Notices by FozzTexx (fozztexx@mastodon.fozztexx.com)

@foone What's wrong with the HDMI to 75Ω coax adapter you have and using a 75Ω to 300Ω twin lead adapter?

@foone Or how abour it tracks distance traveled by the mouse?

@foone Will it be based on buying time or buying keystrokes?

@foone And 15 of them are for the same part because it was easier to search again than go through the open tabs and see if you already have it. Maybe that's just me?

@foone hand drawn hex grid

@foone 50 pin, 34 pin, or 40 pin?

@amigalove my desk has one function too: hold my clutter.

@foone But who can I broadcast it to? Nobody has analog TVs anymore.

@foone Was someone insisting that video tapes were like Coleco Adam tapes and they had to be formatted at the factory before a consumer could use them?

@foone There was a post on r/startrek a year or two ago where someone asked “You get transported to the future but only get to stay for a few hours, what's the first thing you do?” and 99% of the answers were “First thing is go visit sick bay.”

Sometimes I've thought about posting stupid trivia questions and then selecting multiple winners that get the answer right, but on the other site anyone could see the replies and just copy the answer. But over here on Mastodon it's extremely difficult for people to see replies on a post and it might actually work. Might have to try it soon.

Got some tools to see if I can finally break into my payphone and get my fifty cents back. I suspect I will just get frustrated and not get it open.

I gotta get me one of these terminals! #RetroComputing

It's #DecadeDriver Week on #RetroBattlestations! Show off a computer that you think could have been used for at least a decade as a daily driver and you could win a set of vinyl decals!

Full contest rules: https://redd.it/11uu595

#RetroComputing

It has a 40 column by 8 line passive matrix LCD that is also capable of graphics. It runs from just 4 AA batteries and the batteries last a very long time. With my infrequent use, they usually will last months.

Because of the full size keyboard and long battery life, these were popular with people that would be out in the field and needed to write articles and reports.

By popular demand, here is a quick demo of using a TRS-80 model 102 to dial & post a message on Level 29 for #BBSWeek using acoustic couplers and a payphone.

The TRS-80 model 102 was the second gen of Radio Shack’s portable computer, the TRS-80 model 100. While I have both, I tend to favor using the 102 more since mine has 32k of RAM and it’s just a little bit thinner than the 100. #RetroComputing

Original poll with pictures: https://mastodon.fozztexx.com/@fozztexx/109852887206537240

For this demo I’m dialing into the #RetroBattlestations BBS using a pay phone that I keep in my game room. Put one cup on the mouthpiece, drop in several coins, dial the BBS at 916 965 1701, wait to hear the modem on the other end, and quickly shove the cup on the other end of the handset.

The built-in modem allowed people to upload their information to home base using either a phone line. Even without a phone jack it was possible to use the modem with the optional acoustic couplers. That meant that any pay phone around was like a sort of hot spot to get connected.

And it connected! Now I can login and post my message.

Oops, forgot to show how the acoustic coupler connects. It uses a DIN connector with lots of pins. Some of the pins are for the coupler, some are to wire into a phone line directly. If connected to a phone line directly then the Model 102 can dial on its own using pulse dialing.