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TI-99/4A Catridges in Brightroom Medium Clear Stackable Tray

Sun, 24 Sep 2023 23:38:31 +0000

The TI-99/4(A) cartridges fit perfectly in these trays, available at Target, and can stack when full. It is a tight fit, however, so getting the carts out is difficult. I have considered stick-on pull-tabs (the kind used to flag and mark pages of a book or report.)

This was meant to be a throw-away photo, just to show how the carts fit the tray, but it turned out to be really good composition.

Commodore 1541-II Drive Head and Pressure Pad

Mon, 25 Sep 2023 04:16:47 +0000

Shows the 1541-II Chinon FZ-501M assmembly read/write head and the felt pressure pad. One of those images that was meant to just be a throw-away photo but turned out really good.

More information on the 1541-II mechanisms from World of Jani.

Primitive passive PoE

Tue, 07 Sep 2021 02:37:46 +0000

Back in the days when my home network was just upgraded from 10BaseT to 100BaseT, I got my first wireless access point. I mounted it in my hallway where there was no power, so I made my own passive power injector. Commercial injectors were available at the time for around $60 or $70, but I had parts. I wound up making one for a customer, as well.

Built-in umbrella

Sat, 16 May 2020 03:29:53 +0000

It rained a little today. This little guy has a built-in umbrella.

"Don't Mess with Texas" captured from RetroTINK

Sat, 02 Mar 2019 23:28:17 +0000

Input to retroTINK: Standard TI-99/4A composite signal
Output from retroTINK: 480p @ 60Hz
Captured at 480p using EZCap 261 (USB3 FHD) with OBS Studio
Scaled after capture to 320x240 @ 60Hz to fit AtariAge upload size limit
(lags and drop-outs caused by over-whelmed CPU during capture)

"Don't Mess with Texas" captured from Kanex Pro CON-AV-HD4K

Sat, 02 Mar 2019 04:46:47 +0000

Input to Kanex Pro: Standard TI-99/4A composite signal
Output from Kanex Pro: 720p @ 60Hz
Scaled during capture to 640x360 @ 60Hz using EZCap 261 (USB3 FHD) with OBS Studio
Scaled after capture to 320x240 @ 60Hz to fit AtariAge upload size limit
(lags and drop-outs caused by over-whelmed CPU during capture)

Dr. J5's "Johnny B. Goode" in Stereo SID Player

Tue, 08 Jan 2019 05:58:25 +0000

Captured output from retroTINK, source 64Reloaded Mk2.

Email administrator habitat

Thu, 10 May 2018 19:38:52 +0000

Ice and snow accumulation on railroad tracks in Tallahassee

Wed, 03 Jan 2018 17:12:25 +0000

Snapped about an hour after the snow fell in Tallahassee, FL, during the 2018 "winter storm."

Prototype 194 vehicle bulb replacement

Tue, 28 Nov 2017 02:07:28 +0000

Back in the early 90s I got my first car and decided I wanted to replace some of the 194 incandescent bulbs with LEDs. I was a big LED fiend and had a full bag of red and green ones. I picked up some yellow ones and got so far as to build a replacement for my tail lights which I never installed. I also built a third brake light/second blinker using soda straws, red LEDs, and phone station wire.
These were my first attempts at replacement dash and marker lights. Well before I understood the calculations for connecting 3VDC LEDs to a 12VDC system -- notice the burned resistor