Posts by brouhaha@mastodon.social
(DIR) Post #B15wkynzGgeWKLtBRo by brouhaha@mastodon.social
2025-12-10T01:06:27Z
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In my ongoing research and development of computer peripherals, I have some improved types of printers, for which I am preparing patent applications:* dot-vector printer (saves space!)* daisy cutter printer* chain saw printer* commuter train printer* pulse jet printer
(DIR) Post #B19XwVEfJSbns6ba0u by brouhaha@mastodon.social
2025-12-11T22:37:49Z
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@tomjennings "Intel Z80 mnemonics":-)
(DIR) Post #B1A2VotnC6IXcIbAxM by brouhaha@mastodon.social
2025-12-12T00:08:15Z
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I'm writing a new game, "Flappy Disk Drive".
(DIR) Post #B1CT1z0k7SHtMzlals by brouhaha@mastodon.social
2025-12-12T04:21:10Z
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preferred assembly language operand order
(DIR) Post #B1IPyJmNpKlti3N1eK by brouhaha@mastodon.social
2025-12-16T05:20:54Z
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@tomjennings @gsuberland When it's property of the rich and powerful. Your property, not so much.
(DIR) Post #B1STL1q1D0QGdYwhG4 by brouhaha@mastodon.social
2025-12-20T05:05:32Z
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Interesting computing history patent of the day:US 3,380,031Remote Calculatorfiled 1965-08-10, granted 1968-04-23https://patents.google.com/patent/US3380031ABefore desktop electronic calculators were possible, let alone cost effective, this was a desktop unit that looked and functioned like a calculator, but was a remote terminal for a CDC 6600 supercomputer that did the actual calculations.This apparently was offered as a real product in 1965:https://www.oldcalculatormuseum.com/a-cdc-11-65.html#retrocomputing #patent
(DIR) Post #B1SX1MVz1TEon3S60u by brouhaha@mastodon.social
2025-12-21T02:27:01Z
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@tomjennings It's amazing how the processing and memory wre expensive and had to be centralized, so each user had an "inexpensive" terminal, but only a few years later the processing and memory became the least expensive parts of a calculator.#MooresLaw
(DIR) Post #B1YLoiWHxrC0j27eTI by brouhaha@mastodon.social
2025-12-23T12:03:14Z
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I just woke up from a dream where I had to explain to someone that their long run (>200m).of RS-232 through multiple floors of an office building and across the machine shop was what let to damaged electronics, due to a significant ground level difference between the endpoints.
(DIR) Post #B1ghhgJ7Xn2Q5oh19c by brouhaha@mastodon.social
2025-12-27T22:29:50Z
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@cr1901 @foone The Shugart SA400, which originally defined the 34-pin floppy interface, didn't have RWC, TG43, or anything equivalent. The SA450 (double sided) added a head select and "in use".Given how fast and loose vendors played with the "standard", I wouldn't be surprised if someone made a drive that needed it.
(DIR) Post #B1ghhhTnBbAVjCh3QW by brouhaha@mastodon.social
2025-12-27T22:30:43Z
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@cr1901 @foone But I assume that the signal is present on the Greaseweasel connector specifically to support wiring an adapter to an eight-inch (50-pin) drive, rather than due to any expectation that a 5¼ or 3½ inch drive need it.
(DIR) Post #B1ywzU9cSprhlpTVmy by brouhaha@mastodon.social
2026-01-05T13:38:37Z
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I have created a new portable container format for extremely large applications. It is called FatPak.
(DIR) Post #B28H20BCn25sEZeKdE by brouhaha@mastodon.social
2026-01-10T05:45:40Z
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@futurebird US pennies are not out of circulation. They are just not being minted.
(DIR) Post #B2K0KJeBmXxgV3s9wm by brouhaha@mastodon.social
2026-01-15T21:29:05Z
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I'm goin' to Chicago in my mind
(DIR) Post #B2QATAVVIaYfFUQhG4 by brouhaha@mastodon.social
2026-01-18T18:20:45Z
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Apple made a whole TV series about the plumbus?
(DIR) Post #B2ZbpOBFJLi6woxp2m by brouhaha@mastodon.social
2026-01-23T10:12:12Z
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My new plan for next week is to steal $100 million, and self-deport to South America. So long, suckers!
(DIR) Post #B2cQCZC5udlBn5WfrM by brouhaha@mastodon.social
2026-01-24T02:13:11Z
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@riley Isn't all use of the XTHL instruction "abuse"?:-)
(DIR) Post #B2cSAl2T6RaRr7HxfU by brouhaha@mastodon.social
2026-01-24T02:19:23Z
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@riley @woozle When the 8086 was new, there were at least two 8080-to-8086 assembly translators, CONV86 from Intel that ran under ISIS II on the MDS development systems, and XLT86 from Digital Research. The first PC version of Wordstar was the CP/M-80 version run through such a translator. I wonder what they translated the XTHL instruction into.For any "real" program fed through such a translator, it was generally necessary for a skilled programmer to fix problems in the translation.
(DIR) Post #B2fXLZBUJjCqpxuGg4 by brouhaha@mastodon.social
2026-01-26T06:52:03Z
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@strypey Putting up not just with the status quo, but with whatever new "improved" craptacular shit the techbros throw at us. The people running most tech companies aren't interested in using tech to improve lives. They just want to suck every possible fraction of a cent out of every interaction.Whenever a new company introduces a tech product that's actually good, a big company buys them, and the enshittification begins.
(DIR) Post #B2kCg92vZBNmbbfoHo by brouhaha@mastodon.social
2026-01-28T06:34:07Z
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@miodvallat Old? That's newfangled microprocessor stuff!:-)
(DIR) Post #B2kJnPneNIOwGvwQM4 by brouhaha@mastodon.social
2026-01-28T14:15:40Z
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@futurebird @RVLara23 and I'm all out of bubblegum.