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Earlier today, I shared a challenge. I couldn't figure out the data encoding in those thumbnails, and I hoped someone well versed in image processing would have ideas. I also feared someone would feed it to an AI and dump me the results. Well, both happen

Three years I got Quicktake 150's thumbnail decoding in, and it's "basically good enough" that one can recognize an image in the 8060 output: But as you can see, I think it's wrong. It is too pixelated. And I can't figure out what transformation to apply

Problem with this Quicktake 150 was that it didn't respond to the computer. It sent its Hello when DTR went down, but then did not reply to the first computer init message. I supposed it meant its RX pin was somehow disconnected. This was true. The Quickt

The CISD is a custom-made serial switchbox that allows me to do everything I want to do with my Apple II's serial ports, without having to plug and unplug cables all the time. I have written about it in Upgrading my Apple II serial setup. Here are its ass

Last year, I upgraded my serial setup: before, I had to plug and unplug serial connectors from the back of the Apple //c each time I wanted to change the hardware plugged to it: A Raspberry Pi, plugged to both ports, to browse Mastodon, listen to music wi

An Apple II client for 640by480.com

So I've been looking for Mac serial cables for this project. I have found a cheap-enough supplier, bought 24 of them, plugged the stuff in, and it didn't work. It's cabled straight. So, this "Pro Signal 8-Pin Male-Male Printer Lead for ImageWriter II & De

A few weeks ago, I had the surprise to get an email from PCBWay about the BurgerDisk project. Basically they offered me to sponsor my PCBs up to $100, in exchange for a review. So far I always refused that kind of thing as I don't want getting money to ge

General availability Since the end of the Kickstarter, a few people who missed it contacted me to get a device. A few people also expressed frustration at wanting to get one, but finding the shipping cost to USA off-putting. The first thing is solved: I h

While I'm still waiting on the next step of the Kickstarter (finalizing the pledges and addresses should take them another week), I've kept myself busy and imagined variants on the BurgerDisk device. As I said elsewhere, I would love that everyone who wan