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MildredHubble

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  • MildredHubble
    Been getting some Christmas shopping done :-) If buying 6 sets of reading glasses for my Dad who is perpetually breaking or losing his counts as a proper gift? :-)
    MildredHubble
    Uh oh...
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    MildredHubble
    MildredHubble
    Land line and internet just went out :-( Thank goodness for smart phones! Lol!
    Gerontius
    Gerontius
    Well, I hope you get it running soon
    MildredHubble
    MildredHubble
    I tried power cycling the router, the phone is just dead silence :-( It's been pretty stormy here so I'm guessing maybe the wind has knocked something out. I was looking forward to streaming some Star Trek, guess I will have to watch a dvd like a Neanderthal!
    MildredHubble
    After feeling pretty rubbish the last week or so, I finally managed to focus and modified an iPod mini to give our friend this Christmas. This one was super easy so it didn't take long. I kinda wish it had kept me occupied for longer, but I will take the win :-)
    MildredHubble
    Went for my blood test today and they also check my weight. I always feel very sensitive about it when they start recommending they refer me to a dietician. I've lost quite a bit of weight and I don't sit around eating cheese burgers and chips all day. I'm active as I can possibly be. My meds cause the weight gain. And they know that full well!
    MildredHubble
    No luck with this iPod. I got the CF card today, it worked as far as letting me restore the software onto the ipod. Thought I had it all working, then I find out that it won't sync with iTunes! Dammit! So looks like I will be performing surgery on the CF to SD converters after all. Hopefully that will solve the problem :-)
    MildredHubble
    Couldn't resist disassembling the SD to CF converter. I suspect I could copy the firmware from one board to another. There's a chip on the board that looks like a EEPROM and has the code FH25VQ40C but I can't find a datasheet on it :-(
    MildredHubble
    MildredHubble
    Ah interesting! I've found a chip with GD25VQ40C and it's data sheet says it's a 4Mbit Flash IC. So the FH25VQ is probably a copy! I will probably try reading the chip tomorrow with my Programmer. If I can read and write to it and the converter still works afterwards then in theory I should be able to copy the chip from the working unit. Fingers crossed! :-)
    MildredHubble
    Tried to modify another iPod 3rd generation with an SD card to CF adapter to give as a gift to my dad for Christmas. Unfortunately the adapter must have a different firmware or something as it just refuses to work. Kinda irritating. I ordered a proper CF card. Hopefully it will work and I'm not throwing my money away! :oops:
    MildredHubble
    I think I just found my next electronics project! It's called the PiStorm. It plugs in to an ATARI STe and uses a Raspberry Pi to emulate a super fast processor. I think I should be able to carry out the soldering :-) I have to order 5 PCBs from PCBWay so on the small possibility anyone else wants one let me know :-)
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    Aspychata
    Aspychata
    Okay, l have zero idea what you said,bit it looks radical and involves electronics, so it's gotta be great.
    MildredHubble
    MildredHubble
    @Aspychata thanks! :-) I suppose I could post my progress, maybe make some videos and it might make more sense when you see it in action. Assuming it all works of course :)
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    Slime_Punk
    I love devboard projects like these! It kind of amazes me everyday what you can do with them :D
    MildredHubble
    Ok, having a weird "Mandela Effect" moment. I've been familiar with the cover art for Mike Oldfield's Tubular Bells since I was a young child and have owned both the vinyl LP and CD for decades, and I've never once noticed the sea and crashing waves at the bottom of the cover?! Very strange!
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    Slime_Punk
    I have weird MEs like that all the time. Sometimes it's hard to notice all of those little details in everything, or at least that's my explanation of it lately!
    Rodafina
    Rodafina
    @MildredHubble
    But now, I am sure you will notice it every single time. It's hard to unsee interesting details.
    MildredHubble
    MildredHubble
    @Rodafina You are absolutely right! I can't not see that detail now :-) I always remembered it as flat sky, no sea, since I was 3 years old! That's basically 4 decades I've missed that detail! :)
    MildredHubble
    "People try to take my soul away
    But I don't hear the rap that they all say
    They try to tell us we don't belong
    That's all right, we're millions strong
    This is my music, it makes me proud
    These are my people and this is my crowd" - KISS
    Aspychata
    Aspychata
    People try to take my autistic soul away.
    But l refuse to hear the crap they say.
    I just hide away, stimming my song.
    Stimming along until my pain is gone.
    Aspychata:)
    MildredHubble
    MildredHubble
    That's brilliant @Aspychata ! :-) I was listening to the song on my iPod and I just thought, if you interpret it from a certain point of view, it could be an ND anthem! :-)

    The last verse says "This is our music, WE LOVE IT LOUD" I think there's a lot of people here who enjoy loud headphone music :-)
    MildredHubble
    Well I've been tinkering with my iPod 3rd generation again today (because I can't resist). I managed to install a compact flash adapter and a 64GB SD card! So now my humble iPod has 60GB storage, up from the original 15GB! :-) It was a bit of a challenge to get it up and running but I'm really pleased!
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    MildredHubble
    MildredHubble
    Thanks @Aspychata :-) I think I should be able to get plenty of years of use out of it now! :-)
    S
    Slime_Punk
    This is both impressive and oddly hilarious. What an awesome project and way to breathe new life into old tech!
    MildredHubble
    MildredHubble
    Thanks @Slime_Punk :-) It is a bit amusing to see the capacity jump so high. Back when I got this iPod 15GB was considered huge. I think the highest capacity version was 40GB, but reviews basically said that only the most ardent music enthusiasts would need that. I can now transfer my entire iTunes library to this iPod and still have more than 30GB left free! :smilecat:
    MildredHubble
    I've just done a quick count, it seems I own 82 individual computers and games consoles, vintage or otherwise.
    MildredHubble
    MildredHubble
    Wait, I just remembered my 3DS so make that 83. :)
    maycontainthunder
    maycontainthunder
    I'm waving the white flag, I can't compete with that number of computers.
    MildredHubble
    MildredHubble
    @maycontainthunder I really didn't know it was that many. I knew it was quite a few, but I was a little surprised! Oh and I just remembered I didn't count the OUYA so I guess I have 84 lol! o_O
    MildredHubble
    Found my cassette deck (yes I'm old) is playing poorly, lots of wow and flutter. I think it's the pinch roller, which should be a slightly grippy rubber, has hardened into a smooth slippery plastic. So fingers crossed a new one will fix it :-)
    Outdated
    Outdated
    It might just be glazed and not need replacing. Clean with a little Metho or White Spirit, not acetone.
    MildredHubble
    MildredHubble
    I thought that could be the case, but I did try that and it just revealed more shiny glossy plastic :-( So I tried scratching the surface, it's definitely like tough plastic most of the way through. Initially there was a rubber roller that drives the capstan and that was just goo so I think the off gassing from that has reacted with the pinch roller :-(
    MildredHubble
    MildredHubble
    Sorry, have that slightly wrong, the gooey roller was on the capstan and it drives an idler wheel which turns the take-up spool :)
    MildredHubble
    Listening to my restored iPod now, it has the hard disk from someone else's iTunes library, so as a former goth/stoner type I'm legally obliged to hate this music but I'm listening to ABBA. To be fair they crafted some great pop songs! You'll never hear me say so of course! 8-)
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    MildredHubble
    MildredHubble
    Oh wow, I didn't know that! I thought the were two married couples who then divorced and married the other partner? This could of course have been a dumb British rumour, now I think about it, it sounds like it is lol!
    Forest Cat
    Forest Cat
    Yeah I think they were married but things changed.
    Stuttermabolur
    Stuttermabolur
    They were two married couples who divorced, but I don't think they married the other partner.
    MildredHubble
    With some parts from eBay, I've managed to fix up my super old iPod 3rd Generation (nearly 2 decades old) it's nice to have it back. It's going to take a while to get my music back on to it lol! :-)
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    elgat0verde
    elgat0verde
    That's so cool that you fixed it dude! Kudos for that
    Gerontius
    Gerontius
    That's awesome; I never thought people would be restoring classic iPods but I'm glad you got it going. Do you have one of the little docks so you can display it while it plays music?
    MildredHubble
    MildredHubble
    @Gerontius Thanks! :-) It feels pretty good to have it back again. It's like I've been reunited with an old friend, which kinda makes sense as I used to be glued to it lol! I think we may still have a dock or two stored somewhere. It's a question of if they will work with such an ancient iPod this one is FireWire only! :-)
    MildredHubble
    Finally got around to fixing my Hi-Fi amplifier! Two 10uF capacitors on the EQ circuit. They were bipolar ones too, very snazzy, but something that I had to order because I rarely need them. I have two records I got ages ago to listen to tomorrow at long last! Too late to play them at a suitable volume unfortunately tonight. :-)
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    Gerontius
    Gerontius
    Ooh nice, transistors but vintage enough to repair the chassis. Delightful. I got myself a vintage electric phonograph recently with a small amplifier, plays 4 speeds, the kind they used in classrooms. It plays vinyl bravely but not exquisitely. A high-fidelity set is an art form of its own & more power to you.
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    Outdated
    I miss my old amp and big speakers but I haven't lived anywhere in many years where I could make use of them. @Gerontius my great grandmother had an HMV gramaphone but they were poor people and couldn't afford the proper stylus for it. It ran on sewing machine needles, it works but you have to keep the balance set very fine.
    MildredHubble
    MildredHubble
    I've heard that some people used cactus needles on their gramophone! My mother had a gramophone, it came with a pyramid shaped tin with needles in it. She claimed you could put the blunt needles back in and they would become sharp again. Got to be nonsense, but I don't know if the manufacturer made the claim or her.
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