305 Reply by Awol

(209 replies, posted in Past Events)

I cannot afford a ticket to Tokyo, especially considering that I plan to spend this summer in Europe. Also school starts again in September.

Beverage wrote:
Dauragon wrote:

Fuck I wish I could go to this.

Dauragon, lets start something in DC damnit so all of those from Tokyo will wish they were from the midatlantic.

...

Quick! Everyone book all the Asian musicians that 8BP haven't confirmed yet!
Let's get BSK and Cow'p over here!

tongue


P.S. But if I were going to Blip Tokyo I'd be most excited for Stu and Quarta330.

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306 Reply by Awol

(68 replies, posted in Past Events)

Albino Ghost Monkey!

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307 Reply by Awol

(68 replies, posted in General Discussion)

PlainFlavored wrote:

I haven't been able to get into Espernet for the last two days or so, on multiple computers on multiple IPs.

Can anyone else confirm that it's down?

infradead wrote:

if you're using chatzilla you need to change where its trying to log in

old one was irc://esper.net/

new one is irc://optical.esper.net/

no idea why.  mibbit does it automatically but i had to change it in chatzilla

i was pretty confused for a few days.  some server migration i suppose?

this may apply to other IRC clients as well

i was able to use a web based client like mibbit with no issues

I have always used dream.esper.net in Chatzilla and am not having any problems.

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308 Reply by Awol

(11 replies, posted in General Discussion)

Hey! smile

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309 Reply by Awol

(72 replies, posted in General Discussion)

BR1GHT PR1MATE wrote:

well... if you missed the gameboy in mouth thread, then i just dont know what to tell you...

QFT

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310 Reply by Awol

(72 replies, posted in General Discussion)

J. Arthur Keenes wrote:

I should get rid of that dumb rocket one of these days.

But that's what the J is for!

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311 Reply by Awol

(41 replies, posted in General Discussion)

I just tried Flying Shark on my Atari STE. It's really hard! I think I'd be better with a D-pad rather than a joystick though. wink

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312 Reply by Awol

(17 replies, posted in Collaborations)

Nestrogen wrote:

as long as said venue is NOT Churchill's. smile

Oh no he di'n't!

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313 Reply by Awol

(16 replies, posted in Releases)

Nullsleep wrote:

Recently picked up the Stagediver I and Dispyz Raverblood 7-inches.  Looking forward to this one.

Esopus-dragon wrote:

I've got the Stagediver and Dispys 7-inches. I look forward to the Dispys 12-inch.

Same here. Was just playing them the other day actually, as a lullaby before bedtime.

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314 Reply by Awol

(25 replies, posted in Nintendo Handhelds)

Very cool!

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315 Reply by Awol

(4 replies, posted in Atari)

Wow! I didn't even know a 28 MHz STE accelerator existed!

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316 Reply by Awol

(4 replies, posted in Atari)

akira^8GB wrote:

Hardcore cable mess. Kudos!

Thanks! It looks complicated, but it's a pretty straightforward pin-to-pin circuit. Ribbon cable would have been much less messy, but I didn't think of that. XD

akira^8GB wrote:

As for the problem, it might have to do with the cables indeed/ Can't you make something that avoids the cabling?

Well, there's not a lot of room in the computer, and I was trying to figure out a way to fit it all in without cutting holes in anything. A cable-less circuit would also be a lot harder to design, due to the different ways the corresponding pins of each CPU form are oriented.

boomlinde wrote:

Maybe something like this: http://www.adapt-plus.com/products/adap … pplcc.html

I tried looking for such a solution, but everything was either not made anymore or ridiculously expensive. Although my version doesn't work at the moment, I made it using materials I already had, except for the PLCC plug which was really hard to find. I finally found one place that sells 68-pin male PLCC plugs for $30. The accelerator itself cost me $30 (a buy-it-now eBay auction that I was the first to see wink), but I'm sure it's worth much more than that, so an additional $30 to try and fit it in my STE was worth it to me. Also, adapters like the ones you linked to are pretty tall, especially if the accelerator were plugged in. I'm not sure if they'd fit, since the STE's CPU is under the keyboard.

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317 Topic by Awol

(4 replies, posted in Atari)

I bought a brand new boxed "ICD Adspeed 16" 16 MHz accelerator on eBay last summer for $30 shipped. It's supposed to replace the CPU in an STF. I could put it in my stock STF, but I'd rather put it in my STE (which I've already upgraded to 4MB RAM and TOS 2.06). STF's and STE's use the same CPU - the only problem is that the STF's CPU comes in a rectangular 64-pin DIP form, while the STE's CPU comes in a square 68-pin PLCC form. So a while ago over winter break I made my own CPU adapter:

Don't laugh! It's my first ever attempt at circuitboard etching, and I didn't have the patience to figure out a circuit design program, so I hand drew the circuits with Sharpie and nail polish. I'm not the neatest at soldering either. smile

Here it is installed in my STE, with the STF accelerator in the socket:

There's not a lot of room in the computer so I made 2 boards and connected them with wire. It didn't occur to me to use ribbon cable until afterwards. So that's what it looks like... a little sketchy, but the important thing is that it should theoretically work (corresponding pins properly connected, no short circuits). The problem is that in practice it doesn't work for some reason. I've unplugged and replugged it a few times, but every time I turn on the STE I get either a blank white screen or 20 bombs. I used my multimeter's continuity test to make sure each pair of pins is connected properly, and to make sure there are no short circuits between wrong pins. I'm sure each pin is connected to the correct corresponding pin too. I don't know what's wrong. Anyone have any suggestions? Someone told me it might be that the CPU signals are too weak to travel through the long wires. The chronicles of this project are in a thread on Atari-Forum here.

I've declared the project a failure for now, but I thought you guys might like to see it anyway. I did learn a lot from the attempt though. Maybe I'll give it another shot in the summer. If all else fails I can just stick the accelerator in my STF or sell it. Or perhaps trade with someone who's got an STE accelerator? wink

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318 Reply by Awol

(1,052 replies, posted in Graphics, Artwork & Design)

Disasterpeace wrote:

Disasterpeace wins the thread. Looks like a screenshot of one of your music videos:


I think I've told you before on 8bc how amazingly beautiful I think this is.

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319 Reply by Awol

(93 replies, posted in Nintendo Consoles)

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320 Reply by Awol

(57 replies, posted in Past Events)

This was the best Pulsewave ever! No exaggeration. I knew this was gonna be an awesome Pulsewave, but my expectations were still exceeded. All the musicians rocked, and the visuals were particularly sick too. I wasn't very familiar with exileFaker or Kris Keyser's music, but my unsuspecting face was melted. I knew Sievert and The J. Arthur Keenes Band were gonna be absolutely amazing, but I still somehow underestimated them.

Really, it's all downhill from here.

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