlkTMuq8SPYnXKi by dragonarchitect@rubber.social
2024-08-29T23:09:46Z
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@foone Shit... :(
(DIR) Post #AlTWnMI9n4aLzkJzk0 by Unixbigot@aus.social
2024-08-29T23:08:39Z
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@foone IDERAM?
(DIR) Post #AlTWwIeegNl7Jx6miu by foone@digipres.club
2024-08-29T23:07:34Z
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@julie maybe it's a scam like that spanish Amstrad that had 72 kilobytes of ram to get around an import tax on 64 kilobyte computers, but the extra 8 kilobytes wasn't connected.
(DIR) Post #AlTX5yYiFlVztGwVlI by foone@digipres.club
2024-08-29T23:10:31Z
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@vga256 IT WAS
(DIR) Post #AlTXGI9KGrU7XrzH2u by foone@digipres.club
2024-08-29T23:11:12Z
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@GwenTheKween yeah! and I always tell people the same thing when they suggest I get a time machine (it happens a lot, you may be surprised to learn).if I had a time machine, do you really think I'd be hanging out in 2024?
(DIR) Post #AlTXzElxflmY6TUT3o by foone@digipres.club
2024-08-29T23:18:03Z
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@Aurelianite probably because Epson made it in MS Paint
(DIR) Post #AlTY6ORm6NS48RScEq by wolff@chaos.social
2024-08-29T23:19:33Z
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@foone I've got something for you!
(DIR) Post #AlTYR0ywXVLfROo9Mu by OpenComputeDesign@linuxrocks.online
2024-08-29T23:22:56Z
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@foone This is why I usually connect ground to the shield of a DB connector. Still not foolproof
(DIR) Post #AlTZ0lbtAXD4Bu4XjM by ieure@retro.social
2024-08-29T23:23:31Z
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@foone Often! I repair old arcade game PCBs and the 2114 RAMs are a common failure point. The hoard of new old stock ones I've got needs to have their leads formed to fit in the board.
(DIR) Post #AlTZGsuXnAijT3U30K by foone@digipres.club
2024-08-29T23:26:26Z
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@ieure awesome. we can be "not remotely like the mainstream" buddies!
(DIR) Post #AlTZPWLJ4P124z7TUm by RueNahcMohr@infosec.exchange
2024-08-29T23:27:52Z
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@foone I can join you there, lets redo history correctly.
(DIR) Post #AlTZWLC2vBwnWl2YHw by RueNahcMohr@infosec.exchange
2024-08-29T23:28:52Z
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@foone unless its usbC
(DIR) Post #AlTZlmrGLYY7figTtg by foone@digipres.club
2024-08-29T23:35:23Z
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@RueNahcMohr god if I had a 486 Laptop that was powered by USB-C, I'd be the coolest kid in school
(DIR) Post #AlTaUQ3Jz3IXyObgLg by linuxlizard@twit.social
2024-08-29T23:44:15Z
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@foone My deepest apologies, your most royal monarchness! 😊
(DIR) Post #AlTakoyB6uT3sx1R1k by canteen@cijber.social
2024-08-30T00:02:28Z
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@foone I've never met electricity that wasn't at least a little sus
(DIR) Post #AlTatCfMtIOdhCDku0 by elb@social.sdf.org
2024-08-30T00:03:02Z
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@foone My favorite part about DEC machines is that they had EXACTLY two connectors, and two connectors only:40-pin Berg (.1" 2x20 header)The Slot (Flip Chip, OMNIBUS, Unibus, Massbus ... all exactly the same and utterly incompatible)Need more pins? USE TWO! Need fewer pins? Don't connect them! Need things that don't blow up when plugged together? ... . .. . . ....... what?
(DIR) Post #AlTbC4XhJpSE0Dd9No by ftg@mastodon.radio
2024-08-30T00:08:46Z
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@foone I might still have a somewhat similar Kingston branded DRAM module from some 286 or 386 laptop I found in a forest.
(DIR) Post #AlTbDCyjRIfiSKojEu by ericspittle@infosec.exchange
2024-08-30T00:09:07Z
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@foone to be fair you can *shove* volts just about anywhere. The problem with laptops is they like them to be gently pushed.
(DIR) Post #AlTbNzRC7mLxe3GtLU by ftg@mastodon.radio
2024-08-30T00:19:17Z
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@foone Are there any other SOT-89 chips with "J8" as datecode or something? Those would have intact markings.Annoyingly Richtek has used "J8" for SOT-89 3.3V LDO regulators, but Richtek was likely not around when that laptop was made. As Richtek was founded in 1998. Seeing It does look very regulator like, but if the 886-23255862 chip is a DC-DC controller in addition to the TL494C PWM controller already on the board.
(DIR) Post #AlTbPMOeFVp18ljYg4 by apzpins@mstdn.games
2024-08-30T00:19:07Z
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@foone Well, it fits the naming theme of the times perfectly. Cloning previous gen chips, then branding them as something fancier. Come to think of it, it's still going on with a lot of things.
(DIR) Post #AlTbcSkhvhwYcKIdnM by foone@digipres.club
2024-08-30T00:22:01Z
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@ftg sadly not, I checked. I guess I could look at the other boards?
(DIR) Post #AlTc0Ob71q2EgJDvs0 by kboyd@phpc.social
2024-08-30T00:30:55Z
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@foone CPU pins, yes. RAM pins, no.
(DIR) Post #AlTcL7bDQIds2k9evw by foone@digipres.club
2024-08-30T00:30:05Z
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I just followed somebody who has one of these. if I can ever remember who that was, I maybe can ask them to tell me what that component is
(DIR) Post #AlTcOIQNdE1qUBbHtY by philpem@digipres.club
2024-08-30T00:29:31Z
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@foone Looks like the label is "8C" and that looks like a SOT89 package. Going by Marsport it's probably a 78L05:8C NJM78L05A NJR KQ SOT89 78L 5.0V 0.1A regulatore: From left to right, the three pins on the bottom are Out, Gnd, In. The tab connects to the middle pin, which is GND.Marsport: http://www.marsport.org.uk/smd/mainframe.htm
(DIR) Post #AlTcm8AtOLqFe9imx6 by JustJimWillDo@mastodon.online
2024-08-30T00:44:37Z
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@foone The second best time is now.
(DIR) Post #AlTdJIyGGwyIgedFLc by str4d@abyssdomain.expert
2024-08-30T00:50:35Z
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@foone it's very likely a Linear Voltage Regulator: https://www.repaircompanion.com/smd_code_search/8CD?package=SOT223&pin_count=&manufacturer=
(DIR) Post #AlTdeGe07PCbYH9QFk by vga256@dialup.cafe
2024-08-30T01:02:07Z
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@foone 🤣 well, that made my day
(DIR) Post #AlTeFb4b7vPpcrOKyO by njvack@ruby.social
2024-08-30T01:11:00Z
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@foone One of my earliest memories is my dad sticking RAM chips into our PCjr; he had some weird expansion thing that let us put 512k into it
(DIR) Post #AlTeGmtUf8VEZqlVwG by njvack@ruby.social
2024-08-30T01:11:34Z
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@foone oh wait this is waaaaaay weirder
(DIR) Post #AlTedGnKAprHgObGrI by InkomTech@infosec.exchange
2024-08-30T01:23:36Z
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@foone 1980-2010 that was always proprietary s**t. Nowadays, Europe mandating usb-c feels close to solving it.
(DIR) Post #AlTelqrdx3PzrqiES0 by kwramm@mastodon.gamedev.place
2024-08-30T01:29:11Z
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@foone At least they didn't use a headphone jack as connector (please don't ask how I once fried a ZX80)
(DIR) Post #AlTfn6GMHjyfrxQpqS by curtosis@mastodon.social
2024-08-30T01:45:16Z
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@foone
(DIR) Post #AlTkWkHElAMooprbqC by RueNahcMohr@infosec.exchange
2024-08-30T02:37:57Z
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@foone *most* of this we can still make happen. :]
(DIR) Post #AlTl5TmC6JP9mJuEVM by argv_minus_one@mstdn.party
2024-08-30T02:44:13Z
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@foone Foone wins. Fatality.
(DIR) Post #AlTnJ0d9SdlXLYFukq by johnefrancis@mastodon.social
2024-08-30T03:07:02Z
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@foone 2 for charge, 2 for spin. You can fit twice as many electrons in the same space that way.
(DIR) Post #AlTnSJBnpRjTVotijY by orion3311@mastodon.social
2024-08-30T03:09:25Z
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@foone if the mirrored pin is unused it shouldnt have mattered.
(DIR) Post #AlTo8pD1AeyAyvjub2 by orion3311@mastodon.social
2024-08-30T03:12:07Z
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@foone the part between the ic and the QA pass sticker appears to have leaked out the magic smoke
(DIR) Post #AlToJ3m1sHgf36zpBo by PhoenixGee@soc.k512.studio
2024-08-30T03:14:35Z
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@foone Cyrix... now THAT's a name i haven't heard in a long time... a LONG time...
(DIR) Post #AlTofSZIMxowJqilgO by paninid@mastodon.world
2024-08-30T03:16:28Z
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@foone This pin is like an grounding mat: https://40winks.io/grounding-mat-reviews/?msclkid=a1433af33b561ddb22965c22020ca7ad&utm_source=bing&utm_medium=cpc&utm_campaign=40%20Winks%20Search-G14233631021&utm_term=earthing%20or%20grounding%20products&utm_content=Mats
(DIR) Post #AlTpZHKPLZNTfvNFU8 by foone@digipres.club
2024-08-30T03:32:03Z
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@kirtai yikes!
(DIR) Post #AlTpvcTVP8b7dDHZS4 by fbartho@mastodon.social
2024-08-30T03:38:01Z
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@foone can you insert it upside down?
(DIR) Post #AlTw8Je9JnxUj4hLtI by foone@digipres.club
2024-08-30T04:48:12Z
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@Zagrophyte thanks!
(DIR) Post #AlTwqSHQa33qFC7Lxw by foone@digipres.club
2024-08-30T04:53:02Z
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So @Zagrophyte figured out what it is: it's a 5v 100ma voltage regulator. https://octodon.social/@Zagrophyte/113049120572694329
(DIR) Post #AlTxMjhrKEA9YcsDTM by foone@digipres.club
2024-08-30T05:00:46Z
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@Zagrophyte I'll have to order one and see if it fixes this laptop psu
(DIR) Post #AlU2J5BK2S2Sm3jQmm by lunarloony@dosgame.club
2024-08-30T05:57:42Z
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@foone I thought it said Cyrix EAT for a moment
(DIR) Post #AlU3GlZi441PL9b9UG by M0KHR@mastodon.radio
2024-08-30T06:08:25Z
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@foone Early 1990s, on my XT.
(DIR) Post #AlU3rPG600JaqFtZLc by gunstick@mastodon.opencloud.lu
2024-08-30T06:14:51Z
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@foone dell laptop chargers have that little pin in the middle of the barrel plug. That is NOT for the positive lead but is a data pin communicating with the charger.If the pin is damaged, charging stops because of reasons. So need to buy a new charger. This idea was so hreat that we now charge with USBc where the laptop can inquire who built the charger or even exchange secret messages. (I think I read that apple is doing that)
(DIR) Post #AlU44pw280DlLFuoE4 by lewiscowles1986@phpc.social
2024-08-30T06:17:36Z
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@foone it's 44 pins to be sure. I Bet the latency was horrid.
(DIR) Post #AlU4Er051RRfXdaJFY by lewiscowles1986@phpc.social
2024-08-30T06:18:00Z
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@foone never
(DIR) Post #AlU7FUymgGHxOfyfpI by Middaparka@mastodon.social
2024-08-30T06:52:58Z
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@foone So that’s what they mean by free memory. 🤔
(DIR) Post #AlU7RbtmmRWOKePmng by unspeaker@mastodon.social
2024-08-30T06:53:55Z
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@foone chonky af
(DIR) Post #AlUG6s7gACr09l6E2i by FantasmitaAsex@todon.eu
2024-08-30T08:32:14Z
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@foone a T2000SX
(DIR) Post #AlUJ2BeePvQx9DymZs by redfish@emacs.ch
2024-08-30T09:04:29Z
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@fooneThey invented NuBus for RAM
(DIR) Post #AlUJHxnJiVTanJYVrk by foone@digipres.club
2024-08-30T09:05:50Z
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@lunarloony I thought the same when I first yanked the heatsink off
(DIR) Post #AlUPhvc72xNBHk4y0m by foone@digipres.club
2024-08-30T10:19:25Z
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@FantasmitaAsex oh right, that nasty thing. I've had two Toshibas with it, but never seen the matching jack. I had to use some kind of clips to connect to it and power it on
(DIR) Post #AlUhDjkGPKG6xle34i by hazelnot@sunbeam.city
2024-08-30T13:35:36Z
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@foone why does it have writing on it in... thermal paste? Paint? Marker? Glue?
(DIR) Post #AlUnN1yUbE7Bpe7DJA by twipped@twipped.social
2024-08-30T14:43:38Z
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@foone That looks like IDE pins 🤨
(DIR) Post #AlUqIK4qARnuOFWzho by FantasmitaAsex@todon.eu
2024-08-30T15:16:38Z
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@foone do you have the pinout ? I couldn't test it. I rescued it from a university computer's dumping this last year.
(DIR) Post #AlVX2NribvrxXF2WMi by FluidEscence@fwoof.space
2024-08-30T23:16:42Z
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@foone How about, we just, use USBC and forget this proprietary crap. LOL
(DIR) Post #AlVY8GDA57LFUJR40O by foone@digipres.club
2024-08-30T23:28:50Z
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@FluidEscence I agree! Unfortunately it didn't exist back in 1993 or whenever they made this laptop
(DIR) Post #AlVYK4T5ZH1WXgW7SS by FluidEscence@fwoof.space
2024-08-30T23:29:06Z
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@foone Aha! Yeah that would do it
(DIR) Post #AlVYlntQmsUjFB3vfs by foone@digipres.club
2024-08-30T23:36:05Z
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@twipped yep. They match the 44pin connector used by laptop IDE
(DIR) Post #AlVYtxvNNIhsfjrcxM by foone@digipres.club
2024-08-30T23:36:27Z
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@hazelnot I really don't know, and I can't get it off
(DIR) Post #AlVe2EPQT79XszgFHc by Felice@mastodon.social
2024-08-31T00:29:47Z
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@foone I last straightened pins on ram chips when I upgraded my Amiga 500 back in the day. 😛Now, eeproms, that's a more recent story.
(DIR) Post #AlWMLeQsKnMM56Qdf6 by magnetic_tape@infosec.exchange
2024-08-31T08:51:37Z
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@fooneIt looks like a SIPP module, which was a dominant format right before SIMM
(DIR) Post #AlWMkBsRdiAEl41dIm by magnetic_tape@infosec.exchange
2024-08-31T08:55:55Z
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@fooneIIRC it's the same connector as their PoS (Point of Sale) thermal printers (which Epson was a world leader and a defacto standard), which had been unchanged for lile 30+ years.It's a PITA tho and I agree 100% with your remarks.
(DIR) Post #AlXSyb8tIJTc3Pvmim by foone@digipres.club
2024-08-31T21:35:20Z
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@magnetic_tape that'd make sense. They already had a billion of these as spare parts in the factory, so why not stick it in the laptop too?
(DIR) Post #AlXTscbh2J6yoT7KHw by foone@digipres.club
2024-08-31T21:49:20Z
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@heinrich nah, Epson
(DIR) Post #AlXh6mUSNzVGvKoYl6 by foone@digipres.club
2024-09-01T00:18:47Z
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It'll be here around September 7th, I think.
(DIR) Post #Ale9GzSoy6KFinSuye by light@noc.social
2024-09-04T03:02:54Z
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@foone My current laptop can be powered via USB
(DIR) Post #Alf6m62KTYWkNZAuAq by griibor@mas.to
2024-09-04T14:08:51Z
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@foone support contracts. It's usually support contracts.From watching crdude videos though, fuck that connector. Easily top five worst power connectors.
(DIR) Post #AmY3Le2QvdRNZqyuK8 by foone@digipres.club
2024-10-01T02:20:19Z
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It's an ugly mess (my inspection camera is not working) but it's soldered in.
(DIR) Post #AmY4GFmrlYZKs0h2My by foone@digipres.club
2024-10-01T02:30:36Z
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IT LIVES!
(DIR) Post #AmY6FruIkeKaiR7BzM by MishaVanMollusq@sfba.social
2024-10-01T02:52:57Z
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@foone so do we call you Madam Frankenstein now ?
(DIR) Post #AmY6nYnSJH6PI8yiqO by foone@digipres.club
2024-10-01T02:59:09Z
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@MishaVanMollusq you weren't already?!
(DIR) Post #AmY7NsgZq9hPOx51mK by MishaVanMollusq@sfba.social
2024-10-01T03:05:33Z
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@foone well played
(DIR) Post #AmYEKf0Yw76zn7q6vg by jojess@nyxa.jojess.net
2024-10-01T04:23:28Z
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@foone hot shit o///o
(DIR) Post #AmYXVyT8osCuSlJcEi by philpem@digipres.club
2024-10-01T07:58:11Z
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@foone Eh, not awful. A bit of flux would make it "perfect" but if it works and isn't shorted out, it's a fine repair.
(DIR) Post #AmYzaVKVNqJcFmDyM4 by xdub@mastodonczech.cz
2024-10-01T13:12:37Z
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@foone It looks hopeful. It still wants to replace CMOS Battery. 😊
(DIR) Post #AmZPUMDExw6331YWLA by xdub@mastodonczech.cz
2024-10-01T13:21:07Z
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@foone Find "Replacement for Dallas DS1287 real time clock". 😉
(DIR) Post #AmZPUN2zrVUrdXlr0q by foone@digipres.club
2024-10-01T18:02:08Z
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@xdub a replacement is already on the way
(DIR) Post #AmkBKbSs8tByptsi5w by foone@digipres.club
2024-10-06T22:46:29Z
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This thing has a fun BIOS problem: It won't let you adjust your floppy drives. This makes sense, because it's a LAPTOP. it's not like you're gonna change those!except when the CMOS battery dies, it resets them to stupid and wrong defaults. Because the BIOS doesn't let you change the floppy drive, but internally will let them be set to other things. It just won't let YOU the user change them.
(DIR) Post #AmkBQKXPzKlO4njqy0 by foone@digipres.club
2024-10-06T22:46:56Z
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also I read through the manual to figure out how to change the LCD vs external VGA option. The answer? run a program off a utility disk. Where is that disk now? uhh... nowhere
(DIR) Post #AmkBQNrNdZVuNa6Kzw by foone@digipres.club
2024-10-06T22:47:23Z
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come on guys, stick it in the firmware as a keyboard command. function-f9 or something
(DIR) Post #AmkBcxwJJuv5kkPHyS by foone@digipres.club
2024-10-06T22:48:00Z
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annoyingly Epson is still hosting the manual for the VGA Utilities floppy disk. Just the manual, apparently
(DIR) Post #AmkBczlOXTNPPTJbEm by foone@digipres.club
2024-10-06T22:48:22Z
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because storing a PDF from 1993 is fine, but a floppy image? nonsense
(DIR) Post #AmkC03FbjtdAszRPE0 by puppygirlhornypost2@transfem.social
2024-10-06T22:49:15.367Z
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@foone@digipres.club i mean there's a difference between "it doesn't let you" and "it doesn't let you". is the plan of action to flash the bios with the right values or
(DIR) Post #AmkC03yH3pMN7WL4qW by foone@digipres.club
2024-10-06T22:53:50Z
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@puppygirlhornypost2 nah I fixed it by resetting the bios again, apparently. that got it to reset to the correct values
(DIR) Post #AmkE7kOnufUGdxXXe4 by vga256@dialup.cafe
2024-10-06T23:17:11Z
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@foone may have you covered:https://archive.org/details/ftp.epson.com_199706filename is AN500C.EXEsuspect it's the utilities disk, but unsure if the vga utility is on it
(DIR) Post #AmkEDoXJRZhpDEPe6q by foone@digipres.club
2024-10-06T23:18:12Z
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@vga256 ooh, good catch
(DIR) Post #AmkYjcEwh7UbQUGNsm by shanecelis@mastodon.gamedev.place
2024-10-07T03:08:41Z
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@foone “Bob, what am I going to do with all these connectors?”“Don't worry about it. I'll think of something.”
(DIR) Post #AmlBrFDO57l4XnAABE by nicoduck@chaos.social
2024-10-07T10:27:00Z
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@foone Looks like it's from the 90s