New old tool in the Beta Lab: #Mitutoyo calipers I randomly found on eBay for little money. Not exactly sure how to date these but the logo appears to be the one used roughly from 1962 to 1965 (according to

Leftover engineering

History of the Mitutoyo company logo

Based on The History of Electrical Engineering Newsletter, January 2011 (Japanese). Don’t take this as a completely accurate translation.

). They are still VERY accurate as far as I can see. <3

Grokipedia = Wikipegida * * probably only some of my German followers will get the "joke", sorry.

Ha! Found one of the #DOOM levels I created back in the mid nineties on an old backup CD and just played through it in DOSbox. It’s surprisingly good fun (and brutally hard). The timestamp on the .WAD is Dec 23rd, 1996. I should probably release it to the public for its 30th birthday next year. 😅

New video! I'm showing two (and a half) ways of getting the TL866 EPROM programmer to work in Linux. YouTube: PeerTube:

MakerTube

Using the TL866 EPROM Programmer in Linux

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#TL866 #EPROM #EPROMProgrammer #XGecu #MiniPro #Linux #LinuxMint #Wine #VirtualBox #Tutorial #HowTo #EPROMBurner

The new #Commodore's acquisition of Commodore Corporation B.V. is complete, it seems. Got the official press release email yesterday. #WeAreCommodore #AreWeCommodore

A viewer sent me an email, asking me to look over a schematic for an autofire circuit that he had a generative AI create for him. This is the circuit he sent me. It doesn’t make any sense. I sent him a circuit that works from an old magazine I used before. Don’t fricking trust AI with anything.

Happy birthday, #Amiga! You truly changed my life.

How dare they start a Kickstarter for a new ZX Spectrum Next AND a pre-sale for a new Commodore 64 while I’m completely broke!!1! 😭#ZXSpectrumNext #Commodore64Ultimate #RetroComputing

VIC-20 repair going on in the lab tonight. #InTheLabDoingStuff

A new C64!? In THIS economy?