dan 💾

It’s Friday
The sun is shining
It’s #MARCHintosh

Time for another giveaway!

If you’d like to enter for a chance to win this stylin’ #LiveLaughLocalTalk pencil then reply to this toot with ‘ADB’

The hat-o-matic will make its decision on Saturday 7 March.

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EDIT! The previous winner wants to give somebody else a chance. So tomorrow we'll give away TWO of these guys :D

Mar 6 at 9:55amWeb
Show threaddan 💾Mar 8

I completely neglected the hat-o-matic yesterday! So here we are, a day late with the latest #LiveLaughLocalTalk pencil winners.

The lucky folk are: @clay and @colinburgess

Send your details over and I’ll get these sent out this week :D ✏️

#MARCHintosh

Show threadColin BurgessMar 16

@billgoats @clay well that’s cool! I normally don’t like Mondays too much but today I’ll make an exception!

Thanks Dan!

Show threaddan 💾Mar 16
@colinburgess It made it! Excellent :D
Show threadColin BurgessMar 16

@billgoats you might be interested to know that Google Maps has zero clue where you live, whereas Apple Maps found it no worries.

It also informed me that there are no directions for me to ever drive there.

Show threaddan 💾Mar 16
@colinburgess Sounds about right ;)
Show threadDr. Juande Santander-VelaMar 6
@billgoats ADB
Show threadThomas BrandMar 6
@billgoats This pencil gets a lot of beauty shots.
Show threaddan 💾Mar 6
@Eggfreckles Different pencil, innit
Show threadThomas BrandMar 6
@billgoats how do I know the pencil is safe? I'm going to need to see a picture of the pencil with today's newspaper.
Show threaddan 💾Mar 6
@Eggfreckles As if we have a daily newspaper 💁
Show threadThomas BrandMar 6
@billgoats nothing an ImageWriter can't fix.
Show threaddan 💾Mar 6
@Eggfreckles Print something to mine and I'll that with the pencil :D
Show threadJohn ParkerMar 6

@billgoats ADB

A small, but loud connector, from what I remember. 🤔

Show threadeuroplus Mar 6
@billgoats ADB
it’s as easy as 1-4-2
Show threadColin BurgessMar 6
@billgoats adb
Show threadClay CMar 6
@billgoats ADB
Show threadfergycoolMar 6
@billgoats ADB!
Show threadKarl BaronMar 6
@billgoats ADB (Automatisk Data Behandling)
Show threadsconientMar 6
@billgoats ADB
On a related note, I wrote my own ADB host firmware years ago for an ADB -> USB adapter because all the open-source adapter projects at the time only supported keyboards. I wanted to use an ADB trackball (Kensington Turbo Mouse). However, the ADB standard only supports 2 button mice without driver extensions, and I was never able to figure out what special command the Kensington driver sent to the trackball to get it to send button presses for buttons 3 and 4. I eventually gave up and took a much less rare serial version and just wired up the buttons and optical encoders to the microcontroller to have it act as a USB mouse.