Notices by root42 (root42@chaos.social), page 4

4k exe gfx compo
#revision2024 #demoscene

I sent one of my dead Commodore 1541 floppy drive heads to someone with access to a high resolution CT scanner. They did a lot of HARD work and came back with super high resolution scans of the head and a possible place where the coil has been damaged. I am SUPER impressed.

https://www.forum64.de/index.php?thread/97685-reine-kopfsache-1541-ii-mitsumi-d500-kopfdefekt/&postID=2120659#post2120659

#commodore #c64 #floppydisk

@HauntedOwlbear @burgerbecky …and I am quickly closing the content warning again…

@burgerbecky Belladonna? Those actually relax the Iris so the pupils dilate. Makes for fun blurry vision afterwards…

New video: Let's Code MS DOS 0x26: AdLib Drum Machine

Programming the OPL2 FM chip on the original AdLib card can be a bit tedious. Join me in this episode to learn how to program the drums on the AdLib card to create a simple sequencer or drum machine. In the future we will also look at the melodic instruments, but for now we try to create some nice percussion!

https://youtu.be/kP2B9a7Btpk

#letscode #msdos #opl2 #retrocomputing

Windows 3.1 Program Manager for Linux / X11:
https://github.com/jcs/progman

I think Wario Land 2 uses more than four shades of gray. The DMG only supported four grayscales, but I think I can count more in this shot. Probably they use some temporal dithering, e.g. mixing two different shades in alternating frames to get a third shade. Does anyone have additional information?
#nintendo #gameboy

New video:
Original GameBoy: IPS Mod Horizontal Lines

The IPS display mod for the original GameBoy from a couple of weeks ago already developed a fault. bright horizontal lines run through the display, and it seems a full replacement of the LCD panel is needed. It seems these mods are a bit fragile. Also the display lens is a bit crooked and needs fixing. So off to another round of DMG modding!

https://youtu.be/QE5geAGG-NA

#nintendo #gameboy #retrogaming #consolemodding

And of course as usual also ad-free on @MakerTube
https://makertube.net/w/qHyGS3SQUFS49neLb9Bagk

#peertube

TIL that back in the 80s you needed a license to run a microwave oven in Germany.

@thomasfuchs !!!

@thanius Yeah, that's probably what I am going to do. If I knew which voltages have to be present for the device to power up properly, I could test for that.

@thanius Tried Deoxit, moved it a bunch -- still intermittent. Seems a BIT better, but not really.

So this red DMG doesn’t power on all the time. Sometimes it crashes during gameplay. I read that it might be due to a bad power board. I tested all the electrolytics out of circuit and they are fine. So… replacing the whole power board…? Or anything else I can check/replace?
#nintendo #gameboy #retrogaming #repair

@TechConnectify I totally get you. And I hope you stay here on Mastodon. You are one of the accounts that really contributes a lot, both here and over on YT. Thank you.

This Data Becker PC upgrading book from 1996 recommends opening a bottle of sparkling wine after the finished upgrade. 🥂
#retrocomputing #DataBecker

@fozztexx I feel too high tech...

@fozztexx And you will be sent back into the 1960s immediately.

Gaze upon my new smartphone! Well, making phone calls is a bit tricky, but isn’t that usually so with smartphones?
#palmpilot #retrocomputing

The card that started it all. And by it I mean the retro soundcard revival. This one was reverse engineered by @tubetime and it still features the illegitimate AdLib logo. I assembled it myself and even drilled holes for the volume control and headphone jack.
#retrocomputing #retrogaming #adlib