pulusound
50 photos of the same heart-shaped piece of ice melting on a silver color coated piece of cardboard. can you tell he was a graphic designer?
:')
its not from the iBook G3 because that one had the CF/SD adapter contraption
its not from the iBooks G4 or PowerBook G4 because i havent swapped the disk in those
its not from any desktop because why would they have a 2.5"
it does seem to work though. of course you can never be sure how long that will be true with disks of this age (well, any age, but you know)...
but since this wont be any kind of mission-critical system, maybe ill just put this one in the mac mini and save my money for now?
surprise stream: lets repair the mac mini [gone]
entirely unprofessional kitchen table live setup with bad audio! but come hang out if you like :-)
@q66 warned about the plastic tabs breaking off but all of mine are still intact. well-considered and patient prying with a non-serrated butter knife was key ☝️👩🏫
jk i didnt consider shit. i think i just got lucky with some not so degraded plastic :3
ok this sucks but it does get me 1080p60 😂
the Mini's output is DVI-I, so i can do DVI-VGA adapter -> OSSC -> HDMI
i tried some other ways..
basic VGA to HDMI converter: picture is way off center and squished. OSSC with default settings had the same issue, but i could fix it by tuning OSSC settings. no such option here
VGA directly into display: picture is squished, and settings on the display dont fix it. sigh
some results after installing the driver and testing
- the "advanced driver" switch on the side of the device must be set to "on" (unsurprising but i forgot it existed)
- Sound Manager, which previously showed a non-functional built-in device, now shows no devices at all
- the driver package came with four ASIO drivers, one for each combination of ASIO 1.0/2.0 and 16/24 bit. these are working fine with SuperCollider 2
i read a bunch of threads about the onboard audio situation. this one has some good sleuthing and is quite educational on how to go about figuring out this stuff https://macos9lives.com/smforum/index.php?topic=6701.0
but the latest development is that someone got it kinda working.. with a vibecoded extension
😩
europlus 
@ahihi “ASIO drivers” hits home differently in Australia 🤣
I’m imagining a chintzy James Bond chase scene right now.
Aleksandr Koltsoff@ahihi Huh. This is the first time I ever hear about coherent/non-coherent stuff. I used to work with PanelLink (precursor of and origin of DVI's TMDS) and also with DVI quite a bit.
Maybe it's just a way to tell that the TMDS signaling is "wonky" somehow? Many ways for it to be so, and one needs to match impedance etc..
If you run across some technical explanation I'd be interested in learning about it (not exactly relevant to my modern day interests, but I am a sponge of useless info).
jwt