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• Post #4024193

  Toolstation sell M5 bolts in 25 or 30 packs; they sell the nuts in 100 packs. Grrr.

• Post #3548539

  I love that there's a Linux /sys file where you can tell which way up your USB-C connector is. Anyone know of anything that displays all that type of thing? Connector, USB mode, power delivery, etc etc?

• Post #3449384

  #radio4 Does anyone know when Droitwich itself is being switched off - I heard it's 30th - but when?

• Post #2009601

  This teardown of the remains of an Iranian drones camera set is fascinating; it's almost all COTS/aliexpress boards - with a bit of conformal coating for good luck. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6CXfxhH8n00

• Post #1795459

  My Greaseweazel arrived today - in a conveniently sized cardboard box - which it was easy enough to mount it in. #retrocomputing

• Post #1647299

  Does anyone have any service manuals/schematics/etc forr NEC fd1055 (or fd1050/1053) 5.25" floppy drives? I've got one that's giving a disk fault 18 - which I think is not reading a sector so could be anything from alignment upwards; but occasionally gives a drive fault 10 (index sensor??) But then again it could be the beeb it's attached to; so hmm suggestions welcome. #retrocomputing

• Post #766023

  It seems crazy that ATC people have to *talk* to each pilot in a busy airspace to tell them how to turn or which runway to land on etc when I thought they all have digital comms anyway; you'd think you could get it that the ATC would only have to speak to people when there's issues.

• Post #766022

  Hth does a Cumana set of dual 5.25" half-height drives weigh 5.8kg? It's got two separate (small) transformers for some reason; did NEC make the drives out of depleted uranium? #retrocomputing

• Post #766021

  I can see why 'SpeedPAK' emphasises the speed to pack, and not the speed to deliver.

• Post #586297

  /me tries the 'strawberry' music player rather than 'Rhythmbox which I've been using for a few years.

• Post #586296

  I discovered 'playerctl' last night - a linux util that sends mpris commands to start/stop/etc music players; quite nice.

• Post #554867

  The mark 1 junk box foot pedal is coming together:

• Post #543708

  These chunky toggle switches are nice - they can have upto 4 sets of contacts, each of which seem to have a bunch of poles each. These are momentary but there are some latching. Given the 'under license from Ericsson' label I assume they came off some comms kit originally. Now, I've just got to figure out how to mount them to something other than a panel. #electronics

• Post #543707

  Right, my hacky #esp32 #rustlang code can now send key strokes over usb; I'm doing it synchronously and using usbd_hid; which is working OK (I need to add some debounce). Hmm but not terrible.