Andreas (82mhz)

@82mhz@oldbytes.space
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Electrical engineer, musician, out and about on two wheels (bike or Vespa), I read a lot of books (aiming for about one per week, mostly SciFi, biographies, non-fiction), coffee-addict.

I may write about tech, music, retro, books... Currently trying my hands at blogging.

Fed up with the corporate internet, which is what brought me here.

Why 82MHz? Well I was born in 1982, and I studied electrical and telecommunications engineering, so the MHz is a nod to this :)

He/Him

Blog (en)https://82mhz.net
Andreas (82mhz)Jun 19

I found my sister's old phone today. The battery was dead, but when I plugged it in it acutally started up. It initializes to 1/1/2009.

Look at this thing! It's adorable! Why don't phones look like this anymore? Can we have this back?

Andreas (82mhz)May 26
Internet Explorer 5 can view #gopher sites. That's pretty cool, I didn't know that.
Show threadAndreas (82mhz)Nov 22, 2024

#eeepc #windowsxp #retrocomputing
The instructions are oddly specific though... "Discharge to 2%, BUT NOT to 0% or bad things will happen!!!"

Ok, I guess I'll sit here and stare at the battery indicator until it reaches 2% and then power it off as fast as I can before it explodes 😄

Andreas (82mhz)Nov 22, 2024

New battery for this little guy 😊

The black looks slightly weird from the back, but since the display bezel is also black, it doesn't actually look out of place when the computer is open.

#eeepc #windowsxp #retrocomputing

Andreas (82mhz)Oct 9, 2024

I'm looking for a very small USB sound interface for a mini PC project. Something like the one in the picture below.

Doesn't have to be fancy, it should literally just be able to output PC audio and not sound completely horrible. But it needs to be small, USB dongle sized.

Any recommendations or personal experiences? There's a ton of them available on Ebay and Amazon, but I imagine they vary quite a bit in terms of quality.

#askfedi #audio

Show threadAndreas (82mhz)Oct 1, 2024
I got it working!
Andreas (82mhz)Oct 1, 2024

Okay, if I apply power to an LCDs inverter board, without any kind of signal being present on the TDMS interface, should the screen's backlight come on? Because it doesn't...

For reference, I'm talking about a 15''' iMac G4 display.

#retrocomputing #imacg4

Andreas (82mhz)Aug 6, 2024

Out of work with lots of free time, it's the perfect opportunity to level up my skill set! 🤓

#retrocomputing #smolweb

Andreas (82mhz)Aug 2, 2024

Are there any typewriter experts here? I got this little guy the other day, it's a Privileg 300 T from the 70s I guess, judging by the design.

These seem to have been quite common, there's a lot of them on the used market, but I can't find much info about them.

So, does anyone know more about this machine or maybe has a link to a manual?

And in particular, does anyone know what that lever on the left labeled "H - L" does? [Edit: it selects how hard the paper is hit]

[Edit] Lots of great answers, thank you all very much! Have a look through the answers for more info, it seems to be a mechanism made by brother in probably 1974.

#typewriter #schreibmaschine #retrotech

Andreas (82mhz)Jul 12, 2024

Setup for the #oldcomputerchallenge 2024, starting tomorrow:

- Macbook Pro Core2Duo running Windows XP and OSX 10.6.8 as well as a modern minimalistic Linux distro (Crunchbang++)
- iPod
- Discman
- Dumbphone from 2003

If I can get it working right I also have a white Macbook from 2006 that I'd love to play around with, and a Mobile Pentium 3 Laptop from 2001.
Oh, and an iMac from 2001 as well... so yeah, I won't get bored :)

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Andreas (82mhz)Jun 19

I found my sister's old phone today. The battery was dead, but when I plugged it in it acutally started up. It initializes to 1/1/2009.

Look at this thing! It's adorable! Why don't phones look like this anymore? Can we have this back?

Show threadmhdJun 19
@82mhz The original Palm Pre remains the canonical standard for smartphone looks and ergonomics to me.
Show threadAndreas (82mhz)Jun 19
@mhd Fully agree. I had one of those for a little while, and I wish they'd have continued making them. Thanks HP 🙄
Show threadAnita LewisJun 19

@82mhz

That looks a bit like my flip phone without the keyboard. I love the size and shape and am glad I have it. I'm hoping they don't go away like that one did.

Show threadAndreas (82mhz)Jun 19
@ajlewis2
I wish they brought some of the old form factors back, like flip phones or ones with a sliding screen and a physical keyboard. And SMALL ones! Everything is so huge these days...
Show threadIrgndSonDeppJun 19
@82mhz I had an HTC Desire Z, might have been my first Android phone.
I miss it a lot. The hardware keyboard would have been a game-changer for Termux. 😅
Show threadDom đŸĻģJun 19
@irgndsondepp @82mhz My wife had this phone, too! She loved, loved, loved that phone and still compared each phone to it.
Show threadAndreas (82mhz)Jun 19
@irgndsondepp
I'm still mad that they stopped making phones with physical keyboards. I never liked on screen keyboards, I only put up with them because I have to.
Show threadDom đŸĻģJun 19
@82mhz I would totally carry one. Swap SIMs and just use on the weekends.
Show threadAndreas (82mhz)Jun 19
@cinimodev
It would make for a great digital detox-device, because you can't do anything other than make phone calls with it nowadays 😄
If they made this thing with modern connectivity and a bit more oomph (the UI is pretty sluggish), I'd absolutely buy one.
Show threadPikario Jun 21
@82mhz oh I have one similar! I remember using the builtin RSS reader 🤓
Show threadAndreas (82mhz)Jun 21
@pikario
This can do RSS? I think I have to get one now 😄
Show threadPikario 6d ago
@82mhz yes! It may depend on the model but mine was a Samsung Player Star.
But maybe it may not work today because of the change of root ssl certificates, to be tested
Show threadAndreas (82mhz)6d ago
@pikario
It probably won't work, you're right. Not just because of the root certificates but also connectivity... I'm pretty sure this device has at most 3G connectivity, and the 3G network is turned off here in Germany. Don't know if it has WiFi, but even if it does, it will be limited to WEP and maybe WPA1 encryption, which isn't secure anymore.
Show threadPikario 6d ago
@82mhz i think it doesn't even have wifi yeah 😅
It's sad the shutdown the edge and 3G makes a lot of devices useless...