#garfield Logs

Apr 14 2021

09:35 AM rue_mohr: so polprog do you think that kinda tutorial I put on twitter will help anyone use a rom as a PLD?
09:42 AM polprog: yeah, i think it's great
09:42 AM rue_mohr: I'd like to know if anyone will use it tho
09:42 AM polprog: if it doesnt get buried
09:42 AM rue_mohr: indeed
09:42 AM polprog: you could add a tweet that asks people to share if they got it working..
09:42 AM rue_mohr: :) I'll never be on the top of the popular list
09:42 AM polprog: its not about that
09:42 AM rue_mohr: good point, I'll wait to keep it a slow boil
09:42 AM polprog: which reminds me, i probbaly wont be famous either
09:42 AM polprog: i was to edit the sound blaster video
09:42 AM rue_mohr: too bad about the bga lifting on the terminal
09:42 AM polprog: yeah.. but for $2 its a hit and miss
09:42 AM polprog: with these kinda things
09:42 AM polprog: ill keep it up here for parts, its got some nice SMD caps
09:42 AM polprog: tiny tants
09:44 AM rue_mohr: yea
09:44 AM rue_mohr: I think my ascii display is cute
09:44 AM rue_mohr: that worked out nice
09:44 AM polprog: Dos fox, you, suthehk, kiwa, tom, the bell head,
09:44 AM polprog: wings
09:45 AM polprog: wings started to show up in the replies a lot. I like the guy, he seems just like us
09:45 AM rue_mohr: yea
09:45 AM polprog: Miga, ofc but we talk on esper more
09:45 AM polprog: and georgian
09:45 AM rue_mohr: I noticed a number of people who seem to understand stuff quite well, but dont show any stuff like this in their profiles
09:45 AM polprog: yeah
09:46 AM rue_mohr: I'm surprised by the number of Japanese followers I have
09:47 AM polprog: i think also the pilose one, and Philip Bragg, and that's everyone who talks pretty much
09:47 AM polprog: hmm yeah. The Japanese people post interesting content
09:47 AM polprog: what ascii display though
09:47 AM rue_mohr: there are more than I follow, cause, lots of them have just toooooooo much food posts
09:48 AM rue_mohr: https://twitter.com/RueNahcMohr/status/1382191788421640194
09:49 AM rue_mohr: its like a decoded 7 segment, but its a 5x7 that does ascii
09:49 AM polprog: clever, its like a super basic graphics card
09:49 AM rue_mohr: :)
09:49 AM rue_mohr: 1/256 sprites
09:50 AM polprog: maybe i could blow the dust off the fpga and make something
09:51 AM rue_mohr: which fpga is it?
09:51 AM polprog: the one we all have, spartan 6 iirc
09:53 AM rue_mohr: ok!
09:53 AM polprog: http://www3.sympatico.ca/n.rieck/docs/telephony.html
09:53 AM rue_mohr: late for work!
09:53 AM polprog: this says the 5ESS run Unix
09:53 AM polprog: i never realized that
09:53 AM polprog: oh ok. have fun :)
01:57 PM polprog: https://cdn.discordapp.com/attachments/739849787238776855/831962714553188412/IMG_20210414_204221.jpg
02:33 PM aandrew: hahahahahahha
02:33 PM aandrew: my ER8 collet holder arrived from aliexpress
02:33 PM aandrew: it's a literal collet holder
02:34 PM aandrew: there's no collet in it at all
05:47 PM aandrew: polprog: is that for when the peanut butter oil separates from the peanut butter?
05:47 PM aandrew: peanut oil, not peanut butter oil
05:50 PM polprog: :)
07:23 PM rue_mohr: :)
07:46 PM Tom_L: (:
07:56 PM rue_mohr: ok, so
07:56 PM rue_mohr: tom did you see the photo of the 5x7 character display?
08:00 PM Tom_L: umm
08:00 PM Tom_L: no
08:00 PM Tom_L: umm
08:00 PM Tom_L: maybe
08:00 PM Tom_L: the twitter thing above?
08:00 PM Tom_L: R
08:01 PM rue_mohr: yea the R
08:01 PM rue_mohr: it does other characters too
08:02 PM Tom_L: i would hope it does the whole alphabet
08:09 PM rue_mohr: yes! yes it does
08:11 PM Tom_L: cool
08:35 PM aandrew: lol Tom_L
08:36 PM aandrew: you have entirely too much fun with (E)EPROMs, rue_mohr
08:41 PM rue_mohr: I know eh?
08:41 PM rue_mohr: I wonder where I'd be if I'd been doing this for 30 years
08:43 PM aandrew: electronics or rom lookup tables? :-)
08:48 PM Tom_L: what's a good wifi / wired router nowdays?
08:48 PM rue_mohr: ubiquiti
08:48 PM rue_mohr: but there is a bit of commercial product stupidity
08:48 PM rue_mohr: oh wait
08:48 PM rue_mohr: no
08:48 PM Tom_L: i had one and didn't like it
08:48 PM rue_mohr: thougth you meant AP
08:48 PM rue_mohr: aandrew, always had the electronics, the ROMs
08:49 PM Tom_L: i had one of their routers and a wifi 'dish' as well
08:49 PM Tom_L: i quit using them
08:49 PM rue_mohr: there is a particular AP thats damn good for coverage
08:49 PM rue_mohr: but yea
08:49 PM Tom_L: somebody hacked the router so i removed it
08:50 PM rue_mohr: wow
08:51 PM Tom_L: i still have one of those round wifi extenders but am not using it
08:51 PM rue_mohr: no wifi extender ever works right
08:51 PM Tom_L: well i think that's what it was, it's been a long time since i used it
09:07 PM rue_mohr: https://github.com/ruenahcmohr/5x7-nomicro/blob/master/p1190283.jpg
09:17 PM Tom_itx: do any MB video have 4k capability?
09:17 PM Tom_itx is now known as Tom_L
09:18 PM rue_mohr: I'm having fun findiny 1920
09:21 PM aandrew: I have three UAP-AC-PROs powered off of oneof their 8 port PoE switches. they work well, don't particuarly like the cloud shit but once configured it doesn't need it
10:43 PM rue_mohr: ok, so
10:43 PM rue_mohr: put away some of the distractions
10:44 PM rue_mohr: er, I dont know whats project and whats distraction now