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You can do anything at Zombocom

https://sopuli.xyz/post/36669076

Nov 13 at 6:27pmWeb
Show threadBazellNov 13
Actually a repost with another text. But still funny.
Show threadjubilationtcornponeNov 13
“Welcome to Zombocom.”
Show threadProve_your_argumentNov 13
This is zombocom
Show threaddan1101Nov 13
You can do anything at Zombocom
Show threadjasomanNov 13
This is Zombocom
Show threaddan1101Nov 13
The only limit is your imagination.
Show threadKlearNov 13
This is zombocom and welcome to you have come to zombocom!
Show threadneukenindekeukenNov 13
WEEEEELCOME…tozombocom
Show threadPM_ME_VINTAGE_30S [he/him]Nov 13
The power of Bogatin compels you!
Show threadRubberElectronsNov 13
😂 that’s great
Show threadSundrayNov 13
Somehow that VGA port became a cenobite.
Show threadMîmNov 13
It has such sights to show you.
Show threadcadekatNov 13
The images that have traversed my wire span the entirety of sensation, from the darkest pits of depravity to the… Wait, no, that’s it.
Show threadKenny2999Nov 13
Plot of the next disney hellraiser movie
Show threadmardukNov 13
“propagated” I see what you did there
Show threadTropicalDingdongNov 13

I’ve been there before.

Was trying to figure out how a still functional but LOOOOOOOOOONG since defunct companies sensor worked.

Show threadZombiepirateNov 13
VGA stands for “vestigial garbage adapter” after all.
Show threadmarcosNov 13
Ouch, I just assumed it was the serial port and didn’t even look how it’s reversed. There must be all kinds of fun things you can do by hand-writing VGA data.
Show threadenumerator4829Nov 13
The VGA connector is actually reversible! Once. given enough force. It also doesn’t actually work properly when installed upside down.
Show threadmarcosNov 13

Well, by “reversed” I meant that the cable has pins, and the computer has slots, what is the inverse of serial. Not that it’s upside down.

You can’t plug a serial cable in it and make it work, no matter how much force you apply. You can probably do the opposite, and plug a VGA cable on the serial port with the exact right amount of force, though.

Show threadenumerator4829Nov 13
All connectors are compatible given enough violence.
Show threadTrainguyromNov 15
I mean VGA is good for 1080p 60fps which honestly is a plenty high resolution even today. Sure you can get higher resolution and you can get higher refresh rates, but for a ~20" panel 1080p/60 is a sweet spot and you can get some really good panels for pretty cheap these days at 1080p/60
Show threadZombiepirateNov 15
Oh I was just joking about this janky adapter. It worked great paired with a CRT.
Show threadwjriiNov 13
I would really appreciate it if nobody looked at the PS/2 to USB adapter currently on my workbench, kplzandthx.
Show threadouRKaoSNov 13
I may have recently retired my IBM->PS/2->USB daisy chain because I was gifted a modern mechanical keyboard…
Show threadwjriiNov 13

Well, I feel pretty deep into that rabbit hole, where I’ve even designed a couple of primitive circuit boards and hand-wired a bunch of keyboards. I also mess stains worth vintage stuff a bit.

This particular converter is programmable and meant to be used with a not mechanical 122-key terminal keyboard made by the company that took over IBM’s US keyboard factory, but it’s been hanging out with several DuPont wires shoved into it to connect it to a molex connector to test a different old board.

Show threadaffiliateNov 13
could you attach a picture of it? i want to be sure i don’t accidentally look at it by mistake
Show threadwjriiNov 13
You’ve been warned.
Show threadmozingoNov 13
Oh no… I looked at it…
Show threadsadpartyNov 14
It’s beautiful, thank you
Show threadMonkderVierteNov 14
?
Show threadwjriiNov 14
Yeah, not the best angle. The PS/2 port is that little silver box. The USB-C port is on the PCB. This was assembled to go inside a vintage keyboard to semi-permanently convert it, but I’ve been using it to test other boards. If a board is fully intact, I’ll just use an external converter, but there used to be a practice of snipping the cables on hardware that businesses retired for accounting purposes if they were written off, which can be a good, if risky, way to get an eBay buy for cheap.
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Show threadTomMaszNov 13
This disturbs me to look at. I don’t care if it works.
Show threadrustydrdNov 13
The lies of Big Wire have shackled users for too long!
Show threadAsafumNov 13
I actually did the reverse when I was a kid with a VGA computer monitor lol my mom took my TV away as punishment but I still had my console (I’m forgetting which it was, probably n64) and I tried sticking the 3 color wires from the console into the wire for the monitor and it actually worked, but if I remember correctly it wasn’t exactly color correct lol
Show threadTreczoksNov 13
You should see some of the contraptions I’ve done (or had done) over the years. Like basically taking a a BGA FPGA off the board, soldering wires to the pads, and soldering the other ends to the balls of a different brand of FPGA to get something working while switching suppliers.
Show threadStinkyFingerItchyBumNov 13
Please tell me you took pics.
Show threadTreczoksNov 13
The prototype exists - somewhere - in my office, but I can’t provide pictures, sorry.
Show threadStinkyFingerItchyBumNov 13
:(
Show threadPringlesNov 13
This guy made a sad face. You have to provide a picture now. We can’t sleep unless you do!
Show threadbrbpostingNov 14
Put the “eh” in NDA
Show threadBreadOvenNov 14
:(
Show threadMinnesotaGoddamNov 13
i have an old monitor that’s 25 years old. still works great, but i have to do this kinda shit to connect it
Show threadbigbabybillyNov 14
Did something similar with an IDE drive, when I couldn’t afford a new ribbon cable.
Show threadstupidcaseyNov 14
Wait until you realize you only need 4 of those pins.
Show threadNOPperNov 14
They routed the serial port to the other side of that header.
Show threadjim3692Nov 14
Wait until you realize you only need 3 of those pins.
Show threadChaoticNeutralCzechNov 14
Five signals + ground if you want more than one color channel. The RGB ground might not be connected to the shell insde the monitor and both H-sync and V-sync are required.
Show threadstupidcaseyNov 14
Kids these days with their colors.
Show threadSam_BassNov 14
Had to rig up an rgb light strip like that last week
Show threadanomnomNov 14
You really can do a degree. We once manually patched the ribbon cable from one PowerBook screen into another totally different model and even different sized screen and got it to work mostly. I think it clipped off part of it but this was almost 20 years ago.
Show threadAeriNov 14

This reminds me of how my speakers work.

I have a 3.5mm jack for my speakers that converts to an RCA jack at the end, I also have T-intersection that goes between an amplifier and the RCA jack to intercept the signal and send it BACK to a set of desktop speakers.

Why? Bootleg surround sound, I know it’s just stereo, but hey, more speakers! Also it sounds better, and it can get louder.

Show threadwolframhydroxideNov 14
It may get lost, but does it go to eleven?
Show threadproleNov 14
I have an old Logitech 5.1 surround system, and there is a “stereo x2” setting that’s pretty much exactly that.
Show threadTrainguyromNov 15
I learned the “more speakers = more better” when I once had 2 radios tuned to the same station and noticed it sounded better with both playing than either one turned off
Show threadcausepixNov 14
I wonder… do we have any kind of cablegore or tech gore community around here?
Show threadRcklsabndnNov 14

Be the change you want to see in the world.

I’ll join you.

Show threadMonkderVierteNov 14
zerobytes.monster/c/cablegore
Show threadDaPorkchop_ [any]Nov 14
This reminds me of The Etherkiller
The Etherkiller