Posts by Toxic_Flange@infosec.exchange
(DIR) Post #Au7XFAQCOqT4mp5No0 by Toxic_Flange@infosec.exchange
2025-05-15T14:11:59Z
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Brilliant!
(DIR) Post #AuvXqau3Dwe0GoXT60 by Toxic_Flange@infosec.exchange
2025-06-08T15:51:25Z
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I figured I would get around to fixing this up today. Then realizing I did more damage removing the ram chips the way I did. Argh! On one hand I wanna learn to fix this but on the other hand. Should I just grab a reproduction board? My soldering experience and desoldering is a step above nil. If you can’t see it, what I did was broke the traces on the board around some sockets when I stupidly clipped the legs of the ram out instead of being patient #retrocomputing #amiga #a500 #commodore
(DIR) Post #AuvdO9yULhsKMzRHpg by Toxic_Flange@infosec.exchange
2025-06-08T18:20:17Z
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@tomjennings thanks! i'll give it a shot!
(DIR) Post #AwXXstsmqxAaPn33TM by Toxic_Flange@infosec.exchange
2025-07-26T22:14:54Z
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Holy crap, @alexwinter.com / @alexwinter is doing "Waiting for Godot" with Keanu Reeves on broadway?!I wanna see this so bad.. I hope there's a recorded version or something.#broadway
(DIR) Post #AxAOGTX3FN35GPjx0i by Toxic_Flange@infosec.exchange
2025-08-14T01:02:29Z
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meow.#catsofmastodon #lego
(DIR) Post #AxTO9tVBz5LhmhyGe0 by Toxic_Flange@infosec.exchange
2025-08-23T16:49:13Z
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From a discord friend’s coworker ..#electronics #breakfast #fluke #memes
(DIR) Post #AyCzUht3YP0S94kguO by Toxic_Flange@infosec.exchange
2025-09-14T15:27:11Z
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(DIR) Post #AzgrLdctOkem7lfa6q by Toxic_Flange@infosec.exchange
2025-10-29T03:37:57Z
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(DIR) Post #B0mqTSwoAbzGs42fA0 by Toxic_Flange@infosec.exchange
2025-11-30T19:14:52Z
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So I had a silly thought.. Could you use a modern day CPU with no extra ram at all today? What about without a hard drive for an OS?So at the start the OS was on a ROM chip, did that double at the equiv of a bios?Modern CPUs have more cache than PC's needed of yesteryear. UEFI BIOS are massive in size, and with the existence of Coreboot and its ability to have nearly anything for a payload, linux, seabios, etc you could put a very small OS on there (by today's standards). I'm sure someone's tried or done something along these lines right?EDIT: I was thinking just x86_64 CPUs but my examples draw from things like C64/Atari/Amiga/ etc computers too. So any modern cpu today that could run a small OS that lets people just work on stuff. Like with no extra or minimal extra chips for some bare minimum IO#moderncomputing #computer #computerscience #retrocomputing #thoughtexperiment
(DIR) Post #B0mqTV2uMu3TNYuYwi by Toxic_Flange@infosec.exchange
2025-11-30T19:25:11Z
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@lymenzies I was thinking about x86_64, but yeah I think to expand this to be fair, ARM would be quite acceptable in this case.
(DIR) Post #B0mqTWUazRnRrisBk0 by Toxic_Flange@infosec.exchange
2025-11-30T20:06:56Z
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@lymenzies Ohh, thanks! turns out i've completely forgot about embedded system-on-chip type deals as well which brings us closer to what I was asking about. What this really highlights is i need to learn how the modern uefi based systems boots today.
(DIR) Post #B1tOHpnUGZONvCKyLw by Toxic_Flange@infosec.exchange
2026-01-02T19:40:50Z
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Upgrade. i don’t feel good about this but it made sense to do it .. #gaming
(DIR) Post #B1tOHqkKjmSorhry4m by Toxic_Flange@infosec.exchange
2026-01-02T21:36:36Z
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well .. that was stupidly easy, to break. fuck i hate those stupid thick cables for the USB connncetion #pc #gaming
(DIR) Post #B1tOHrvMMGsUWC2Htw by Toxic_Flange@infosec.exchange
2026-01-02T22:08:44Z
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new plan ! use the other port that i should have used in the first place ..#pc #gaming
(DIR) Post #B1tOHsrUs7NlQVEiWG by Toxic_Flange@infosec.exchange
2026-01-02T23:23:21Z
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“Oh i don’t care about the cabling in the back, no one’s gonna see it … Why?!”Still haven’t powered it on yet to see if it even still works :) #pc #gaming
(DIR) Post #B1tOHxus503J6PqyyO by Toxic_Flange@infosec.exchange
2026-01-02T23:33:16Z
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I’m a person who still likes to hear the PC speaker beep on startup. It’s also the signal to panic and despair when things go wrong, so quite handy!#pc #Gaming
(DIR) Post #B1tOI3MhowHw0BumYK by Toxic_Flange@infosec.exchange
2026-01-02T23:48:49Z
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Nope.. i refuse to fix this……Argh..#pc #gaming
(DIR) Post #B1tOI8fg5pR2STpVJo by Toxic_Flange@infosec.exchange
2026-01-02T23:57:37Z
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ArGh! i lost half my memory ??? WTF!?on the other hand, the video card works.. Update: a swap and reseat seems to have done the trick. Now i gotta reconfigure Bios settings (yes yes it’s UEFI now)..#pc #gaming
(DIR) Post #B1tOIDcJhkiXnVIOH2 by Toxic_Flange@infosec.exchange
2026-01-03T01:24:53Z
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Its alive! On Windows.. #linux however doesn't wanna recognize the 2nd monitor with this card. Well I was going to reinstall it anyways.#pc #gaming
(DIR) Post #B21EVvM3dLa5zKaB0K by Toxic_Flange@infosec.exchange
2026-01-06T17:56:43Z
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How do you get a remote x/wayland app running remotely and displaying on a #MacOS client?Old school way that used to work, run an x-windows server on client side, ssh -Y user@host applicationI don't want to export a WHOLE DESKTOP, just a single window'd application. #linux #x-windows #wayland