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Good solder joints are important unless you want your things to burn and/or break.
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Metal Geir Skogul posted:soldermanship
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# ? Apr 24, 2017 20:48 |
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It's a long shot but I'm looking for a cheap older FPGA for a project. Naturally I could tear apart a load of TV motherboards and build my own board etc, but does any of you goons happen to have any of those Cairnsmore1 FPGA boards that were originally used for bitcoin mining? I would be interested in purchasing at least one or two.
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# ? Apr 29, 2017 05:33 |
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Humphreys posted:It's a long shot but I'm looking for a cheap older FPGA for a project. Naturally I could tear apart a load of TV motherboards and build my own board etc, but does any of you goons happen to have any of those Cairnsmore1 FPGA boards that were originally used for bitcoin mining? I would be interested in purchasing at least one or two. How cheap? This is a list of low cost FPGA dev boards, if you haven't seen it. I'd imagine something like this would be much better than some random board designed for buttcoin mining.
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# ? Apr 29, 2017 05:47 |
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Humphreys posted:It's a long shot but I'm looking for a cheap older FPGA for a project. Naturally I could tear apart a load of TV motherboards and build my own board etc, but does any of you goons happen to have any of those Cairnsmore1 FPGA boards that were originally used for bitcoin mining? I would be interested in purchasing at least one or two. Insinuating that people in this thread used to mine Bitcoins? Not cool, man.
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# ? Apr 29, 2017 05:50 |
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Sinestro posted:How cheap? This is a list of low cost FPGA dev boards, if you haven't seen it. I'd imagine something like this would be much better than some random board designed for buttcoin mining. What is cloudcoin mining?
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# ? Apr 29, 2017 05:51 |
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Sinestro posted:How cheap? This is a list of low cost FPGA dev boards, if you haven't seen it. I'd imagine something like this would be much better than some random board designed for buttcoin mining. The code for the project was from a former buttcoin miner using the board. I'm lazy and don't want to fuckass around learning how to port code built for a specific piece of hardware. Platystemon posted:Insinuating that people in this thread used to mine Bitcoins? Na, I just thought the whole old hardware that is unused (unless the idiots have got a new coin going?) theme might bring up someone who would know or have lovely old hardwdare.
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# ? Apr 29, 2017 06:46 |
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empty baggie posted:Exactly, and pretty much any dash kit is going to make the aftermarket stereo look decent. My Volvo S80 has a pretty similar integrated dash to the S40. I just said gently caress it and bought a tape deck adapter to plug my phone into. Yes, it sounds worse than an aux jack on an aftermarket stereo. I can only control the volume from the steering wheel. But that's okay. Everything's going to be okay. Namaste.
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# ? Apr 29, 2017 07:05 |
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p-hop posted:My Volvo S80 has a pretty similar integrated dash to the S40. That top one can be swapped out. The S40 I had was more similar to the bottom one, where the AC and other system controls were integrated into the stereo. Anyway, there are still ways to add aux ports and subwoofers and such to those stereos without changing out the factory stereo. They just take some research and some aftermarket parts that are hidden, like DAC units that can be hidden under the seat or in the trunk.
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# ? Apr 29, 2017 07:56 |
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empty baggie posted:That top one can be swapped out. The S40 I had was more similar to the bottom one, where the AC and other system controls were integrated into the stereo. Anyway, there are still ways to add aux ports and subwoofers and such to those stereos without changing out the factory stereo. They just take some research and some aftermarket parts that are hidden, like DAC units that can be hidden under the seat or in the trunk. The bottom one is the one I have Some day I might eventually pull it apart to get an aux cable on there, but I have always been a bare-bones car kind of person. There are some pretty slick looking whole dash replacement parts out there, but they cost a significant portion of what I paid for the entire car. All the rubberized bits are starting to disintegrate and get sticky, but hey they still work. To keep things on topic, someone posted a loving gorgeous stock radio/dash a while ago, I think from the 80s or early 90s. Anyone else have a particular model of car that they love just for the dashboard aesthetics? Personally I really like the big honking chrome knobs and wood paneling type, but early all-digital stuff is great too. I know personally what a piece of rear end it can be to try and modify "integrated" designs, but when they are done right why would you ever want to?
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Is that from a 90s Toyota?
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# ? Apr 29, 2017 10:41 |
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That style of seven‐segment display is something I’ve only noticed on more recent electronics. Maybe it’s older than that and I’d just never noticed it, but I’d guess the first decade of the twenty‐first century.
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# ? Apr 29, 2017 11:08 |
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Honda CRX? My German friend had one about 17 years ago and I was fascinated by that dash Astrobastard has a new favorite as of 12:06 on Apr 29, 2017 |
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Honda S2000. Amazing car, amazing gauge cluster. Edit: but that's slightly different than the s2000 cluster I remember actually, GutBomb has a new favorite as of 14:17 on Apr 29, 2017 |
# ? Apr 29, 2017 14:11 |
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It's a 2003 Suzuki Liana/Aerio.
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# ? Apr 29, 2017 14:24 |
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empty baggie posted:That top one can be swapped out. The S40 I had was more similar to the bottom one, where the AC and other system controls were integrated into the stereo. Anyway, there are still ways to add aux ports and subwoofers and such to those stereos without changing out the factory stereo. They just take some research and some aftermarket parts that are hidden, like DAC units that can be hidden under the seat or in the trunk. I had a 2004 Saab 9-3 where swapping the stereo would have been a bitch. I never bothered. It was all integraded with the cars displays, its connections were fiber optic, and the best thing the aftermarket came up with was to tap into some lines to run RCA cables to an active subwoofer.
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Platystemon posted:That style of seven‐segment display is something I’ve only noticed on more recent electronics.
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# ? Apr 29, 2017 15:38 |
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evobatman posted:
Don't worry, my dash swap went as far as the LCD at the top, down to the gearbox and into the middle to rear air-con vents.
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# ? Apr 29, 2017 17:32 |
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Yep, that was the S40 dash, except above where the pic cuts off, there was an upper display for the navigation. I really liked the car, but hated the built in stereo even though it looked really cool at the time. After a year, I switched to a Ridgeline, which was much more practical for my needs and also has a double DIN opening and a very easy dash to remove.
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# ? Apr 29, 2017 20:13 |
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If my calculations are correct, when this baby hits 188 miles per hour... you're gonna see some serious poo poo.
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# ? Apr 30, 2017 08:29 |
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Platystemon posted:Insinuating that people in this thread used to mine Bitcoins?
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Trabant posted:^ My old man, in TYOOL 2017, had AAA send him a set of maps to navigate from NY to TX. a good set of maps of your country is the very best in obsolete technology
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# ? Apr 30, 2017 20:19 |
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1EWQYAfuMYw Here's a guy talking to one of the people who restored a PDP-1 at the computer history museum, and then doing some stuff with it. It's pretty neat, and at the end they even open it up and you can marvel at how pretty it is inside. Especially cool is reading a program from paper tape, because it folds itself so neatly (more or less), rather than just vomiting the tape out one end. What a cool computer.
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# ? May 4, 2017 00:00 |
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mikeselectricstuff posted a video of his extensively-modified BBC Micro system, including several home-built add-on boards and homebrew programs. It's an absolutely amazing time capsule of what a dedicated hardware hacker could do with home computing in the early-mid 80s: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=la-sGpTpkxE Mr.Radar has a new favorite as of 05:42 on May 8, 2017 |
# ? May 8, 2017 05:40 |
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Apropos of nothing, are there any particularly good books about phone hacking/phreaking that anyone would recommend?
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# ? May 8, 2017 07:53 |
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HAT FETISH posted:Apropos of nothing, are there any particularly good books about phone hacking/phreaking that anyone would recommend? I like the PLA book, not much hacking tho, really.
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HAT FETISH posted:Apropos of nothing, are there any particularly good books about phone hacking/phreaking that anyone would recommend? I liked Exploding the Phone.
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HAT FETISH posted:Apropos of nothing, are there any particularly good books about phone hacking/phreaking that anyone would recommend? jolly_roger_cookbook.txt? Seriously though, textfiles might be the best primary sources. You might also want to check out 90s era books about the Woz. Edit: back issues of 2600
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# ? May 8, 2017 08:43 |
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I was on vacation recently and found a proper record store, like a really modern store going across two floors in a main retail area (as opposed to some dingy basement space in an alley, which is also something I've seen), and it got me thinking: I totally get the appeal of having large-scale cover art, a tangible representation of the music, analog sound and the ritual of putting on a record and all that, but looking at what they actually had on offer, can the point of it all really be to rebuy all our favourite 90s and earlier albums for 20 bucks a pop? Also I recently spotted the first Ramones album on 180 gram vinyl with a big sticker about how it was remastered from the tapes and I was like, seriously guys? The Ramones are not that nuanced. I feel like this vinyl resurgence is taking a subtly wrong turn.
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# ? May 8, 2017 09:10 |
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This has been going on for a while and its cause people are oblivious. Pretty much any halfway popular old record has a 180g super quality remaster version selling for $20... And most of the time those versions sound worse than the $5 used 80s reissue you can get everywhere because they didnt get the original master tapes for their "remaster". One thing that bothers me even more is when albums that originally came out on one disc get split into two for "sound quality" reasons. Gotta love getting up every second song
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# ? May 8, 2017 09:53 |
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cowtown posted:I liked Exploding the Phone.
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Aix posted:One thing that bothers me even more is when albums that originally came out on one disc get split into two for "sound quality" reasons. Gotta love getting up every second song Wait, what? Do they seriously say this with a straight face?
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# ? May 8, 2017 10:04 |
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Flipperwaldt posted:It's a 2003 Suzuki Liana/Aerio. p-hop posted:If my calculations are correct, when this baby hits
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# ? May 8, 2017 10:10 |
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spog posted:Wait, what? Most labels that do 180g reissues have essays praising their dumbass process in their website, yeah. On paper it is true, maximizing the distance between groves and not using the innermost part of the disc does improve sound, but as long as your turntable is set up right and theyre not cramming more than 30 minutes on each side you wont hear the difference... Which usually is negated by the hosed up master anyways. What i hate even more about it is when the sleeve artwork gets modified for this to fit the two discs
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Mr.Radar posted:mikeselectricstuff posted a video of his extensively-modified BBC Micro system, including several home-built add-on boards and homebrew programs. It's an absolutely amazing time capsule of what a dedicated hardware hacker could do with home computing in the early-mid 80s: Back when "building your own computer" actually meant something
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# ? May 8, 2017 11:50 |
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My Lovely Horse posted:can the point of it all really be to rebuy all our favourite 90s and earlier albums for 20 bucks a pop? Most new albums, all the way down to Taylor Swift pop-schlock and Disney soundtracks, are released on vinyl these days. So no, it's not just for lovely 180g remasters.
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Dicty Brojangles posted:Most new albums, all the way down to Taylor Swift pop-schlock and Disney soundtracks, are released on vinyl these days. So no, it's not just for lovely 180g remasters. Wow, don't loving be mean to T-Swift. Back the gently caress off.
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# ? May 8, 2017 13:58 |
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Different strokes for different folks, friend.
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He's right though, even Barnes & Noble has a whole vinyl section now where you can pay $39.99 for a remaster of London Calling or a picture disc 40oz. To Freedom or the latest Chainsmokers garbage A lot of the metal bands I like always release their stuff on vinyl too and I really just don't get it
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