Show threadKevin Karhan Nov 6

Granted, #Iridium knows how to write proper documentation and I did expect the "Developers' Guide" for their 9603 SBD Transciever to be NDA'd so hard I'd be subjected to a Polygraph test before being allowed to look at it.

Or if anyone is able and willing to just multimeter their charger so I know which pins are 6V-ish & GND that would solve the problem...

Kevin Karhan Nov 5

 #PleaseBoost:

Does anyone have a #Motorola #Iridium9505 (not #9505A / 9555 / 9575(A)(PTT)) charger / charging cradle / dock / serial adapter or can give me the #Pinouts for said #connector?

  • Kinda need to charge one, ideally without having to remove the battery (which is at least tool-free accessible!) and hooking it up to a benchtop power supply for CV/CC-charging...

#TechSupport #FediTechSupport #VintageElectronics #Vintage #VintageComputing #Communication #Communications #Iridium #Satcom #Satellite #SatelliteCommunications #Charging #Charger #Cable #Pinout #Dock #Docking #DockConnector

Blake PattersonFeb 22, 2024

Here be me dongles.

(I went digging in my dongle box for a Firewire 400 to 800 adapter, which I found, and noted how many Apple-made dongles I have accumulated over the years. And, so, I share.)

(The Apple-made dongles represent but a small fraction of the overall dongle population in said box o' dongles, mind.)

#Apple #Mac #Macintosh #iPhone #dongle #cable #adapter #hardware #tech #HDMI #DVI #VGA #USB #FireWire #DockConnector #photo

Show threadKevin Karhan Sep 14, 2023

@goatsarah @fne8w2ah #Apples #Lightning Connector was shit from day 1 and had 0 reasons to exist - unlike the original #DockConnector, but even then the #iPod could've used #MiniUSB or #MicroUSB + #AV-Chinch and #MHL to do Audio & Video.

#MagSafe is also another #proprietary #SingleVendor solution when #Qi+ existed for over a decade.

Show threadKevin Karhan May 3, 2023

@Stirlo @tay @Scarlet @EU_Commission Espechally since it's not like the original #DockConnector a "necessary evil" due to lack of alternatives which - like proprietary laptop docking stations - simply fanned-out internal ports and several interfaces...

#MHL on #MicroUSB was long specified before #Apple switched to #Lightning and unlike #USBc, Lightning hasn't even a very high cycle rate of (dis-)connections.