timixretroplays

trib, 6 days ago to random

Daywom.
#bushlife

timixretroplays, 6 days ago to random

This is an IOCREST-brand USB to RS-232 serial adapter, which I bought from a seller on AliExpress. It arrived in exactly the same time as an identical eBay listing said it would, for literally half the price - if eBay is still your default go-to for weird stuff like this, keep in mind dropshippers are probably fleecing you.

This adapter contains an FTDI chipset, not the much cheaper CH340, and it's time to see if this is the reason I couldn't get serial mice working natively on Windows 10.

rasterweb, 8 days ago to art

I wanted to see all of my recent illustrations in one place, but also make a nice index to the blog posts I write up, so I made this page... and added some info in case anyone wants a print or something.

➡️ https://rasterweb.net/raster/projects/illustrations/

#art #sketch #illustration #drawing #mastoArt #diy

timixretroplays, 9 days ago to random

Do other people type out entire emails and mastodon posts and card details to buy things online, and then just...... switch tabs to do something else and forget for ages that you had a thing to go back to and click send on? It's like my brain is saying "wait, stop, you might want to have time to think about this a little more before you commit" but I'm just buying more goddamned toilet paper, not committing to a home loan or something

NanoRaptor, 10 days ago to random

One of the smallest floppies.

timixretroplays, 10 days ago to random

I've dealt with a disproportionate amount of crap on Discord this week, which I won't bore anyone with here, but I'm thinking of printing a screenshot of someone saying, without a shred of self-awareness, "what's sealioning? Is that why you won't give me the reason you banned me?" and getting it professionally framed

PixelBandits, 11 days ago to retrogaming

I know. Look. I know. But I still think Sonic Spinball absolutely slaps. My real question is why do we think people DIDN'T like it as much?

#RetroGaming #VideoGames #Gaming #RetroGames

timixretroplays, 12 days ago to retrogaming

Retro PC games:

✅ Download quickly
✅ Can be played with a D-pad or a joystick and a couple of buttons
✅ Are incredibly well-documented now
✅ Had their DRM stripped out decades ago, or... see point above
✅ Will run on 0.03% of your PC's capabilities
✅ Are cheap to acquire in digital form
✅ Are interesting historical artefacts
✅ Are celebrated by inclusive and collaborative online communities

Save a classic gamepad from ewaste and start playing retro games today! 🎮

#retrogaming #retrocomputing

decryption, 14 days ago (edited 14 days ago) to random

Sold a bunch of stuff yesterday evening, but still have loads available!

Galax GTX1650 Super 4GB GPU - $235
Sennheiser HD 6XX headphones - $200
Rode Podcaster USB microphone - $100
Rode AI-1 USB audio interface - $95
Ankerwork B600 4K webcam & speakerphone - $115

Prices include free postage anywhere in Australia. Pics & more info here: https://thesizzle.com.au/sale

Will try a thread again below with fewer photos so I don't get rate limited!

timixretroplays, 15 days ago to retrocomputing

I saw an inexpensive listing on eBay for a Logitech Sensa mouse last month, so I jumped on it without really looking at it - and the result arrived this week. As far as I can tell, "Sensa" was a sub-brand of their at-the-time MouseMan models, with interesting external finishes - I've seen wood-grain, carbon fibre, and... whatever this thing is, Damascus Plastic? #retrocomputing

A photo of the underside of the mouse, showing the ball (this pre-dates optical mice by some time) and the sticker which names it as a Logitech MouseMan Sensa.

timixretroplays, 16 days ago to random

Fun language/free market convergence thing: A "right angle" is where two lines intersect at a 90 degree angle, and you can buy "right angle cables", where the plug at one end is rotated to point at a 90 degree angle away from the cable.

But what if you want a cable to go the other way? Well, in that case, you want to search for a "left angle" cable, and it'll point in the opposite direction to a typical "right angle" cable.

There also exist "up angle" and "down angle" adapters, like these.

jake4480, 17 days ago to random

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timixretroplays, 18 days ago to australia

So I've been at my current job for several years now - it's the longest I've ever worked at a single org, nevermind held the same role. It's also the happiest I've ever been - I have a solid manager, a great team and culture, and continually fascinating work.

But when a recruiter I've worked with before sends me a PD of a role I could quite probably handle, for close to double my current salary... I start to wonder.

#Australia, how and when do you decide it's time to move on?

timixretroplays, 20 days ago to TrackMania

Holy crap, the art of AI (the good stuff, neural networks and reinforcement learning and designing to solve a specific goal, not Large Lying Models) is on an absolute tear in the #Trackmania world.

This next sentence will sound a bit mysterious if you're not familiar with the game, but: this thing found an optimal wallbang in order to best a human world record on a test track, and also beat the human WR on Hockalicious.

This video's only 28 minutes, you have the time: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cUojVsCJ51I

foone, 22 days ago to random

Here's something cool I never realized existed:

PCBs distributed through magazines!

From Radio Electronics (June 1987):

https://archive.org/details/radio_electronics_1987-06/page/n68/

timixretroplays, 23 days ago to retrogaming

This is probably the only Gravis UltraSound-related thing I'll sensibly collect. This is the Gravis MIDI and Joystick Adapter, and I'm super thrilled to have picked one up for a reasonable price in this condition. At some point I'll carefully pull things out for a closer look, including scanning the paperwork, but in the meantime - did you ever have/use one of these? What'd you use it for/with? Let me know!

#retrogaming #retrocomputing

A photo of the back of the adapter package, showing some of the instructions.

timixretroplays, 24 days ago to 3DPrinting

#Plasbeams photo box update: yeah, this didn't work quite as hoped. At over 2.5kg, this thing has a will of its own, and enough weight to pull the bearing hinge assemblies apart and turn the whole thing into an uncooperative plastic octopus.

I think with anchors that slide over the hinges at full extension, and a careful order of operations, this can still be assembled; more likely I will need to swap the hinges for static brackets, and find another method for breakdown and storage. #3DPrinting

timixretroplays, 24 days ago to random

What the heck is this dingus on the end of my new dishwasher's hose likely to be for? I can make out "type 88" in the plastic moulding but both google and bing insisted I want to learn about main battle tanks instead. My best guess is that it's a temperature or flow rate sensor. I'm mildly excited by the need to add a hole saw to my tool collection, but I don't quite understand what purpose it serves being outside of the machine itself.

jacqueline, 24 days ago to random

packaging arriving today. beeg box.