[00:03] I have a philosophical question for you all [00:03] I'm writing an emulator for a computer of which one instance was ever produced [00:03] the patent says that the instructions are 18 bits long [00:03] the manual for operators says that they are 19 bits [00:03] what do I do?!? [00:04] why would a set of instructions be an odd number of bits [00:05] the memory is arranged in bit-planes, and there's no reason to have any particular number [00:05] it's harvard-architecture [00:06] Isn't it possible to figure it out by doing the emulator, or are you sorta limited by the fact you can't test with the one working model [00:06] the one working model was decommissioned in 1965 or so [00:07] the two sources are irreconcilable [00:07] the patent is about a year older, so it's possible they added another bit [00:07] though strange [00:07] you add an emulated dipswitch of course. [00:08] I like the cut of your jib. [00:08] whoa now, why you looking at my jib. [00:08] He meant your stub [00:09] don't you dare try to interface with it. [00:09] Your jib is private? Fine then. [00:09] yeah no one touches my repository. [00:10] and /scene. penis jokes over. [00:10] apparently i got promoted to "cool enough to be an op" by idling here for weeks on end. excellent. [00:12] I've been idling for months and don't get it :| [00:14] I'm thinking the defining moment might have been I touched Sketchcow's fez at hope9, and my wishes came true [00:14] I'll never get to touch his magnificent beard :( [00:16] So I've been making myself way too busy for weeks, what's up with all you magnificent bastards? What large Internet conglomarate company are we hating this week and wgeting the shit out of? [00:17] or: what the hell's happened in the last 6 weeks interesting? [00:17] i'm now missing 2 issues of Apple Magazine [00:18] it looks like those were never released [00:18] *wore [00:19] the 2012.09.07 issue at least came out on the pirate channels [01:08] i'm removing old.cranchgear.com urls in my techcrunch image grab [01:09] it takes forever retrying to get it [01:09] but nothing it there from what i can tell [01:35] I curbpicked a pink disney TV that has the little mermaid as the volume up/down animation, I swear to god ... [01:37] damn though, I am totally missing the awesome remote and the External Heart speakers for the top though ... http://www.genistra.com/blog/2010/01/14/memorex-disney-princess-crt-tv/ [02:01] can anyone hardware guys ELI5 why a Nintendo RF Adapter wouldn't be working with two Timex Sinclairs with RF Out? RCA-Plug into Sinclair, Coax end into Televison tuned to correct channel [02:02] Power supply output measured with multimeter and is putting out correct voltage [02:03] is the RF Switch for a Nintendo expecting a Component video instead of an RF Video IN? I'm quite new to the hardware side of things .. [02:03] pretty sure I just answered myself there ... [07:09] DrainLbry: iirc because the nintendo rf adapter auto-switches between antenna and the console, there's something where the old systems don't put out enough voltage to trigger the switch or some such [07:09] what you wanna do is just connect it directly with an RCA cable and a simple RCA->coax adapter [07:10] or if you have one of the old school manual switches somewhere [07:11] this fella http://www.atari2600.com/ccp7/ecom-prodshow/Direct-Connect-Coax-Adapter-PROD6238.html [07:11] picture quality is way better than the old crap switches [09:36] save some money: http://www.ramelectronics.net/product.aspx?zpid=1641 [16:02] I'm not sure if everyone's aware of this deal, but if you're technically minded this is awesome: http://shop.oreilly.com/category/deals/b2s-2012-special.do?cmp=tw-npa-dotw-code-programming-math-science-data-web-mobile [16:06] large discounts on everything O'Reilly sells- ebooks, books, and courses