Laplink! That part ot my brain hasn't activated in decades...
My favourite was bootstrapping using 'COPY /B COM1: C:LL3.EXE' to get the Laplink executable to the target machine over Serial, when you didn't have a spare floppy.
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My favourite was bootstrapping using 'COPY /B COM1: C:LL3.EXE' to get the Laplink executable to the target machine over Serial, when you didn't have a spare floppy.
Most of our questions were about implementing their firmware in our hardware (which largely went unanswered), and most of their questions were focussed companies we have ties with, that they were interested in reaching but have so far been unsuccessful.
I hope they're doing well as it was an interesting product.
You might like Photon of Scoopex's Amiga Hardware Programming tutorial[1], in which he creates an Amiga Demo using assembly from scratch in ASMOne/ASMTwo
[1] https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=p83QUZ1-P10&list=PLtjBEWQ66x...
Edit: Found the link, here it is: https://mrl.cs.nyu.edu/~jhan/ledtouch/index.html
Analog Devices has an excellent article about using LEDs as sensors in this way: https://wiki.analog.com/university/courses/electronics/elect...
Sorry about the delay, HN doesn't seem to notify me about comment replies.
I wrote a simple PHP script that generates the labels. It just pulls a bunch of data from our parts database and positions the text/graphical elements on a PDF page using fpdf. The Datamatrix/barcode is generated using Zint.
Once the PDF file is generated, the script passes it to /usr/bin/lp for instant printing to a Dymo LabelWriter, or sent with an attachment disposition for downloading and printing locally.
Hope this helps, please let me know if I may be of further assistance
The labels reflect the location of the item in the folder (Folder x Page y) and also the shelf in Storage (Rack-Bay-Shelf-Place), if it's a part we use also in production.
Apparently you can pay ~$12K to an RTO (the 'pay to get qualified' type) and get it done in a year, but you still require a sparkie to sign off, as well as photo/video evidence along with written and practical tests.
I feel like Electrical/HVAC are among the most gate-kept trades in Australia.
Unfortunately I've been unable to maintain a decent work/life balance due to the high cost of living. As a result, I honestly die a little inside each time I see an article posted about them.
The last update was in 2013, where I completed the EHT "popstart" circuit (to replace the expensive retractable electrode, and allow the use of a standard TIG head): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y4c5Le2kT6w
Some day I'll complete it!
It looks nice but Jesus... $1550AUD a year for the designer edition?
For reference - Latitude provides interest free payment services to some of the largest retailers in Australia (ie: Harvey Norman, JB HiFi, The Good Guys)
I received an automated call yesterday morning asking me to confirm the last few transactions on my Gem Visa Credit Card (provided by Latitude).
It attempted to transfer me to the fraud prevention team - 15 minutes later it disconnects me advising that there is nobody available to take my call and automatically suspends my card.
All contact numbers including Customer Service, Fraud, Lost/Stolen Cards and Complaints are unreachable.
I didn't realise there was so much crossover between embedded design and biology!
Once up and running they really are quite pleasant to use, and pretty damn cheap.
The issues that hurt me the most were:
1/ It doesn't come preloaded with 'AT' firmware, it took me a while to figure this out as well as a PCB respin.
2/ The clearly labelled TX and RX pins are for flashing and debug output only, not for communication with an an external microcontroller. Two to four GPIO pins (decided by the AT firmware) are used for communication in 'AT' mode
3/ Two GPIO pins need to be asserted high and low on startup to enter flash mode. This fine when you figure it out, however the flash tool still tries to upload the firmware and 'fails successfully' with the correct upload delay.
[1] https://www.nordicsemi.com/-/media/Images/Products/Wi-Fi/nRF...
...Which would be fine, had I not stumbled upon (what seems to be) the original project[1], in Russian no less.
The blog shares the same block diagram, images and DDR PCB layout. There are no DDR RAM slots. Further, the slots are through-hole and not SMD, you wouldn't be able to attach a heatsink directly to the back of the card as shown in the images.
Christ, that's embarrassing, you've found me! Seems I'm stuck repeating the same thing every decade without even realizing it! Excellent sleuth work :-)
I'm tempted to try my luck messaging 'jjsmith' on the abime.net forums, and might just pull on the Prime Artifax route... Thanks for your help with this
If you ran a game such as Marble Madness, rebooted the machine, then started the viewer program, very frequently you'd find corrupted remnants of the game assets such as sprites and backdrops as you scrolled.
I was young and absolutely amazed by it. Unfortunately I can't remember the name, only that it came on a disk with 'The Alliance Anti-Virus Collection' hand-written on the label. It had many other cool utilities, some which hijacked the "Insert Workbench" screen to play chiptunes and display scrolling text
Bitter-sweet memories.
I have a Rainbow Lorikeet and a Rose-Breasted Cockatoo that moved in along with the wife after we married - The Lorikeet is extremely animated, and the Cockatoo (a rescue) extremely timid.
The Lorikeet has learnt to mimic the warning calls of local Sulphur-Crested Cockatoos, Noisy Minors, Common Mynahs.
Occasionally, in the dead of night, the Lorikeet would make little satisfaction chirps while he's preening himself. He'd also recall all the sounds he's learnt to date, sometimes including warning calls of other birds - which sends the poor Cockatoo into a frenzy each time.