+dhe Posted February 5 Share Posted February 5 5 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jrhodes Posted February 6 Share Posted February 6 I really don't need this, but if I did get one, I'd have to figure out how to get the Parsec ship flying across the LED display. Epomaker DynaTab 75X. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stuart Posted February 6 Share Posted February 6 21 hours ago, dhe said: Got my first PEB from them. 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+dhe Posted February 7 Share Posted February 7 Selling Forth: 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PeteE Posted February 7 Share Posted February 7 That FORTH cover illustration is STACKED! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+OLD CS1 Posted February 7 Share Posted February 7 4 hours ago, dhe said: Selling Forth: Reminds me of... 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jrhodes Posted February 8 Share Posted February 8 5 hours ago, dhe said: Selling Forth: Looks like some kind of kinky Looks like some kind of kinky softcore VHS tape cover. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+dhe Posted February 8 Share Posted February 8 Cover aside, I'd buy a book on Learning Forth by Using Forth. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+OLD CS1 Posted February 8 Share Posted February 8 Not really off-topic, but more of a random thought with nowhere else to go; not worth its own thread, in my estimation. I am seeing a lot of common cartridges coming up on eBay for outlandish prices. I have spent no more than $2 each for commons, just to get the cases. On a couple occasions, I have re-built carts I tore down to help someone out. Is there a relatively endless supply of commons out there sufficient to eschew them at $4 or $5 each? Are there few enough to support prices of $4 or $5 each? Remembering I am speaking of just the shells, are we coming to a point where having new shells produced would be worth the initial out-lay for injection molds? Would it be worth it for colors alternative to the traditional black and beige? How are these Commodore and Atari people getting theirs produced without having to sell for a king's ransom? I reject 3D printing for production because it looks non-professional and not worthy of a quality product. 3D printing is great for prototyping, but I loath it for a product. So this perspective is irrelevant to my supposition. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Serafini Lapo Posted February 8 Share Posted February 8 8 minutes ago, OLD CS1 said: Non proprio fuori tema, ma più un pensiero casuale senza nessun altro posto dove andare; non vale il suo thread, a mio avviso. Vedo molte cartucce comuni in arrivo su eBay a prezzi stravaganti. Non ho speso più di 2 dollari ciascuno per i beni comuni, solo per ottenere le casse. In un paio di occasioni ho ricostruito i carri che avevo demolito per aiutare qualcuno. C’è un’offerta relativamente infinita di beni comuni là fuori sufficiente per evitarli a $ 4 o $ 5 ciascuno? Ce ne sono abbastanza pochi da sostenere prezzi di 4 o 5 dollari ciascuno? Ricordando che sto parlando solo dei gusci, stiamo arrivando a un punto in cui produrre nuovi gusci varrebbe la spesa iniziale per gli stampi a iniezione? Ne varrebbe la pena per colori alternativi ai tradizionali nero e beige? Come fanno questi Commodore e Atari a produrre i loro prodotti senza doverli vendere per un riscatto regale? Rifiuto la stampa 3D per la produzione perché sembra non professionale e non degna di un prodotto di qualità. La stampa 3D è ottima per la prototipazione, ma la detesto per un prodotto. Quindi questa prospettiva è irrilevante per la mia supposizione. I fully agree👍🏻 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+Lee Stewart Posted February 8 Share Posted February 8 38 minutes ago, OLD CS1 said: Remembering I am speaking of just the shells, are we coming to a point where having new shells produced would be worth the initial out-lay for injection molds? Would it be worth it for colors alternative to the traditional black and beige? Jim (@Ksarul) was working on that a few years ago. I guess he has either abandoned the project or relegated it to a far back burner. ...lee 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+OLD CS1 Posted February 8 Share Posted February 8 2 hours ago, Serafini Lapo said: I fully agree👍🏻 And I am amazed by the translation! 1 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Serafini Lapo Posted February 8 Share Posted February 8 24 minutes ago, OLD CS1 said: E sono stupito dalla traduzione! Thanks Old cs1.. you know that I use Google translator right?🤣🤣 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+OLD CS1 Posted February 8 Share Posted February 8 13 minutes ago, Serafini Lapo said: Thanks Old cs1.. you know that I use Google translator right?🤣🤣 Absolutely. Who does not use it? Way back in the day, we had a plug-in in AmIRC which could send text to Google for translation. Neat stuff, but often times translation one-way does not come back the other way. It is a little scary how good the Google translate is. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+Ksarul Posted February 8 Share Posted February 8 6 hours ago, Lee Stewart said: Jim (@Ksarul) was working on that a few years ago. I guess he has either abandoned the project or relegated it to a far back burner. ...lee I have a set of cartridge molds to vacuum-cast shells, but the cost to make a shell that way was somewhere in the$2.50 to $3.00 range back when I tested the method. I suspect the resin is a bit more expensive now, but that would still be less than the current cost for common carts on eBay. The biggest problem with doing the vacuum-cast shells is the time it takes, as each set takes about an hour from start to finish (most of that is in the vacuum tank, so my time is mostly setting up the molds, filling them, dropping the assembly carefully into the tank, pressurizing it, and letting it sit for 30-40 minutes to cure). My time is thus about 20 minutes of work per set. No problem at all for low-volume personal use, but definitely not good for high-volume use. The last time I looked at getting a set of professional molds done, it would have been a few thousand dollars to get the molds made, but the cost per shell set would have been very low. I had a contact that was willing to interface with the factory to get them at a somewhat better price, but his job at that company ended before we could discuss it in depth. 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Reciprocating Bill Posted February 9 Share Posted February 9 On 2/7/2024 at 1:38 PM, dhe said: Selling Forth: The book cover conveys that learning Forth is very hard. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jrhodes Posted February 9 Share Posted February 9 2 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tater1337 Posted February 9 Share Posted February 9 anyone try making one for a buster beagle injector? 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+mizapf Posted February 12 Share Posted February 12 Isn't that what "graphics card support" just boils down to? (My new PC, hosting a Radeon RX 7700 XT which weighs about 1.3 kg. Just for safety, I thought.) 3 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+FarmerPotato Posted February 14 Share Posted February 14 An error was made in this headline. Quote Nearly 25,000 tech workers were laid in the first weeks of 2024. Why is that? Link Those responsible for it have been sack. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HOME AUTOMATION Posted February 14 Share Posted February 14 22 minutes ago, FarmerPotato said: ...tech workers were laid in the first weeks Where was I? ...ready to hit the sack...🛏️ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+OLD CS1 Posted February 15 Share Posted February 15 2 hours ago, FarmerPotato said: An error was made in this headline. Link Those responsible for it have been sack. My inner almost-six-year-old loved that. But the adult in me says... Quote Last year was, by all accounts, a bloodbath for the tech industry, with more than 260,000 jobs vanishing — the worst 12 months for Silicon Valley since the dot-com crash of the early 2000s. Yeah, because the tech industry, once again, built a couple of bubbles, irrespective of the warnings of the grey-beards who survived at least the last bubble. But, each generation has to learn its lesson. The lesson the grey-beards need to learn is, while spitting truth, invest in the bubble ventures and make money off their lunacy. Shake your head at them, but walk away richer. 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jrhodes Posted February 15 Share Posted February 15 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HOME AUTOMATION Posted February 15 Share Posted February 15 Alrighty: 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+mizapf Posted February 15 Share Posted February 15 Stray umlaut marks have weird effects on German-speaking people like me. 🙂 (As I heard, this is also why heavy metal bands keep wondering that their names are so strangely pronounced in Germany.) 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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