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  14. <title>Switching it Up!</title>
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  16. <description>&lt;h1 class=&quot;title&quot;&gt;Switching it Up!&lt;/h1&gt;&lt;p class=&quot;statusBoxTag&quot;&gt;2025-01-30, 07:36:29&lt;/p&gt;&lt;a class=&quot;statusBoxWrapper&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot; rel=&quot;noopener noreferrer&quot;&gt;&lt;section&gt;&lt;p&gt;I got a ticket for the Switch 2 hands-on thingy!&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Guess I have to travel to Berlin on April 27.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/section&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;p class=&quot;statusBoxTag&quot;&gt;07:41:51&lt;/p&gt;&lt;a class=&quot;statusBoxWrapper&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot; rel=&quot;noopener noreferrer&quot;&gt;&lt;section&gt;&lt;p&gt;I wonder if they would kick me out immediately if I show them the ticket qr-code on a Switch running Android.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/section&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;p class=&quot;statusBoxTag&quot;&gt;2025-01-31, 19:22:14&lt;/p&gt;&lt;a class=&quot;statusBoxWrapper&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot; rel=&quot;noopener noreferrer&quot;&gt;&lt;section&gt;&lt;p&gt;I bought the train tickets to get there now.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;It takes me about 15 Hours to get to Berlin and back.&lt;br&gt;Hopefully I&apos;ll actually be able to sleep in the night train on the return.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;It&apos;s probably a good idea to buy some sleeping pills or whatever just in case.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/section&gt;&lt;/a&gt;</description>
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  18. <pubDate>Fri, 31 Jan 2025 19:22:14 GMT</pubDate>
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  21. <title>Protonmail Rant</title>
  22. <link>https://dekkia.zip/blog/post/113865690094927014.html</link>
  23. <description>&lt;h1 class=&quot;title&quot;&gt;Protonmail Rant&lt;/h1&gt;&lt;p class=&quot;statusBoxTag&quot;&gt;2025-01-21, 09:42:26&lt;/p&gt;&lt;a class=&quot;statusBoxWrapper&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot; rel=&quot;noopener noreferrer&quot;&gt;&lt;section&gt;&lt;p&gt;The way the proton-mail-export-cli does its job is almost malicious.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Who wouldn&apos;t want a folder with almost 100k files where half are .eml email-files and half are the metadata as json.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/section&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;p class=&quot;statusBoxTag&quot;&gt;09:44:50&lt;/p&gt;&lt;a class=&quot;statusBoxWrapper&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot; rel=&quot;noopener noreferrer&quot;&gt;&lt;section&gt;&lt;p&gt;No folders, no tags, no nothing.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;One could probably figure out that information by parsing the metadata.&lt;br&gt;But everything in there is either also part of the .eml file or a UUID without any reference to what it means whatsoever.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Threre&apos;s some stuff that *looks* like base64 but isn&apos;t as well.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/section&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;p class=&quot;statusBoxTag&quot;&gt;09:47:02&lt;/p&gt;&lt;a class=&quot;statusBoxWrapper&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot; rel=&quot;noopener noreferrer&quot;&gt;&lt;section&gt;&lt;p&gt;So plan B it is:&lt;br&gt;Download everything using the bridge and then letting thunderbird export it folder-by-folder so I can import it into tuta.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;The Tags were set automatically anyway, so I can just do that again after the fact (hopefully)&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/section&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;p class=&quot;statusBoxTag&quot;&gt;09:50:03&lt;/p&gt;&lt;a class=&quot;statusBoxWrapper&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot; rel=&quot;noopener noreferrer&quot;&gt;&lt;section&gt;&lt;p&gt;Oh, yeah I should&apos;ve started the thread with this info maybe:&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;The ProtonMail CEO is a weak man who can&apos;t apologize after saying something stupid and abusing a company-account to double down on it.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;A &quot;clarification&quot; isn&apos;t the same as an apology, even less so when it&apos;s only posted on Reddit.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/section&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;p class=&quot;statusBoxTag&quot;&gt;09:52:00&lt;/p&gt;&lt;a class=&quot;statusBoxWrapper&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot; rel=&quot;noopener noreferrer&quot;&gt;&lt;section&gt;&lt;p&gt;And since Tuta finally added their long-awaited import feature in December, I decided to jump ship.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;There were a couple of things PM did that I didn&apos;t like, but this was the straw that broke the camel&apos;s back.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/section&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;p class=&quot;statusBoxTag&quot;&gt;09:54:32&lt;/p&gt;&lt;a class=&quot;statusBoxWrapper&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot; rel=&quot;noopener noreferrer&quot;&gt;&lt;section&gt;&lt;p&gt;On the Tuta-side everything is set up and ready to import.&lt;br&gt;The only hiccup I had was that they apparently can automatically set tags on incoming emails (or maybe I just can&apos;t find the setting for it)&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;While this would be nice to have, It&apos;s not a dealbreaker by any means.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/section&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;p class=&quot;statusBoxTag&quot;&gt;10:03:30&lt;/p&gt;&lt;a class=&quot;statusBoxWrapper&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot; rel=&quot;noopener noreferrer&quot;&gt;&lt;section&gt;&lt;p&gt;The big step back IMO is that they don&apos;t do PGP at all.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;I get the encryption part, because PGP mail encryption is shit.&lt;br&gt;But it would be nice If I could sign my emails.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/section&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;p class=&quot;statusBoxTag&quot;&gt;10:06:13&lt;/p&gt;&lt;a class=&quot;statusBoxWrapper&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot; rel=&quot;noopener noreferrer&quot;&gt;&lt;section&gt;&lt;p&gt;But that&apos;s a low price to pay to not be reliant on a company whose CEO thinks Trump fights against big tech and cares about the small guy.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/section&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;p class=&quot;statusBoxTag&quot;&gt;2025-01-23, 07:15:36&lt;/p&gt;&lt;a class=&quot;statusBoxWrapper&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot; rel=&quot;noopener noreferrer&quot;&gt;&lt;section&gt;&lt;p&gt;I&apos;ve been talking with Proton support in two different tickets: &lt;br&gt;The one where I asked if there&apos;s a refund at all and the one where I asked to get that refund. (I assumed they&apos;d close No1)&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Today I got my favorite response so far: &lt;br&gt;&amp;gt; I [...] hope that we will get the chance to rectify this.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/section&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;p class=&quot;statusBoxTag&quot;&gt;07:21:26&lt;/p&gt;&lt;a class=&quot;statusBoxWrapper&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot; rel=&quot;noopener noreferrer&quot;&gt;&lt;section&gt;&lt;p&gt;Crazy that there wasn&apos;t a single point in the whole line of fuckups where they had a chance to fix the situation.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/section&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;p class=&quot;statusBoxTag&quot;&gt;07:21:59&lt;/p&gt;&lt;a class=&quot;statusBoxWrapper&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot; rel=&quot;noopener noreferrer&quot;&gt;&lt;section&gt;&lt;p&gt;I guess that&apos;s just destiny (or whatever else some people claim to believe in so they can evade the consequences for their actions)&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/section&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;p class=&quot;statusBoxTag&quot;&gt;08:09:52&lt;/p&gt;&lt;a class=&quot;statusBoxWrapper&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot; rel=&quot;noopener noreferrer&quot;&gt;&lt;section&gt;&lt;p&gt;The refund request went through.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;a class=&quot;statusBoxWrapper&quot; href=&quot;https://media.dekkia.com/media_attachments/files/113/876/646/908/967/125/original/94c0098402cd7137.png&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot; rel=&quot;noopener noreferrer&quot;&gt;&lt;img width=500px alt=&quot;A screenshot from the bottom of the ProtonMail interface.
  24. It says that I&apos;m currently using 2.17GB of 1.00GB.&quot; src=&quot;https://media.dekkia.com/media_attachments/files/113/876/646/908/967/125/original/94c0098402cd7137.png&quot;&gt;&lt;figcaption&gt;A screenshot from the bottom of the ProtonMail interface.
  25. It says that I&apos;m currently using 2.17GB of 1.00GB.&lt;/figcaption&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/section&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;p class=&quot;statusBoxTag&quot;&gt;2025-01-27, 08:31:56&lt;/p&gt;&lt;a class=&quot;statusBoxWrapper&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot; rel=&quot;noopener noreferrer&quot;&gt;&lt;section&gt;&lt;p&gt;FIN&lt;/p&gt;&lt;a class=&quot;statusBoxWrapper&quot; href=&quot;https://media.dekkia.com/media_attachments/files/113/899/383/233/057/049/original/2d1cca9e4916aa7f.png&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot; rel=&quot;noopener noreferrer&quot;&gt;&lt;img width=500px alt=&quot;74,99€ refund from Proton AG in my online banking.&quot; src=&quot;https://media.dekkia.com/media_attachments/files/113/899/383/233/057/049/original/2d1cca9e4916aa7f.png&quot;&gt;&lt;figcaption&gt;74,99€ refund from Proton AG in my online banking.&lt;/figcaption&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/section&gt;&lt;/a&gt;</description>
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  27. <pubDate>Mon, 27 Jan 2025 08:31:56 GMT</pubDate>
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  30. <title>INACCESSIBLE_BOOT_DEVICE</title>
  31. <link>https://dekkia.zip/blog/post/113697179342358671.html</link>
  32. <description>&lt;h1 class=&quot;title&quot;&gt;INACCESSIBLE_BOOT_DEVICE&lt;/h1&gt;&lt;p class=&quot;statusBoxTag&quot;&gt;2024-12-22, 15:27:56&lt;/p&gt;&lt;a class=&quot;statusBoxWrapper&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot; rel=&quot;noopener noreferrer&quot;&gt;&lt;section&gt;&lt;p&gt;I just had to buy a mouse with a DPI-Switch that (hopefully) goes down to 600 because the 1200 DPI mouse I&apos;ve been using is too fast for the bios on a PC I want to play around with.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/section&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;p class=&quot;statusBoxTag&quot;&gt;2024-12-25, 09:21:22&lt;/p&gt;&lt;a class=&quot;statusBoxWrapper&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot; rel=&quot;noopener noreferrer&quot;&gt;&lt;section&gt;&lt;p&gt;This SGI 320 keeps on giving.&lt;br&gt;Merry Christmas btw.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;a class=&quot;statusBoxWrapper&quot; href=&quot;https://media.dekkia.com/media_attachments/files/113/712/702/296/028/078/original/46b71ce4ec5077b0.png&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot; rel=&quot;noopener noreferrer&quot;&gt;&lt;img width=500px alt=&quot;A bluescreen with stopcode 0x0A IRQ_NOT_LESS_OR_EQUAL.
  33. SGIUSB00.sys is the culprit.
  34.  
  35. After that there&apos;s a coredump.&quot; src=&quot;https://media.dekkia.com/media_attachments/files/113/712/702/296/028/078/original/46b71ce4ec5077b0.png&quot;&gt;&lt;figcaption&gt;A bluescreen with stopcode 0x0A IRQ_NOT_LESS_OR_EQUAL.
  36. SGIUSB00.sys is the culprit.
  37.  
  38. After that there&apos;s a coredump.&lt;/figcaption&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/section&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;p class=&quot;statusBoxTag&quot;&gt;09:24:33&lt;/p&gt;&lt;a class=&quot;statusBoxWrapper&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot; rel=&quot;noopener noreferrer&quot;&gt;&lt;section&gt;&lt;p&gt;I can only find two entries when Googling for SGIUSB00.sys&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;A wiki page about Windows NT 4.0 build 1381.133 which mentions an SGI-Specific version with various modifications.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;And a Reddit-thread where someone copy-pasted parts of the wiki (and deleted the post after google cached it)&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/section&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;p class=&quot;statusBoxTag&quot;&gt;09:47:59&lt;/p&gt;&lt;a class=&quot;statusBoxWrapper&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot; rel=&quot;noopener noreferrer&quot;&gt;&lt;section&gt;&lt;p&gt;Trying Windows 2000 now.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Obviously I have to update prom first because fuck me.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/section&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;p class=&quot;statusBoxTag&quot;&gt;09:51:08&lt;/p&gt;&lt;a class=&quot;statusBoxWrapper&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot; rel=&quot;noopener noreferrer&quot;&gt;&lt;section&gt;&lt;p&gt;I&apos;m not sure if I need the .exe or the .bin that the .exe spits out so I put both on a floppy and that seemed to work.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/section&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;p class=&quot;statusBoxTag&quot;&gt;09:55:00&lt;/p&gt;&lt;a class=&quot;statusBoxWrapper&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot; rel=&quot;noopener noreferrer&quot;&gt;&lt;section&gt;&lt;p&gt;And it&apos;s still too old.&lt;br&gt;The guide I&apos;m following asks for PROM 1.1005, and I got a file that ends at 0006.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;My version might be higher, or might be lower.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;a class=&quot;statusBoxWrapper&quot; href=&quot;https://media.dekkia.com/media_attachments/files/113/712/846/275/506/914/original/caf53d0f50caeb24.png&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot; rel=&quot;noopener noreferrer&quot;&gt;&lt;img width=500px alt=&quot;Windows 200 Setup telling me my Computers&apos; PROM firmware is too old and needs updating.&quot; src=&quot;https://media.dekkia.com/media_attachments/files/113/712/846/275/506/914/original/caf53d0f50caeb24.png&quot;&gt;&lt;figcaption&gt;Windows 200 Setup telling me my Computers&apos; PROM firmware is too old and needs updating.&lt;/figcaption&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/section&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;p class=&quot;statusBoxTag&quot;&gt;09:56:49&lt;/p&gt;&lt;a class=&quot;statusBoxWrapper&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot; rel=&quot;noopener noreferrer&quot;&gt;&lt;section&gt;&lt;p&gt;The correct update-file is called PROM1_1005.exe&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;So mine is way old.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/section&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;p class=&quot;statusBoxTag&quot;&gt;10:04:24&lt;/p&gt;&lt;a class=&quot;statusBoxWrapper&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot; rel=&quot;noopener noreferrer&quot;&gt;&lt;section&gt;&lt;p&gt;To answer my previous question: it needs the .bin file.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;But the newer exe doesn&apos;t let me extract it because my PC doesn&apos;t run NT 4.0 or 2000.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Compatibility mode doesn&apos;t help so I guess it&apos;s virtualization time.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/section&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;p class=&quot;statusBoxTag&quot;&gt;10:15:21&lt;/p&gt;&lt;a class=&quot;statusBoxWrapper&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot; rel=&quot;noopener noreferrer&quot;&gt;&lt;section&gt;&lt;p&gt;I&apos;m glad Windows 2000 supports USB floppy drives.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;That way I don&apos;t have to figure out how to get the .exe into the VM and the .bin out.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/section&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;p class=&quot;statusBoxTag&quot;&gt;10:18:43&lt;/p&gt;&lt;a class=&quot;statusBoxWrapper&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot; rel=&quot;noopener noreferrer&quot;&gt;&lt;section&gt;&lt;p&gt;The installer is a bit more advanced than the 0006 one.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;It even copies the data to the floppy for me.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;a class=&quot;statusBoxWrapper&quot; href=&quot;https://media.dekkia.com/media_attachments/files/113/712/939/992/713/849/original/16fcedee3dd34650.png&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot; rel=&quot;noopener noreferrer&quot;&gt;&lt;img width=500px alt=&quot;SGI Firmware Setup fore Version 1.1005 running on Windows 2000.
  39.  
  40. In the center is a progress bar, exporting the update-file to the A-Drive.&quot; src=&quot;https://media.dekkia.com/media_attachments/files/113/712/939/992/713/849/original/16fcedee3dd34650.png&quot;&gt;&lt;figcaption&gt;SGI Firmware Setup fore Version 1.1005 running on Windows 2000.
  41.  
  42. In the center is a progress bar, exporting the update-file to the A-Drive.&lt;/figcaption&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/section&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;p class=&quot;statusBoxTag&quot;&gt;10:20:17&lt;/p&gt;&lt;a class=&quot;statusBoxWrapper&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot; rel=&quot;noopener noreferrer&quot;&gt;&lt;section&gt;&lt;p&gt;Let&apos;s quickly install that update before going to lunch with Family.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/section&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;p class=&quot;statusBoxTag&quot;&gt;10:24:19&lt;/p&gt;&lt;a class=&quot;statusBoxWrapper&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot; rel=&quot;noopener noreferrer&quot;&gt;&lt;section&gt;&lt;p&gt;And we&apos;ve got 1.1005.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Success.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;a class=&quot;statusBoxWrapper&quot; href=&quot;https://media.dekkia.com/media_attachments/files/113/712/962/116/519/227/original/3824615356135c58.png&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot; rel=&quot;noopener noreferrer&quot;&gt;&lt;img width=500px alt=&quot;Hardware inventory screen on a SGI 320.
  43.  
  44. It lists two 600 Mhz x86 Family 6 Model 7 Stepping 3 CPUs, Firmware Version 1.1005, 512MB Memory, Cobalt Graphics, a Intel 82557 network card, a USB Keyboard, a USB PS2 Mouse, a Floppy, a cd rom drive and the ide to sd adapter.&quot; src=&quot;https://media.dekkia.com/media_attachments/files/113/712/962/116/519/227/original/3824615356135c58.png&quot;&gt;&lt;figcaption&gt;Hardware inventory screen on a SGI 320.
  45.  
  46. It lists two 600 Mhz x86 Family 6 Model 7 Stepping 3 CPUs, Firmware Version 1.1005, 512MB Memory, Cobalt Graphics, a Intel 82557 network card, a USB Keyboard, a USB PS2 Mouse, a Floppy, a cd rom drive and the ide to sd adapter.&lt;/figcaption&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/section&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;p class=&quot;statusBoxTag&quot;&gt;13:43:17&lt;/p&gt;&lt;a class=&quot;statusBoxWrapper&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot; rel=&quot;noopener noreferrer&quot;&gt;&lt;section&gt;&lt;p&gt;Successfully installed Windows 2000.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Now I&apos;m getting INACCESSIBLE_BOOT_DEVICE on startup.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Why can&apos;t anything ever be easy?&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/section&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;p class=&quot;statusBoxTag&quot;&gt;13:48:48&lt;/p&gt;&lt;a class=&quot;statusBoxWrapper&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot; rel=&quot;noopener noreferrer&quot;&gt;&lt;section&gt;&lt;p&gt;Let&apos;s try NT again.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/section&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;p class=&quot;statusBoxTag&quot;&gt;13:52:27&lt;/p&gt;&lt;a class=&quot;statusBoxWrapper&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot; rel=&quot;noopener noreferrer&quot;&gt;&lt;section&gt;&lt;p&gt;And now the keyboard isn&apos;t getting detected anymore.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;What is going on?&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/section&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;p class=&quot;statusBoxTag&quot;&gt;14:08:40&lt;/p&gt;&lt;a class=&quot;statusBoxWrapper&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot; rel=&quot;noopener noreferrer&quot;&gt;&lt;section&gt;&lt;p&gt;Neither of the keyboards I tried are detected now.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;I&apos;m 95% this started to happen after the PROM update.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;I&apos;m letting it sit powered off for a while, in the off-change it behaves like the ThinkPad.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;If that doesn&apos;t help I&apos;ll re-flash the update, maybe that&apos;ll fix it.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/section&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;p class=&quot;statusBoxTag&quot;&gt;14:10:22&lt;/p&gt;&lt;a class=&quot;statusBoxWrapper&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot; rel=&quot;noopener noreferrer&quot;&gt;&lt;section&gt;&lt;p&gt;That machine is generally very picky with USB devices.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Out of 4 mice I tested only one works and out of two keyboards none are picked up.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/section&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;p class=&quot;statusBoxTag&quot;&gt;14:13:05&lt;/p&gt;&lt;a class=&quot;statusBoxWrapper&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot; rel=&quot;noopener noreferrer&quot;&gt;&lt;section&gt;&lt;p&gt;I&apos;m seriously considering driving to work to pick up some old mice and keyboards, maybe one of them works.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/section&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;p class=&quot;statusBoxTag&quot;&gt;15:31:58&lt;/p&gt;&lt;a class=&quot;statusBoxWrapper&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot; rel=&quot;noopener noreferrer&quot;&gt;&lt;section&gt;&lt;p&gt;I re-flashed 1.1005 and it still didn&apos;t work.&lt;br&gt;Then I downgraded to 1.006 and the keyboard works fine.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;I&apos;ll try installing a Retail version of NT 4.0 instead of the SGI-Specific one next.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/section&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;p class=&quot;statusBoxTag&quot;&gt;15:40:51&lt;/p&gt;&lt;a class=&quot;statusBoxWrapper&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot; rel=&quot;noopener noreferrer&quot;&gt;&lt;section&gt;&lt;p&gt;Retail doesn&apos;t work either.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/section&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;p class=&quot;statusBoxTag&quot;&gt;15:46:00&lt;/p&gt;&lt;a class=&quot;statusBoxWrapper&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot; rel=&quot;noopener noreferrer&quot;&gt;&lt;section&gt;&lt;p&gt;And the SGI-version gives me the same bluescreen as before.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/section&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;p class=&quot;statusBoxTag&quot;&gt;15:53:15&lt;/p&gt;&lt;a class=&quot;statusBoxWrapper&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot; rel=&quot;noopener noreferrer&quot;&gt;&lt;section&gt;&lt;p&gt;According to a README I found these version exist:&lt;br&gt;1.1005 (keyboard doesn&apos;t work)&lt;br&gt;1.1004&lt;br&gt;1.1003&lt;br&gt;1.1002 (Win2000 support added)&lt;br&gt;1.0006 (keyboard works)&lt;br&gt;1.0005 (what my machine came with)&lt;br&gt;1.0004 &lt;br&gt;1.0002&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/section&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;p class=&quot;statusBoxTag&quot;&gt;15:55:01&lt;/p&gt;&lt;a class=&quot;statusBoxWrapper&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot; rel=&quot;noopener noreferrer&quot;&gt;&lt;section&gt;&lt;p&gt;Both 0005 and 0006 bluescreen when installing NT.&lt;br&gt;1005 Doesn&apos;t accept my keyboard, in PROM mode. (Works fine during installing Win2000)&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/section&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;p class=&quot;statusBoxTag&quot;&gt;15:59:47&lt;/p&gt;&lt;a class=&quot;statusBoxWrapper&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot; rel=&quot;noopener noreferrer&quot;&gt;&lt;section&gt;&lt;p&gt;I can&apos;t find anything about the existence of 1002 or 1003 on the internet. (The README is only available on the internet archive, so it&apos;s not indexed in any search engine)&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/section&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;p class=&quot;statusBoxTag&quot;&gt;16:01:11&lt;/p&gt;&lt;a class=&quot;statusBoxWrapper&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot; rel=&quot;noopener noreferrer&quot;&gt;&lt;section&gt;&lt;p&gt;1004 is mentioned twice. Once in a support thread and once on a wiki-page that links you to a long-dead ftp to download a sgi-tool that gets you 1004.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/section&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;p class=&quot;statusBoxTag&quot;&gt;16:02:44&lt;/p&gt;&lt;a class=&quot;statusBoxWrapper&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot; rel=&quot;noopener noreferrer&quot;&gt;&lt;section&gt;&lt;p&gt;Luckily googling for that sgi_ssk.exe the ftp is supposed to host, I could find that file on the internet archive.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Let&apos;s open it on my Windows 2000 VM and see what happens.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/section&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;p class=&quot;statusBoxTag&quot;&gt;16:16:58&lt;/p&gt;&lt;a class=&quot;statusBoxWrapper&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot; rel=&quot;noopener noreferrer&quot;&gt;&lt;section&gt;&lt;p&gt;I got PROM 1.1004 now!&lt;/p&gt;&lt;a class=&quot;statusBoxWrapper&quot; href=&quot;https://media.dekkia.com/media_attachments/files/113/714/338/928/478/643/original/cebb99de66b7ae00.png&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot; rel=&quot;noopener noreferrer&quot;&gt;&lt;img width=500px alt=&quot;SGI Firmware Setup for Firmware version 1.1004 exporting a file called prom1004.bin to the a: drive.&quot; src=&quot;https://media.dekkia.com/media_attachments/files/113/714/338/928/478/643/original/cebb99de66b7ae00.png&quot;&gt;&lt;figcaption&gt;SGI Firmware Setup for Firmware version 1.1004 exporting a file called prom1004.bin to the a: drive.&lt;/figcaption&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;a class=&quot;statusBoxWrapper&quot; href=&quot;https://media.dekkia.com/media_attachments/files/113/714/356/338/488/738/original/a29acdad07a1ab10.png&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot; rel=&quot;noopener noreferrer&quot;&gt;&lt;img width=500px alt=&quot;a file called prom1004 in Windows explorer on Windows 2000.&quot; src=&quot;https://media.dekkia.com/media_attachments/files/113/714/356/338/488/738/original/a29acdad07a1ab10.png&quot;&gt;&lt;figcaption&gt;a file called prom1004 in Windows explorer on Windows 2000.&lt;/figcaption&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/section&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;p class=&quot;statusBoxTag&quot;&gt;16:20:48&lt;/p&gt;&lt;a class=&quot;statusBoxWrapper&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot; rel=&quot;noopener noreferrer&quot;&gt;&lt;section&gt;&lt;p&gt;And the keyboard doesn&apos;t work here either.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Let&apos;s install Windows 2000 to see the bluescreen again, I guess.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/section&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;p class=&quot;statusBoxTag&quot;&gt;16:24:11&lt;/p&gt;&lt;a class=&quot;statusBoxWrapper&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot; rel=&quot;noopener noreferrer&quot;&gt;&lt;section&gt;&lt;p&gt;If everything fails there are also three known builds of windows whistler known to (technically) work on the SGI 320.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;5.00.2202.1&lt;br&gt;5.00.2211.1 &lt;br&gt;5.1.2223.1&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/section&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;p class=&quot;statusBoxTag&quot;&gt;16:26:46&lt;/p&gt;&lt;a class=&quot;statusBoxWrapper&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot; rel=&quot;noopener noreferrer&quot;&gt;&lt;section&gt;&lt;p&gt;I also just stumbled over Installers for 1.0005, 1.0004 and 1.0002 on the same website that also has the README for 1.1005&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/section&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;p class=&quot;statusBoxTag&quot;&gt;16:37:54&lt;/p&gt;&lt;a class=&quot;statusBoxWrapper&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot; rel=&quot;noopener noreferrer&quot;&gt;&lt;section&gt;&lt;p&gt;Back to the Windows 2000 install:&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Nope.mp3&lt;/p&gt;&lt;a class=&quot;statusBoxWrapper&quot; href=&quot;https://media.dekkia.com/media_attachments/files/113/714/436/216/273/122/original/3553ee1fac8e067c.png&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot; rel=&quot;noopener noreferrer&quot;&gt;&lt;img width=500px alt=&quot;Windows Bluescreen with Stopcode 0x6B PROCESS1_INITIALIZATION_FAILED
  47.  
  48. Telling the user to restart the computer if this is the first time this happens in german.&quot; src=&quot;https://media.dekkia.com/media_attachments/files/113/714/436/216/273/122/original/3553ee1fac8e067c.png&quot;&gt;&lt;figcaption&gt;Windows Bluescreen with Stopcode 0x6B PROCESS1_INITIALIZATION_FAILED
  49.  
  50. Telling the user to restart the computer if this is the first time this happens in german.&lt;/figcaption&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/section&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;p class=&quot;statusBoxTag&quot;&gt;16:40:24&lt;/p&gt;&lt;a class=&quot;statusBoxWrapper&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot; rel=&quot;noopener noreferrer&quot;&gt;&lt;section&gt;&lt;p&gt;Obviously restarting doesn&apos;t fix it.&lt;br&gt;But at least it gives me a different error message to google.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/section&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;p class=&quot;statusBoxTag&quot;&gt;17:22:44&lt;/p&gt;&lt;a class=&quot;statusBoxWrapper&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot; rel=&quot;noopener noreferrer&quot;&gt;&lt;section&gt;&lt;p&gt;And another one.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;a class=&quot;statusBoxWrapper&quot; href=&quot;https://media.dekkia.com/media_attachments/files/113/714/611/289/189/717/original/81b12df6ef1ad4fc.png&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot; rel=&quot;noopener noreferrer&quot;&gt;&lt;img width=500px alt=&quot;Windows bluescreen with the following message:
  51. STOP: c0000221 Unknown Hard Error
  52. \SystemRoot\System32\ntdll.dll&quot; src=&quot;https://media.dekkia.com/media_attachments/files/113/714/611/289/189/717/original/81b12df6ef1ad4fc.png&quot;&gt;&lt;figcaption&gt;Windows bluescreen with the following message:
  53. STOP: c0000221 Unknown Hard Error
  54. \SystemRoot\System32\ntdll.dll&lt;/figcaption&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/section&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;p class=&quot;statusBoxTag&quot;&gt;17:23:10&lt;/p&gt;&lt;a class=&quot;statusBoxWrapper&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot; rel=&quot;noopener noreferrer&quot;&gt;&lt;section&gt;&lt;p&gt;I&apos;m beginning to suspect Windows 2000 doesn&apos;t like being installed on an SD Card.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/section&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;p class=&quot;statusBoxTag&quot;&gt;17:52:30&lt;/p&gt;&lt;a class=&quot;statusBoxWrapper&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot; rel=&quot;noopener noreferrer&quot;&gt;&lt;section&gt;&lt;p&gt;I reinstalled it using FAT instead of NTFS and now I&apos;m back to INACCESSIBLE_BOOT_DEVICE&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/section&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;p class=&quot;statusBoxTag&quot;&gt;18:04:24&lt;/p&gt;&lt;a class=&quot;statusBoxWrapper&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot; rel=&quot;noopener noreferrer&quot;&gt;&lt;section&gt;&lt;p&gt;It&apos;s also not the SD card because a different one gives me the same error.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/section&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;p class=&quot;statusBoxTag&quot;&gt;18:06:44&lt;/p&gt;&lt;a class=&quot;statusBoxWrapper&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot; rel=&quot;noopener noreferrer&quot;&gt;&lt;section&gt;&lt;p&gt;I now bought a 128GB SSD (because it&apos;s the smallest I could find) and an IDE-SATA adapter.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Maybe this fixes it.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/section&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;p class=&quot;statusBoxTag&quot;&gt;18:08:27&lt;/p&gt;&lt;a class=&quot;statusBoxWrapper&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot; rel=&quot;noopener noreferrer&quot;&gt;&lt;section&gt;&lt;p&gt;I&apos;ll keep pressing the reset button for a while now just to see if it changes anything.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/section&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;p class=&quot;statusBoxTag&quot;&gt;2024-12-26, 09:17:20&lt;/p&gt;&lt;a class=&quot;statusBoxWrapper&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot; rel=&quot;noopener noreferrer&quot;&gt;&lt;section&gt;&lt;p&gt;I figured at this point I might as well and burnt a Windows Whistler CD.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;For some reason the keyboard now works in PROM?&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;I&apos;m still going ahead with Whistler, maybe the keyboard is an omen.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/section&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;p class=&quot;statusBoxTag&quot;&gt;09:38:04&lt;/p&gt;&lt;a class=&quot;statusBoxWrapper&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot; rel=&quot;noopener noreferrer&quot;&gt;&lt;section&gt;&lt;p&gt;Formatting a partition NTFS crashes the installer.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Both quick and normal formatting, and on PROM 1.1005 and 1.1004.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;I&apos;ll try again with FAT and if that doesn&apos;t work I&apos;ll try NT 4.0 which wasn&apos;t possible before because the keyboard didn&apos;t work.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/section&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;p class=&quot;statusBoxTag&quot;&gt;09:56:49&lt;/p&gt;&lt;a class=&quot;statusBoxWrapper&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot; rel=&quot;noopener noreferrer&quot;&gt;&lt;section&gt;&lt;p&gt;FAT (slow) goes to 100% and then freezes the installer.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/section&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;p class=&quot;statusBoxTag&quot;&gt;10:02:47&lt;/p&gt;&lt;a class=&quot;statusBoxWrapper&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot; rel=&quot;noopener noreferrer&quot;&gt;&lt;section&gt;&lt;p&gt;FAT (quick) seemingly just worked.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;But now the setup is stuck at &quot;Checking drive D:...&quot; for whatever reason.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/section&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;p class=&quot;statusBoxTag&quot;&gt;10:03:12&lt;/p&gt;&lt;a class=&quot;statusBoxWrapper&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot; rel=&quot;noopener noreferrer&quot;&gt;&lt;section&gt;&lt;p&gt;I guess I&apos;ll let it sit for a while, maybe it&apos;s just incredibly slow.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/section&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;p class=&quot;statusBoxTag&quot;&gt;11:09:36&lt;/p&gt;&lt;a class=&quot;statusBoxWrapper&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot; rel=&quot;noopener noreferrer&quot;&gt;&lt;section&gt;&lt;p&gt;It wasn&apos;t slow, just broken.&lt;br&gt;Time for NT.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/section&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;p class=&quot;statusBoxTag&quot;&gt;11:14:32&lt;/p&gt;&lt;a class=&quot;statusBoxWrapper&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot; rel=&quot;noopener noreferrer&quot;&gt;&lt;section&gt;&lt;p&gt;It didn&apos;t crash while loading SGIUSB.sys.&lt;br&gt;So this was actually a problem with the PROM that was installed when I tried.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;It just installed with NTFS and everything.&lt;br&gt;Let&apos;s see if it actually boots.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/section&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;p class=&quot;statusBoxTag&quot;&gt;11:30:36&lt;/p&gt;&lt;a class=&quot;statusBoxWrapper&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot; rel=&quot;noopener noreferrer&quot;&gt;&lt;section&gt;&lt;p&gt;This is looking good.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;a class=&quot;statusBoxWrapper&quot; href=&quot;https://media.dekkia.com/media_attachments/files/113/718/876/965/665/384/original/a5e1d4969b8fbec5.png&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot; rel=&quot;noopener noreferrer&quot;&gt;&lt;img width=500px alt=&quot;Windows NT Setup.
  55. It&apos;s a blue and black background with various computer things like keyboards and CDs with &amp;quot;Windows NT Setup&amp;quot; written ontop.
  56. In the center is a Windows-98 style window telling the user about the next steps of the setup: 1 Gathering information about your computer
  57. 2 Installing windows NT Networking
  58. 3 Finishing setup
  59. There are a Next and a Back button, back is greyed out&quot; src=&quot;https://media.dekkia.com/media_attachments/files/113/718/876/965/665/384/original/a5e1d4969b8fbec5.png&quot;&gt;&lt;figcaption&gt;Windows NT Setup.
  60. It&apos;s a blue and black background with various computer things like keyboards and CDs with &quot;Windows NT Setup&quot; written ontop.
  61. In the center is a Windows-98 style window telling the user about the next steps of the setup: 1 Gathering information about your computer
  62. 2 Installing windows NT Networking
  63. 3 Finishing setup
  64. There are a Next and a Back button, back is greyed out&lt;/figcaption&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;a class=&quot;statusBoxWrapper&quot; href=&quot;https://media.dekkia.com/media_attachments/files/113/718/877/136/418/788/original/9b1a48f0c39e0fdd.png&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot; rel=&quot;noopener noreferrer&quot;&gt;&lt;img width=500px alt=&quot;Windows NT Setup.
  65. It&apos;s a blue and black background with various computer things like keyboards and CDs with &amp;quot;Windows NT Setup&amp;quot; written ontop.
  66. In the center is a Windows-98 style window with the title &amp;quot;Windows NT Service Pack Setup&amp;quot; below are two progress bars. One for the current file and another one for the overall progress. Above the progress bars is an animation where pages are animated flying from one folder to another.
  67. Above is some text telling the user to wait while the system files are copied&quot; src=&quot;https://media.dekkia.com/media_attachments/files/113/718/877/136/418/788/original/9b1a48f0c39e0fdd.png&quot;&gt;&lt;figcaption&gt;Windows NT Setup.
  68. It&apos;s a blue and black background with various computer things like keyboards and CDs with &quot;Windows NT Setup&quot; written ontop.
  69. In the center is a Windows-98 style window with the title &quot;Windows NT Service Pack Setup&quot; below are two progress bars. One for the current file and another one for the overall progress. Above the progress bars is an animation where pages are animated flying from one folder to another.
  70. Above is some text telling the user to wait while the system files are copied&lt;/figcaption&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/section&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;p class=&quot;statusBoxTag&quot;&gt;11:59:55&lt;/p&gt;&lt;a class=&quot;statusBoxWrapper&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot; rel=&quot;noopener noreferrer&quot;&gt;&lt;section&gt;&lt;p&gt;It just works now.&lt;br&gt;I&apos;m installing all the stuff from the other CDs and then I&apos;ll create an image from the SD card so I can reimage it in case I mess something up.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/section&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;p class=&quot;statusBoxTag&quot;&gt;12:06:59&lt;/p&gt;&lt;a class=&quot;statusBoxWrapper&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot; rel=&quot;noopener noreferrer&quot;&gt;&lt;section&gt;&lt;p&gt;TL;DR:&lt;br&gt;If you want to install Windows on an SGI 320 with an IDE-SD Adapter, upgrade PROM to the latest version (1.1005) and use the SGI 320 specific CDs available on the internet archive.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;If your keyboard or mouse doesn&apos;t work, try different hardware or power it off and on again a couple of times.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/section&gt;&lt;/a&gt;</description>
  71. <guid>https://dekkia.zip/blog/post/113697179342358671.html</guid>
  72. <pubDate>Thu, 26 Dec 2024 12:06:59 GMT</pubDate>
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  75. <title>THINK</title>
  76. <link>https://dekkia.zip/blog/post/113532890867598747.html</link>
  77. <description>&lt;h1 class=&quot;title&quot;&gt;THINK&lt;/h1&gt;&lt;p class=&quot;statusBoxTag&quot;&gt;2024-11-23, 15:07:13&lt;/p&gt;&lt;a class=&quot;statusBoxWrapper&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot; rel=&quot;noopener noreferrer&quot;&gt;&lt;section&gt;&lt;p&gt;Onto my next Victim: A IBM Thinkpad 755C.&lt;br&gt;(The C stands for Color, whoah)&lt;/p&gt;&lt;a class=&quot;statusBoxWrapper&quot; href=&quot;https://media.dekkia.com/media_attachments/files/113/532/878/926/386/686/original/9faf69b78a6a19a4.jpg&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot; rel=&quot;noopener noreferrer&quot;&gt;&lt;img width=500px alt=&quot;A Thinkpad 755C. It has pretty much the same footprint as a piece of A4 Paper and is time-appropriately thick.
  78. There&apos;s no touchpad and the keyboard fills up 85% of the lower shell. It also has the iconic keyboard nipple.
  79. The screen-to-body ratio is comically big by today&apos;s standards.&quot; src=&quot;https://media.dekkia.com/media_attachments/files/113/532/878/926/386/686/original/9faf69b78a6a19a4.jpg&quot;&gt;&lt;figcaption&gt;A Thinkpad 755C. It has pretty much the same footprint as a piece of A4 Paper and is time-appropriately thick.
  80. There&apos;s no touchpad and the keyboard fills up 85% of the lower shell. It also has the iconic keyboard nipple.
  81. The screen-to-body ratio is comically big by today&apos;s standards.&lt;/figcaption&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/section&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;p class=&quot;statusBoxTag&quot;&gt;15:09:17&lt;/p&gt;&lt;a class=&quot;statusBoxWrapper&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot; rel=&quot;noopener noreferrer&quot;&gt;&lt;section&gt;&lt;p&gt;The Battery is dead (ofc) and the contacts inside the laptop are slightly corroded.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;a class=&quot;statusBoxWrapper&quot; href=&quot;https://media.dekkia.com/media_attachments/files/113/532/893/629/180/290/original/8a5497e90eab2f9a.jpg&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot; rel=&quot;noopener noreferrer&quot;&gt;&lt;img width=500px alt=&quot;A recess where a battery could sit with three gold-colored contact pins at one side of it. The pins have a green mist ontop of them.&quot; src=&quot;https://media.dekkia.com/media_attachments/files/113/532/893/629/180/290/original/8a5497e90eab2f9a.jpg&quot;&gt;&lt;figcaption&gt;A recess where a battery could sit with three gold-colored contact pins at one side of it. The pins have a green mist ontop of them.&lt;/figcaption&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/section&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;p class=&quot;statusBoxTag&quot;&gt;15:10:36&lt;/p&gt;&lt;a class=&quot;statusBoxWrapper&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot; rel=&quot;noopener noreferrer&quot;&gt;&lt;section&gt;&lt;p&gt;The battery and the 3,5&quot; Floppy drive can be removed without tools.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;The HDD probably too, but I&apos;ve yet to figure out how. Right now it&apos;s floating around in the case rather loosely.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/section&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;p class=&quot;statusBoxTag&quot;&gt;15:13:19&lt;/p&gt;&lt;a class=&quot;statusBoxWrapper&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot; rel=&quot;noopener noreferrer&quot;&gt;&lt;section&gt;&lt;p&gt;According to the service manual (which is excellent compared to what you get nowadays) there&apos;s a pull tab on the HDD.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;I guess they replaced the one in mine and didn&apos;t care about the next person who works on it.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/section&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;p class=&quot;statusBoxTag&quot;&gt;15:16:25&lt;/p&gt;&lt;a class=&quot;statusBoxWrapper&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot; rel=&quot;noopener noreferrer&quot;&gt;&lt;section&gt;&lt;p&gt;Got it out.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;It&apos;s an IBM DHAA2405 with a total of 344MB of storage.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;a class=&quot;statusBoxWrapper&quot; href=&quot;https://media.dekkia.com/media_attachments/files/113/532/922/778/686/705/original/93dd0e745d20255b.jpg&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot; rel=&quot;noopener noreferrer&quot;&gt;&lt;img width=500px alt=&quot;A 2,5&amp;quot; HDD by IBM&quot; src=&quot;https://media.dekkia.com/media_attachments/files/113/532/922/778/686/705/original/93dd0e745d20255b.jpg&quot;&gt;&lt;figcaption&gt;A 2,5&quot; HDD by IBM&lt;/figcaption&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/section&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;p class=&quot;statusBoxTag&quot;&gt;15:23:18&lt;/p&gt;&lt;a class=&quot;statusBoxWrapper&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot; rel=&quot;noopener noreferrer&quot;&gt;&lt;section&gt;&lt;p&gt;It has one of those Mini-IDE connectors, which makes sense on a small disk like that.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Lucky for me I have a USB adapter for that.&lt;br&gt;So let&apos;s plug it into a 15 year newer Thinkpad to see if I can dump it.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/section&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;p class=&quot;statusBoxTag&quot;&gt;15:26:44&lt;/p&gt;&lt;a class=&quot;statusBoxWrapper&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot; rel=&quot;noopener noreferrer&quot;&gt;&lt;section&gt;&lt;p&gt;And it doesn&apos;t do anything.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Four pins are free when plugged into the adapter, so it might be jumpers.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/section&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;p class=&quot;statusBoxTag&quot;&gt;15:38:17&lt;/p&gt;&lt;a class=&quot;statusBoxWrapper&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot; rel=&quot;noopener noreferrer&quot;&gt;&lt;section&gt;&lt;p&gt;Ok, according to a random website I found no jumpers means slave, jumpers to the outermost pins means master and jumpers to the two pins facing the PCB means cable select.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;I guess I should go for cable select and let my adapter figure it out. But I already know that it probably doesn&apos;t like slave-drives otherwise it would&apos;ve done something.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/section&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;p class=&quot;statusBoxTag&quot;&gt;15:45:11&lt;/p&gt;&lt;a class=&quot;statusBoxWrapper&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot; rel=&quot;noopener noreferrer&quot;&gt;&lt;section&gt;&lt;p&gt;Obviously I don&apos;t have any jumpers that small.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/section&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;p class=&quot;statusBoxTag&quot;&gt;15:46:04&lt;/p&gt;&lt;a class=&quot;statusBoxWrapper&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot; rel=&quot;noopener noreferrer&quot;&gt;&lt;section&gt;&lt;p&gt;I only have big ones for full-size disks.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/section&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;p class=&quot;statusBoxTag&quot;&gt;15:57:07&lt;/p&gt;&lt;a class=&quot;statusBoxWrapper&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot; rel=&quot;noopener noreferrer&quot;&gt;&lt;section&gt;&lt;p&gt;Fine, I&apos;ll build my own jumper with *checks notes* different types of tape I guess.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;I would&apos;ve been quicker if the sticky side of copper tape was conductive too.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;a class=&quot;statusBoxWrapper&quot; href=&quot;https://media.dekkia.com/media_attachments/files/113/533/074/630/896/773/original/6e3031ac0cd14db7.jpg&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot; rel=&quot;noopener noreferrer&quot;&gt;&lt;img width=500px alt=&quot;The bottom-side of a 2,5&amp;quot; IDE HDD plugged into an adapter. The upper rightmost pins have a contraption made from capton-tape and copper-tape wrapped around them.&quot; src=&quot;https://media.dekkia.com/media_attachments/files/113/533/074/630/896/773/original/6e3031ac0cd14db7.jpg&quot;&gt;&lt;figcaption&gt;The bottom-side of a 2,5&quot; IDE HDD plugged into an adapter. The upper rightmost pins have a contraption made from capton-tape and copper-tape wrapped around them.&lt;/figcaption&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/section&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;p class=&quot;statusBoxTag&quot;&gt;16:06:05&lt;/p&gt;&lt;a class=&quot;statusBoxWrapper&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot; rel=&quot;noopener noreferrer&quot;&gt;&lt;section&gt;&lt;p&gt;Putting it into the other state also does nothing.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;I refuse to beliefe the Drive is dead, so I bought another USB adapter and actual 2mm jumpers.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Another one for the shelf I guess.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/section&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;p class=&quot;statusBoxTag&quot;&gt;16:07:01&lt;/p&gt;&lt;a class=&quot;statusBoxWrapper&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot; rel=&quot;noopener noreferrer&quot;&gt;&lt;section&gt;&lt;p&gt;But at least I can still play around with the Laptop itself.&lt;br&gt;I don&apos;t need a Battery or a HDD to turn it on.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;But I do need a Power Supply, which I also don&apos;t have.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/section&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;p class=&quot;statusBoxTag&quot;&gt;16:37:59&lt;/p&gt;&lt;a class=&quot;statusBoxWrapper&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot; rel=&quot;noopener noreferrer&quot;&gt;&lt;section&gt;&lt;p&gt;I did some research, and it&apos;s basically impossible to find an OEM charger because IBM and Later Lenovo loved using different connectors and you now can&apos;t google anything.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/section&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;p class=&quot;statusBoxTag&quot;&gt;16:39:29&lt;/p&gt;&lt;a class=&quot;statusBoxWrapper&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot; rel=&quot;noopener noreferrer&quot;&gt;&lt;section&gt;&lt;p&gt;But I found out that some universal power adapter kits still contain a fitting connector, but with a very wrong pinout.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;I ordered one of those just to see what I&apos;m dealing with and after that I&apos;ll try to make a correct one myself.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/section&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;p class=&quot;statusBoxTag&quot;&gt;2024-11-27, 13:59:44&lt;/p&gt;&lt;a class=&quot;statusBoxWrapper&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot; rel=&quot;noopener noreferrer&quot;&gt;&lt;section&gt;&lt;p&gt;I got the new IDE/USB adapter in and it also doesn&apos;t work.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;When testing it with a different (older) laptop hard drive It worked just fine.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/section&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;p class=&quot;statusBoxTag&quot;&gt;14:00:30&lt;/p&gt;&lt;a class=&quot;statusBoxWrapper&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot; rel=&quot;noopener noreferrer&quot;&gt;&lt;section&gt;&lt;p&gt;The disk doesn&apos;t even spin up, so I guess it&apos;s joever for that one.&lt;br&gt;I&apos;ll be replacing it with an SD-Card adapter.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/section&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;p class=&quot;statusBoxTag&quot;&gt;2024-11-30, 12:59:17&lt;/p&gt;&lt;a class=&quot;statusBoxWrapper&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot; rel=&quot;noopener noreferrer&quot;&gt;&lt;section&gt;&lt;p&gt;I built a custom power connector.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;a class=&quot;statusBoxWrapper&quot; href=&quot;https://media.dekkia.com/media_attachments/files/113/572/012/113/470/984/original/852eca3704ce82ec.jpg&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot; rel=&quot;noopener noreferrer&quot;&gt;&lt;img width=500px alt=&quot;The back of an old Thinkpad with a square 3D printed block sticking out. Four cables are exiting the block, two of which are connected to power-clips from a lab PSU.&quot; src=&quot;https://media.dekkia.com/media_attachments/files/113/572/012/113/470/984/original/852eca3704ce82ec.jpg&quot;&gt;&lt;figcaption&gt;The back of an old Thinkpad with a square 3D printed block sticking out. Four cables are exiting the block, two of which are connected to power-clips from a lab PSU.&lt;/figcaption&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;a class=&quot;statusBoxWrapper&quot; href=&quot;https://media.dekkia.com/media_attachments/files/113/572/021/183/647/484/original/f47d2e5c322f62b6.jpg&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot; rel=&quot;noopener noreferrer&quot;&gt;&lt;img width=500px alt=&quot;A lab PSU supplying 20 Volts at 0.47 Ampere&quot; src=&quot;https://media.dekkia.com/media_attachments/files/113/572/021/183/647/484/original/f47d2e5c322f62b6.jpg&quot;&gt;&lt;figcaption&gt;A lab PSU supplying 20 Volts at 0.47 Ampere&lt;/figcaption&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/section&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;p class=&quot;statusBoxTag&quot;&gt;13:08:00&lt;/p&gt;&lt;a class=&quot;statusBoxWrapper&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot; rel=&quot;noopener noreferrer&quot;&gt;&lt;section&gt;&lt;p&gt;It even boots far enough to ask for a floppy.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Except that the drive isn&apos;t installed and I&apos;ve yet to make sure it&apos;s working before I put it in.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;a class=&quot;statusBoxWrapper&quot; href=&quot;https://media.dekkia.com/media_attachments/files/113/572/036/663/202/139/original/6af68988bfe16545.jpg&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot; rel=&quot;noopener noreferrer&quot;&gt;&lt;img width=500px alt=&quot;A big Window-like box with cyan background, dark blue text and a white boarder. Ontop it says ERROR with a hand thats striked trough. Below are the error codes 00173 and 00163.
  82. As part of the white border there are buttons for OK and Cancel. There&apos;s also a cursor in the shape of a duck.&quot; src=&quot;https://media.dekkia.com/media_attachments/files/113/572/036/663/202/139/original/6af68988bfe16545.jpg&quot;&gt;&lt;figcaption&gt;A big Window-like box with cyan background, dark blue text and a white boarder. Ontop it says ERROR with a hand thats striked trough. Below are the error codes 00173 and 00163.
  83. As part of the white border there are buttons for OK and Cancel. There&apos;s also a cursor in the shape of a duck.&lt;/figcaption&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;a class=&quot;statusBoxWrapper&quot; href=&quot;https://media.dekkia.com/media_attachments/files/113/572/037/184/149/627/original/d49d393df7d37b2e.jpg&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot; rel=&quot;noopener noreferrer&quot;&gt;&lt;img width=500px alt=&quot;A black and whit screen with a stylized floppy drive and a stylized 3,5&amp;quot; floppy below. There&apos;s a surprisingly small arrow between them pointing form the disk to the drive.
  84. There is also some sort of selection that can be done with F1 to F12.&quot; src=&quot;https://media.dekkia.com/media_attachments/files/113/572/037/184/149/627/original/d49d393df7d37b2e.jpg&quot;&gt;&lt;figcaption&gt;A black and whit screen with a stylized floppy drive and a stylized 3,5&quot; floppy below. There&apos;s a surprisingly small arrow between them pointing form the disk to the drive.
  85. There is also some sort of selection that can be done with F1 to F12.&lt;/figcaption&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/section&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;p class=&quot;statusBoxTag&quot;&gt;13:09:18&lt;/p&gt;&lt;a class=&quot;statusBoxWrapper&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot; rel=&quot;noopener noreferrer&quot;&gt;&lt;section&gt;&lt;p&gt;But I don&apos;t want to get ahead of myself:&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;First I want to finish the power plug by adding a 20V USB PD Trigger board to it so I can use it more conveniently.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/section&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;p class=&quot;statusBoxTag&quot;&gt;14:33:18&lt;/p&gt;&lt;a class=&quot;statusBoxWrapper&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot; rel=&quot;noopener noreferrer&quot;&gt;&lt;section&gt;&lt;p&gt;The error codes only mean Time and Date was not set (163) and Configuration data were lost (173).&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;That&apos;s very likely just a dead battery.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/section&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;p class=&quot;statusBoxTag&quot;&gt;16:08:23&lt;/p&gt;&lt;a class=&quot;statusBoxWrapper&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot; rel=&quot;noopener noreferrer&quot;&gt;&lt;section&gt;&lt;p&gt;I think I went a bit overboard with the adapter design.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;a class=&quot;statusBoxWrapper&quot; href=&quot;https://media.dekkia.com/media_attachments/files/113/572/758/003/881/032/original/da9bfba0e02d16ff.png&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot; rel=&quot;noopener noreferrer&quot;&gt;&lt;img width=500px alt=&quot;A 3D rendering of a Power-Adapter for the old hexagonal ThinkPad plug. It gets bigger facing away from the laptop and has the old RGB IBM logo on it.&quot; src=&quot;https://media.dekkia.com/media_attachments/files/113/572/758/003/881/032/original/da9bfba0e02d16ff.png&quot;&gt;&lt;figcaption&gt;A 3D rendering of a Power-Adapter for the old hexagonal ThinkPad plug. It gets bigger facing away from the laptop and has the old RGB IBM logo on it.&lt;/figcaption&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;a class=&quot;statusBoxWrapper&quot; href=&quot;https://media.dekkia.com/media_attachments/files/113/572/759/574/545/502/original/acf840a6bb42df37.png&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot; rel=&quot;noopener noreferrer&quot;&gt;&lt;img width=500px alt=&quot;The same adapter as in the other picture, but rotated to show the side that gets plugged into the Laptop. &quot; src=&quot;https://media.dekkia.com/media_attachments/files/113/572/759/574/545/502/original/acf840a6bb42df37.png&quot;&gt;&lt;figcaption&gt;The same adapter as in the other picture, but rotated to show the side that gets plugged into the Laptop. &lt;/figcaption&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/section&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;p class=&quot;statusBoxTag&quot;&gt;17:00:17&lt;/p&gt;&lt;a class=&quot;statusBoxWrapper&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot; rel=&quot;noopener noreferrer&quot;&gt;&lt;section&gt;&lt;p&gt;Sometimes owning a 1500€ 3D Printer pays off. The colors are not accurate because that&apos;s just the filament I had on hand.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;a class=&quot;statusBoxWrapper&quot; href=&quot;https://media.dekkia.com/media_attachments/files/113/572/960/255/200/711/original/b69af791d35f76cd.png&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot; rel=&quot;noopener noreferrer&quot;&gt;&lt;img width=500px alt=&quot;The same Power-Adapter from the previous post but this time as a real thing instead of a rendering.&quot; src=&quot;https://media.dekkia.com/media_attachments/files/113/572/960/255/200/711/original/b69af791d35f76cd.png&quot;&gt;&lt;figcaption&gt;The same Power-Adapter from the previous post but this time as a real thing instead of a rendering.&lt;/figcaption&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/section&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;p class=&quot;statusBoxTag&quot;&gt;17:01:33&lt;/p&gt;&lt;a class=&quot;statusBoxWrapper&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot; rel=&quot;noopener noreferrer&quot;&gt;&lt;section&gt;&lt;p&gt;Anyways, I now can plug a USB-C power brick into a ThinkPad from ~1995.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/section&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;p class=&quot;statusBoxTag&quot;&gt;20:24:15&lt;/p&gt;&lt;a class=&quot;statusBoxWrapper&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot; rel=&quot;noopener noreferrer&quot;&gt;&lt;section&gt;&lt;p&gt;The floppy drive has issues reading. It mostly works and only fails sometimes.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;So for the time being I installed DOS 6.22 and Windows 3.1 in a VM and copied it over to the SD card it boots from.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;It&apos;s in German because that&apos;s what the keyboard layout is.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;a class=&quot;statusBoxWrapper&quot; href=&quot;https://media.dekkia.com/media_attachments/files/113/573/763/625/215/771/original/cc0c33985e56c7dc.png&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot; rel=&quot;noopener noreferrer&quot;&gt;&lt;img width=500px alt=&quot;Write in Windows 3.1 saying &amp;quot;black sphinx of quartz judge my vow&amp;quot; and &amp;quot;follow dekkia@dekkia.com on the fediverse.&quot; src=&quot;https://media.dekkia.com/media_attachments/files/113/573/763/625/215/771/original/cc0c33985e56c7dc.png&quot;&gt;&lt;figcaption&gt;Write in Windows 3.1 saying &quot;black sphinx of quartz judge my vow&quot; and &quot;follow dekkia@dekkia.com on the fediverse.&lt;/figcaption&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/section&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;p class=&quot;statusBoxTag&quot;&gt;20:40:44&lt;/p&gt;&lt;a class=&quot;statusBoxWrapper&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot; rel=&quot;noopener noreferrer&quot;&gt;&lt;section&gt;&lt;p&gt;It&apos;s even Y2K compliant.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;That means I don&apos;t have to update the system software.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;a class=&quot;statusBoxWrapper&quot; href=&quot;https://media.dekkia.com/media_attachments/files/113/573/836/743/578/922/original/b16abffa6b120b05.png&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot; rel=&quot;noopener noreferrer&quot;&gt;&lt;img width=500px alt=&quot;The clock in Windows 3.1 with today&apos;s date and time&quot; src=&quot;https://media.dekkia.com/media_attachments/files/113/573/836/743/578/922/original/b16abffa6b120b05.png&quot;&gt;&lt;figcaption&gt;The clock in Windows 3.1 with today&apos;s date and time&lt;/figcaption&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/section&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;p class=&quot;statusBoxTag&quot;&gt;20:42:11&lt;/p&gt;&lt;a class=&quot;statusBoxWrapper&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot; rel=&quot;noopener noreferrer&quot;&gt;&lt;section&gt;&lt;p&gt;And I&apos;m already using the Laptop for what it&apos;s built for: gaming.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;a class=&quot;statusBoxWrapper&quot; href=&quot;https://media.dekkia.com/media_attachments/files/113/573/839/610/855/339/original/b81bb836c52030a7.png&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot; rel=&quot;noopener noreferrer&quot;&gt;&lt;img width=500px alt=&quot;The iconic end screen of solitaire where the cards leave a trail while falling down.&quot; src=&quot;https://media.dekkia.com/media_attachments/files/113/573/839/610/855/339/original/b81bb836c52030a7.png&quot;&gt;&lt;figcaption&gt;The iconic end screen of solitaire where the cards leave a trail while falling down.&lt;/figcaption&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/section&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;p class=&quot;statusBoxTag&quot;&gt;2024-12-01, 08:29:06&lt;/p&gt;&lt;a class=&quot;statusBoxWrapper&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot; rel=&quot;noopener noreferrer&quot;&gt;&lt;section&gt;&lt;p&gt;In other news: I just spent 50€ on OS/2 3.0 Diskettes because the German-Language version I want isn&apos;t archived anywhere online.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;I want the original installation experience, because installing it from CD in a VM and copying it to the SD would&apos;ve been too easy.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/section&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;p class=&quot;statusBoxTag&quot;&gt;08:29:54&lt;/p&gt;&lt;a class=&quot;statusBoxWrapper&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot; rel=&quot;noopener noreferrer&quot;&gt;&lt;section&gt;&lt;p&gt;That&apos;s by a wide margin the most I ever paid for an operating system.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/section&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;p class=&quot;statusBoxTag&quot;&gt;10:14:38&lt;/p&gt;&lt;a class=&quot;statusBoxWrapper&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot; rel=&quot;noopener noreferrer&quot;&gt;&lt;section&gt;&lt;p&gt;Here&apos;s the 3D model for the adapter BTW:&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://www.printables.com/model/1093275-thinkpad-4-pin-hexagon-to-usb-c-adpater&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noopener noreferrer&quot; translate=&quot;no&quot;&gt;&lt;span class=&quot;invisible&quot;&gt;https://www.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&quot;ellipsis&quot;&gt;printables.com/model/1093275-t&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&quot;invisible&quot;&gt;hinkpad-4-pin-hexagon-to-usb-c-adpater&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/section&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;p class=&quot;statusBoxTag&quot;&gt;2024-12-03, 18:41:03&lt;/p&gt;&lt;a class=&quot;statusBoxWrapper&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot; rel=&quot;noopener noreferrer&quot;&gt;&lt;section&gt;&lt;p&gt;The Disks I bought weren&apos;t for the German Version.&lt;br&gt;Or at least the setup is in English.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/section&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;p class=&quot;statusBoxTag&quot;&gt;19:00:49&lt;/p&gt;&lt;a class=&quot;statusBoxWrapper&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot; rel=&quot;noopener noreferrer&quot;&gt;&lt;section&gt;&lt;p&gt;Just checked: The German CD version has a German Setup.&lt;br&gt;So I got the boring normal english version.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;(Or maybe this is a quirk with the floppy release. But probably not)&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/section&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;p class=&quot;statusBoxTag&quot;&gt;19:01:25&lt;/p&gt;&lt;a class=&quot;statusBoxWrapper&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot; rel=&quot;noopener noreferrer&quot;&gt;&lt;section&gt;&lt;p&gt;Guess I have to install it to see.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/section&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;p class=&quot;statusBoxTag&quot;&gt;19:20:21&lt;/p&gt;&lt;a class=&quot;statusBoxWrapper&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot; rel=&quot;noopener noreferrer&quot;&gt;&lt;section&gt;&lt;p&gt;This, this is just great.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;a class=&quot;statusBoxWrapper&quot; href=&quot;https://media.dekkia.com/media_attachments/files/113/590/445/167/141/583/original/c8c10a558051474d.jpg&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot; rel=&quot;noopener noreferrer&quot;&gt;&lt;img width=500px alt=&quot;Error message in OS/2 saying &amp;quot;The program pointed to by the SET RUNWORKPLACE= line in CONFIG.SYS could not be started.
  86.  
  87. With buttons for OK and Cancel.&quot; src=&quot;https://media.dekkia.com/media_attachments/files/113/590/445/167/141/583/original/c8c10a558051474d.jpg&quot;&gt;&lt;figcaption&gt;Error message in OS/2 saying &quot;The program pointed to by the SET RUNWORKPLACE= line in CONFIG.SYS could not be started.
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  89. With buttons for OK and Cancel.&lt;/figcaption&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/section&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;p class=&quot;statusBoxTag&quot;&gt;2024-12-18, 17:27:49&lt;/p&gt;&lt;a class=&quot;statusBoxWrapper&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot; rel=&quot;noopener noreferrer&quot;&gt;&lt;section&gt;&lt;p&gt;Time heals all wounds (and broken OS/2 installations)&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;I just picket the laptop up again with the intention of installing NetBSD on it. &lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;I turned it on without a floppy inserted, and it booted right into the &quot;insert disk 7&quot; menu.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/section&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;p class=&quot;statusBoxTag&quot;&gt;17:28:12&lt;/p&gt;&lt;a class=&quot;statusBoxWrapper&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot; rel=&quot;noopener noreferrer&quot;&gt;&lt;section&gt;&lt;p&gt;So I guess I&apos;m installing OS/2 now.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/section&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;p class=&quot;statusBoxTag&quot;&gt;17:52:38&lt;/p&gt;&lt;a class=&quot;statusBoxWrapper&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot; rel=&quot;noopener noreferrer&quot;&gt;&lt;section&gt;&lt;p&gt;How do I tell this OS to shut up?&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/section&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;p class=&quot;statusBoxTag&quot;&gt;2025-01-07, 16:05:19&lt;/p&gt;&lt;a class=&quot;statusBoxWrapper&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot; rel=&quot;noopener noreferrer&quot;&gt;&lt;section&gt;&lt;p&gt;I&apos;m working on a 3D printed replacement shell for the internal battery.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;That shell of course also needs some OEM-ish stickers.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;a class=&quot;statusBoxWrapper&quot; href=&quot;https://media.dekkia.com/media_attachments/files/113/787/906/709/563/287/original/9b15977dcbefd3d3.png&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot; rel=&quot;noopener noreferrer&quot;&gt;&lt;img width=500px alt=&quot;A sticker that looks looks like a generic warning-label on a Battery.
  90. There are some customizations however. Instead of IBM it says DIY, instead of the manufacturer it says &amp;quot;Manufactured for an IBM laptop in someones workshop&amp;quot;. There&apos;s a &amp;quot;trans rights are human rights&amp;quot; hidden in the wall of text and there&apos;s also &amp;quot;reduce reuse recycle&amp;quot; in three different languages.&quot; src=&quot;https://media.dekkia.com/media_attachments/files/113/787/906/709/563/287/original/9b15977dcbefd3d3.png&quot;&gt;&lt;figcaption&gt;A sticker that looks looks like a generic warning-label on a Battery.
  91. There are some customizations however. Instead of IBM it says DIY, instead of the manufacturer it says &quot;Manufactured for an IBM laptop in someones workshop&quot;. There&apos;s a &quot;trans rights are human rights&quot; hidden in the wall of text and there&apos;s also &quot;reduce reuse recycle&quot; in three different languages.&lt;/figcaption&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/section&gt;&lt;/a&gt;</description>
  92. <guid>https://dekkia.zip/blog/post/113532890867598747.html</guid>
  93. <pubDate>Tue, 07 Jan 2025 16:05:19 GMT</pubDate>
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  96. <title>One persons trash is another persons treasure</title>
  97. <link>https://dekkia.zip/blog/post/113526363454768669.html</link>
  98. <description>&lt;h1 class=&quot;title&quot;&gt;One persons trash is another persons treasure&lt;/h1&gt;&lt;p class=&quot;statusBoxTag&quot;&gt;2024-11-22, 11:27:12&lt;/p&gt;&lt;a class=&quot;statusBoxWrapper&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot; rel=&quot;noopener noreferrer&quot;&gt;&lt;section&gt;&lt;p&gt;I bought some things at auction.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;a class=&quot;statusBoxWrapper&quot; href=&quot;https://media.dekkia.com/media_attachments/files/113/526/353/508/985/570/original/bebc82300a0d3bb0.jpg&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot; rel=&quot;noopener noreferrer&quot;&gt;&lt;img width=500px alt=&quot;A weird looking cart filled with various Computer stuff. Amongst other things two silicon graphics workstations, a turquoise apple monitor, a IBM thinkpad and a bunch of cables.&quot; src=&quot;https://media.dekkia.com/media_attachments/files/113/526/353/508/985/570/original/bebc82300a0d3bb0.jpg&quot;&gt;&lt;figcaption&gt;A weird looking cart filled with various Computer stuff. Amongst other things two silicon graphics workstations, a turquoise apple monitor, a IBM thinkpad and a bunch of cables.&lt;/figcaption&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/section&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;p class=&quot;statusBoxTag&quot;&gt;19:16:05&lt;/p&gt;&lt;a class=&quot;statusBoxWrapper&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot; rel=&quot;noopener noreferrer&quot;&gt;&lt;section&gt;&lt;p&gt;One of the things I got was a Sony Mavica.&lt;br&gt;You know, the one seen on LGR.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;I figured I need a quick win after driving for 10 Hours to pick all that tech up today and chose that one for that goal.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/section&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;p class=&quot;statusBoxTag&quot;&gt;19:17:36&lt;/p&gt;&lt;a class=&quot;statusBoxWrapper&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot; rel=&quot;noopener noreferrer&quot;&gt;&lt;section&gt;&lt;p&gt;It seems to be in good shape, but somewhat loved.&lt;br&gt;Has some minor scratches on the surface, some slightly bigger ones on the bottom, and fingerprints on any surface that shows them.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/section&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;p class=&quot;statusBoxTag&quot;&gt;19:42:12&lt;/p&gt;&lt;a class=&quot;statusBoxWrapper&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot; rel=&quot;noopener noreferrer&quot;&gt;&lt;section&gt;&lt;p&gt;And of course the obligatory scratched-in asset tag.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;a class=&quot;statusBoxWrapper&quot; href=&quot;https://media.dekkia.com/media_attachments/files/113/528/309/116/359/296/original/fca72490b0171038.png&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot; rel=&quot;noopener noreferrer&quot;&gt;&lt;img width=500px alt=&quot;The bottom of a sony mavica camera with a number scratched into the bottom between a sticker with infos about the device and the battery cover.&quot; src=&quot;https://media.dekkia.com/media_attachments/files/113/528/309/116/359/296/original/fca72490b0171038.png&quot;&gt;&lt;figcaption&gt;The bottom of a sony mavica camera with a number scratched into the bottom between a sticker with infos about the device and the battery cover.&lt;/figcaption&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/section&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;p class=&quot;statusBoxTag&quot;&gt;19:44:07&lt;/p&gt;&lt;a class=&quot;statusBoxWrapper&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot; rel=&quot;noopener noreferrer&quot;&gt;&lt;section&gt;&lt;p&gt;But considering I paid 41€ for a box with various cameras that also contained this one, I&apos;m happy.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;a class=&quot;statusBoxWrapper&quot; href=&quot;https://media.dekkia.com/media_attachments/files/113/528/317/009/851/816/original/45452cbdf8d0a29e.png&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot; rel=&quot;noopener noreferrer&quot;&gt;&lt;img width=500px alt=&quot;Picture of the sony mavica from the front.
  99. It&apos;s a rather bulky looking device for today&apos;s standards. Width and height are a bit bigger than a 3,5&amp;quot; floppy disk. But it&apos;s as thick as a modern DSLR. There&apos;s a shutter button on the top right and a zoom-lever right below. towards the right of the button is a built-in flash with a colorful sticker advertising the 2.5 hour or 1600 shot battery runtime. It also talsk about Memory Stick compatibility with an optional floppy disk adaptor. Right to the sticker and the flash protrudes the lens with the lens-cap on. Obove the flash is the sony-logo. Above that ontop of the camera is another sticker which isn&apos;t legible in the photo. the camera has a gray and blue strap.&quot; src=&quot;https://media.dekkia.com/media_attachments/files/113/528/317/009/851/816/original/45452cbdf8d0a29e.png&quot;&gt;&lt;figcaption&gt;Picture of the sony mavica from the front.
  100. It&apos;s a rather bulky looking device for today&apos;s standards. Width and height are a bit bigger than a 3,5&quot; floppy disk. But it&apos;s as thick as a modern DSLR. There&apos;s a shutter button on the top right and a zoom-lever right below. towards the right of the button is a built-in flash with a colorful sticker advertising the 2.5 hour or 1600 shot battery runtime. It also talsk about Memory Stick compatibility with an optional floppy disk adaptor. Right to the sticker and the flash protrudes the lens with the lens-cap on. Obove the flash is the sony-logo. Above that ontop of the camera is another sticker which isn&apos;t legible in the photo. the camera has a gray and blue strap.&lt;/figcaption&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/section&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;p class=&quot;statusBoxTag&quot;&gt;19:44:24&lt;/p&gt;&lt;a class=&quot;statusBoxWrapper&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot; rel=&quot;noopener noreferrer&quot;&gt;&lt;section&gt;&lt;p&gt;But I didn&apos;t really have a quick win.&lt;br&gt;My multimeter measures the battery as completely flat and I don&apos;t have a charging cable.&lt;br&gt;I already ordered a new battery and an external charger, because It&apos;s likely toast.&lt;br&gt;And I&apos;ll have to sort through the boxes of cables tomorrow, hoping to find the OEM charger for the camera itself.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/section&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;p class=&quot;statusBoxTag&quot;&gt;19:44:34&lt;/p&gt;&lt;a class=&quot;statusBoxWrapper&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot; rel=&quot;noopener noreferrer&quot;&gt;&lt;section&gt;&lt;p&gt;The camera also had a floppy disk still in it.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;When trying to look if there&apos;s anything on there, I found out that my only working floppy drive isn&apos;t working anymore.&lt;br&gt;So I bought a replacement for that one as well.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/section&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;p class=&quot;statusBoxTag&quot;&gt;19:44:46&lt;/p&gt;&lt;a class=&quot;statusBoxWrapper&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot; rel=&quot;noopener noreferrer&quot;&gt;&lt;section&gt;&lt;p&gt;I really hope I find that charger tomorrow, if I don&apos;t, I&apos;ll have to wait till Wednesday for the new battery and charger to arrive.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/section&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;p class=&quot;statusBoxTag&quot;&gt;2024-11-23, 11:28:45&lt;/p&gt;&lt;a class=&quot;statusBoxWrapper&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot; rel=&quot;noopener noreferrer&quot;&gt;&lt;section&gt;&lt;p&gt;I&apos;m currently sorting trough all the cables. The most modern one I found by now is a VGA to DVI Cable. &amp;lt;3&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;I feel bad for whoever won most of the Apple-stuff. I ended up with all their Power Supplies.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/section&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;p class=&quot;statusBoxTag&quot;&gt;11:34:41&lt;/p&gt;&lt;a class=&quot;statusBoxWrapper&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot; rel=&quot;noopener noreferrer&quot;&gt;&lt;section&gt;&lt;p&gt;And my whole workshop smells like a leaking battery because I disturbed a canon-thingy I can&apos;t identify.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;a class=&quot;statusBoxWrapper&quot; href=&quot;https://media.dekkia.com/media_attachments/files/113/532/043/243/199/639/original/f6f3c416e8548769.jpg&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot; rel=&quot;noopener noreferrer&quot;&gt;&lt;img width=500px alt=&quot;A Canon NB-300 battery. Next to a thing that probably connects to the back or side of another device. It has a slot for the battery and there&apos;s a barrel jack standing out from the side. There&apos;s also a wheel with a threaded rod sticking out. That&apos;s presumably to mount it on the device. It claims to be either a 7DB or a K30083 according to the label in the battery bay.&quot; src=&quot;https://media.dekkia.com/media_attachments/files/113/532/043/243/199/639/original/f6f3c416e8548769.jpg&quot;&gt;&lt;figcaption&gt;A Canon NB-300 battery. Next to a thing that probably connects to the back or side of another device. It has a slot for the battery and there&apos;s a barrel jack standing out from the side. There&apos;s also a wheel with a threaded rod sticking out. That&apos;s presumably to mount it on the device. It claims to be either a 7DB or a K30083 according to the label in the battery bay.&lt;/figcaption&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/section&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;p class=&quot;statusBoxTag&quot;&gt;11:52:32&lt;/p&gt;&lt;a class=&quot;statusBoxWrapper&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot; rel=&quot;noopener noreferrer&quot;&gt;&lt;section&gt;&lt;p&gt;Update: I found one cable that&apos;s more modern than the DVI: A USB 2.0 Extension cable.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/section&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;p class=&quot;statusBoxTag&quot;&gt;11:56:41&lt;/p&gt;&lt;a class=&quot;statusBoxWrapper&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot; rel=&quot;noopener noreferrer&quot;&gt;&lt;section&gt;&lt;p&gt;But as I feared: No Mavica Power Supply.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/section&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;p class=&quot;statusBoxTag&quot;&gt;12:12:25&lt;/p&gt;&lt;a class=&quot;statusBoxWrapper&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot; rel=&quot;noopener noreferrer&quot;&gt;&lt;section&gt;&lt;p&gt;Time for the next Potential Easy win: A Sony Sports Walkman.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;a class=&quot;statusBoxWrapper&quot; href=&quot;https://media.dekkia.com/media_attachments/files/113/532/186/733/833/137/original/858230d82ab39603.jpg&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot; rel=&quot;noopener noreferrer&quot;&gt;&lt;img width=500px alt=&quot;A Sports Walkman by Sony. It is a bit bigger than other Walkmans. The Left two thirds are a vibrant yellow and contain a gray area in the middle with a AM FM tuner and a tiny window to see if a casette is in there. The remaining third has the same gray as the tuner. On the gray part it says Walkman AVLS in a small light-grey font and SPORTS in big orange letters under it. The yellow part also has the iconic sony logo towards one of the edges.&quot; src=&quot;https://media.dekkia.com/media_attachments/files/113/532/186/733/833/137/original/858230d82ab39603.jpg&quot;&gt;&lt;figcaption&gt;A Sports Walkman by Sony. It is a bit bigger than other Walkmans. The Left two thirds are a vibrant yellow and contain a gray area in the middle with a AM FM tuner and a tiny window to see if a casette is in there. The remaining third has the same gray as the tuner. On the gray part it says Walkman AVLS in a small light-grey font and SPORTS in big orange letters under it. The yellow part also has the iconic sony logo towards one of the edges.&lt;/figcaption&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/section&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;p class=&quot;statusBoxTag&quot;&gt;12:14:03&lt;/p&gt;&lt;a class=&quot;statusBoxWrapper&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot; rel=&quot;noopener noreferrer&quot;&gt;&lt;section&gt;&lt;p&gt;I fear that I&apos;m jinxing it by calling stuff easy wins.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;But we start of good: There are no batts in it and the terminals are clean.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Let&apos;s put some AAs in to find out how bad the belt is.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/section&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;p class=&quot;statusBoxTag&quot;&gt;12:19:17&lt;/p&gt;&lt;a class=&quot;statusBoxWrapper&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot; rel=&quot;noopener noreferrer&quot;&gt;&lt;section&gt;&lt;p&gt;Let&apos;s test the radio first. That way the belt stays working for a while in my mind.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/section&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;p class=&quot;statusBoxTag&quot;&gt;12:19:32&lt;/p&gt;&lt;a class=&quot;statusBoxWrapper&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot; rel=&quot;noopener noreferrer&quot;&gt;&lt;section&gt;&lt;p&gt;The Power LED comes on.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/section&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;p class=&quot;statusBoxTag&quot;&gt;12:21:03&lt;/p&gt;&lt;a class=&quot;statusBoxWrapper&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot; rel=&quot;noopener noreferrer&quot;&gt;&lt;section&gt;&lt;p&gt;And FM Radio works perfectly fine.&lt;br&gt;The tuner dial is a bit stiff, but I wouldn&apos;t be surprised if that&apos;s intended.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;The Audio dial is spot-on no crackling no nothing.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/section&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;p class=&quot;statusBoxTag&quot;&gt;12:25:20&lt;/p&gt;&lt;a class=&quot;statusBoxWrapper&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot; rel=&quot;noopener noreferrer&quot;&gt;&lt;section&gt;&lt;p&gt;The reception inside the house is a bit crap.&lt;br&gt;I can&apos;t really move away from the Window.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/section&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;p class=&quot;statusBoxTag&quot;&gt;12:36:54&lt;/p&gt;&lt;a class=&quot;statusBoxWrapper&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot; rel=&quot;noopener noreferrer&quot;&gt;&lt;section&gt;&lt;p&gt;I can&apos;t test AM right now.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Mostly all AM Broadcasts in Germany ceased to exist in the early-mid 2010s.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Now there&apos;s only a single University-ran Tower in Erlangen and a handfull of others strewn across Europe.&lt;br&gt;Luckily Wikipedia has a List with them in the German-Langue article: &lt;br&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mittelwellenrundfunk&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noopener noreferrer&quot; translate=&quot;no&quot;&gt;&lt;span class=&quot;invisible&quot;&gt;https://&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&quot;ellipsis&quot;&gt;de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mittelwe&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&quot;invisible&quot;&gt;llenrundfunk&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/section&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;p class=&quot;statusBoxTag&quot;&gt;12:39:34&lt;/p&gt;&lt;a class=&quot;statusBoxWrapper&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot; rel=&quot;noopener noreferrer&quot;&gt;&lt;section&gt;&lt;p&gt;I basically have to wait until the sun goes down for Skywave to take effect. Then I should be able to test the AM radio.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Exciting!&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/section&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;p class=&quot;statusBoxTag&quot;&gt;12:42:55&lt;/p&gt;&lt;a class=&quot;statusBoxWrapper&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot; rel=&quot;noopener noreferrer&quot;&gt;&lt;section&gt;&lt;p&gt;Now for the thing I&apos;m dreading.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Testing the tape player&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/section&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;p class=&quot;statusBoxTag&quot;&gt;12:46:09&lt;/p&gt;&lt;a class=&quot;statusBoxWrapper&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot; rel=&quot;noopener noreferrer&quot;&gt;&lt;section&gt;&lt;p&gt;The playback controls work. They&apos;re as satisfying clunky as they should be.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;The Supply Reel rotates just fine. FF and REW also seem good.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Dry-run succeeded.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Now let&apos;s put a tape in it.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/section&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;p class=&quot;statusBoxTag&quot;&gt;12:50:07&lt;/p&gt;&lt;a class=&quot;statusBoxWrapper&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot; rel=&quot;noopener noreferrer&quot;&gt;&lt;section&gt;&lt;p&gt;And it just works.&lt;br&gt;Don&apos;t know about wow and flutter because I don&apos;t have a way to test that.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Is it weird to be a bit disappointed?&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/section&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;p class=&quot;statusBoxTag&quot;&gt;17:40:59&lt;/p&gt;&lt;a class=&quot;statusBoxWrapper&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot; rel=&quot;noopener noreferrer&quot;&gt;&lt;section&gt;&lt;p&gt;I guess I was too quick with that diagnosis.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;I listened to an audiobook and that was fine.&lt;br&gt;Listening to music on it is a chore.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;The playback speed is neither right nor constant.&lt;br&gt;New belt it is then.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/section&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;p class=&quot;statusBoxTag&quot;&gt;20:04:33&lt;/p&gt;&lt;a class=&quot;statusBoxWrapper&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot; rel=&quot;noopener noreferrer&quot;&gt;&lt;section&gt;&lt;p&gt;Back to trying out AM again.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;I can hear two stations that are probably in Romania, based on the frequency.&lt;br&gt;It&apos;s with a lot of atmospheric noise.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/section&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;p class=&quot;statusBoxTag&quot;&gt;20:11:38&lt;/p&gt;&lt;a class=&quot;statusBoxWrapper&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot; rel=&quot;noopener noreferrer&quot;&gt;&lt;section&gt;&lt;p&gt;And yea, that&apos;s it in terms of AM.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Going outside would probably make it better. But it&apos;s cold and dark there.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/section&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;p class=&quot;statusBoxTag&quot;&gt;2024-11-27, 13:30:56&lt;/p&gt;&lt;a class=&quot;statusBoxWrapper&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot; rel=&quot;noopener noreferrer&quot;&gt;&lt;section&gt;&lt;p&gt;I got the replacement battery for the Mavica in and a new floppy drive.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;The new battery is extremely snug, and I had to (very carefully) use a flat head screwdriver to pry it back out again.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;I wrapped some kapton tape around it now to use as a pull tab.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/section&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;p class=&quot;statusBoxTag&quot;&gt;13:33:27&lt;/p&gt;&lt;a class=&quot;statusBoxWrapper&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot; rel=&quot;noopener noreferrer&quot;&gt;&lt;section&gt;&lt;p&gt;The floppy had pictures on them, of course.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;They look like they&apos;ve been taken in the make-up room on a TV set. (Or that&apos;s what I assume because I got the camera from a TV Studio)&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;All the pictures have people on them, so I won&apos;t post them here.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/section&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;p class=&quot;statusBoxTag&quot;&gt;13:43:57&lt;/p&gt;&lt;a class=&quot;statusBoxWrapper&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot; rel=&quot;noopener noreferrer&quot;&gt;&lt;section&gt;&lt;p&gt;Falls jemand 2004 beim &lt;a href=&quot;https://dekkia.com/tags/SWR&quot; class=&quot;mention hashtag&quot; rel=&quot;tag&quot;&gt;#&lt;span&gt;SWR&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt; gearbeitet, und dort mit einer Sony Mavica Fotos von Frisuren, Makeup und Kolleg*innen gemacht hat: brauchst du die Fotos noch?&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;span class=&quot;h-card&quot; translate=&quot;no&quot;&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://ard.social/@swr3&quot; class=&quot;u-url mention&quot;&gt;@&lt;span&gt;swr3&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class=&quot;h-card&quot; translate=&quot;no&quot;&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://ard.social/@DasWissen&quot; class=&quot;u-url mention&quot;&gt;@&lt;span&gt;DasWissen&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/section&gt;&lt;/a&gt;</description>
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  102. <pubDate>Wed, 27 Nov 2024 13:43:57 GMT</pubDate>
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  105. <title>unroll.ninja</title>
  106. <link>https://dekkia.zip/blog/post/112299128405838353.html</link>
  107. <description>&lt;h1 class=&quot;title&quot;&gt;unroll.ninja&lt;/h1&gt;&lt;p class=&quot;statusBoxTag&quot;&gt;2024-04-13, 19:20:29&lt;/p&gt;&lt;a class=&quot;statusBoxWrapper&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot; rel=&quot;noopener noreferrer&quot;&gt;&lt;section&gt;&lt;p&gt;Turns out that there isn&apos;t a good way to &quot;unroll&quot; Mastodon threads.&lt;br&gt;The only option I could find is based on a bot-account on a normal Mastodon instance.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/section&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;p class=&quot;statusBoxTag&quot;&gt;19:21:34&lt;/p&gt;&lt;a class=&quot;statusBoxWrapper&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot; rel=&quot;noopener noreferrer&quot;&gt;&lt;section&gt;&lt;p&gt;But if the post you want to unroll hasn&apos;t made it to that instance yet, or the instance isn&apos;t federated with the source instance you&apos;re out of luck.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/section&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;p class=&quot;statusBoxTag&quot;&gt;19:21:52&lt;/p&gt;&lt;a class=&quot;statusBoxWrapper&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot; rel=&quot;noopener noreferrer&quot;&gt;&lt;section&gt;&lt;p&gt;So I made my own.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Behold: &lt;a href=&quot;https://unroll.ninja&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noopener noreferrer&quot; translate=&quot;no&quot;&gt;&lt;span class=&quot;invisible&quot;&gt;https://&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&quot;&quot;&gt;unroll.ninja&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&quot;invisible&quot;&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/section&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;p class=&quot;statusBoxTag&quot;&gt;19:22:29&lt;/p&gt;&lt;a class=&quot;statusBoxWrapper&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot; rel=&quot;noopener noreferrer&quot;&gt;&lt;section&gt;&lt;p&gt;So far It only works with public threads on Mastodon.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/section&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;p class=&quot;statusBoxTag&quot;&gt;19:24:16&lt;/p&gt;&lt;a class=&quot;statusBoxWrapper&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot; rel=&quot;noopener noreferrer&quot;&gt;&lt;section&gt;&lt;p&gt;It&apos;s limited to Mastodon because I&apos;m using the Mastodon API instead of ActivityPub to get the data.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Based on my understanding, ActivityPub has no way to get a specific post from a server.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/section&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;p class=&quot;statusBoxTag&quot;&gt;19:25:08&lt;/p&gt;&lt;a class=&quot;statusBoxWrapper&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot; rel=&quot;noopener noreferrer&quot;&gt;&lt;section&gt;&lt;p&gt;But since the target demographic for this thing is me, I guess that&apos;s fine for now.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/section&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;p class=&quot;statusBoxTag&quot;&gt;19:27:42&lt;/p&gt;&lt;a class=&quot;statusBoxWrapper&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot; rel=&quot;noopener noreferrer&quot;&gt;&lt;section&gt;&lt;p&gt;For a one-day project, it came out pretty well.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;a class=&quot;statusBoxWrapper&quot; href=&quot;https://media.dekkia.com/media_attachments/files/112/265/551/398/006/678/original/78725efb1109959d.png&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot; rel=&quot;noopener noreferrer&quot;&gt;&lt;img width=500px alt=&quot;Screenshot of this thread in unroll.ninja on a desktop browser.&quot; src=&quot;https://media.dekkia.com/media_attachments/files/112/265/551/398/006/678/original/78725efb1109959d.png&quot;&gt;&lt;figcaption&gt;Screenshot of this thread in unroll.ninja on a desktop browser.&lt;/figcaption&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;a class=&quot;statusBoxWrapper&quot; href=&quot;https://media.dekkia.com/media_attachments/files/112/265/552/689/602/149/original/bfd88788b8aae9b8.png&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot; rel=&quot;noopener noreferrer&quot;&gt;&lt;img width=500px alt=&quot;Screenshot of this thread in unroll.ninja on a simulated phone.&quot; src=&quot;https://media.dekkia.com/media_attachments/files/112/265/552/689/602/149/original/bfd88788b8aae9b8.png&quot;&gt;&lt;figcaption&gt;Screenshot of this thread in unroll.ninja on a simulated phone.&lt;/figcaption&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/section&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;p class=&quot;statusBoxTag&quot;&gt;19:29:43&lt;/p&gt;&lt;a class=&quot;statusBoxWrapper&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot; rel=&quot;noopener noreferrer&quot;&gt;&lt;section&gt;&lt;p&gt;You can even share links to the generated page: &lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://unroll.ninja/thread/?uri=https%3A%2F%2Fdekkia.com&amp;amp;id=112265529248538476&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noopener noreferrer&quot; translate=&quot;no&quot;&gt;&lt;span class=&quot;invisible&quot;&gt;https://&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&quot;ellipsis&quot;&gt;unroll.ninja/thread/?uri=https&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&quot;invisible&quot;&gt;%3A%2F%2Fdekkia.com&amp;amp;id=112265529248538476&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/section&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;p class=&quot;statusBoxTag&quot;&gt;19:31:42&lt;/p&gt;&lt;a class=&quot;statusBoxWrapper&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot; rel=&quot;noopener noreferrer&quot;&gt;&lt;section&gt;&lt;p&gt;The long-term goal for me is to make some sort of link collection where I link to the stuff I made and documented on here.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Currently, discoverability isn&apos;t great.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;That&apos;s what I get for using Mastodon as a blog.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/section&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;p class=&quot;statusBoxTag&quot;&gt;19:34:23&lt;/p&gt;&lt;a class=&quot;statusBoxWrapper&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot; rel=&quot;noopener noreferrer&quot;&gt;&lt;section&gt;&lt;p&gt;Maybe I should create a bot that works like the one on the website formerly known as twitter.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/section&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;p class=&quot;statusBoxTag&quot;&gt;2024-04-19, 16:28:13&lt;/p&gt;&lt;a class=&quot;statusBoxWrapper&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot; rel=&quot;noopener noreferrer&quot;&gt;&lt;section&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://unroll.ninja&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noopener noreferrer&quot; translate=&quot;no&quot;&gt;&lt;span class=&quot;invisible&quot;&gt;https://&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&quot;&quot;&gt;unroll.ninja&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&quot;invisible&quot;&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt; now has a working preview image when linked.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;I don&apos;t understand why social media (Mastodon included) can&apos;t just use the favicon or something.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/section&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;p class=&quot;statusBoxTag&quot;&gt;16:31:15&lt;/p&gt;&lt;a class=&quot;statusBoxWrapper&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot; rel=&quot;noopener noreferrer&quot;&gt;&lt;section&gt;&lt;p&gt;Here&apos;s the comparison.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;a class=&quot;statusBoxWrapper&quot; href=&quot;https://media.dekkia.com/media_attachments/files/112/298/828/693/806/603/original/0f73bcabf3530db7.png&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot; rel=&quot;noopener noreferrer&quot;&gt;&lt;img width=500px alt=&quot;A boring-looking &amp;quot;rich preview&amp;quot; with just the domain name, the website name, and a generic page-icon.&quot; src=&quot;https://media.dekkia.com/media_attachments/files/112/298/828/693/806/603/original/0f73bcabf3530db7.png&quot;&gt;&lt;figcaption&gt;A boring-looking &quot;rich preview&quot; with just the domain name, the website name, and a generic page-icon.&lt;/figcaption&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;a class=&quot;statusBoxWrapper&quot; href=&quot;https://media.dekkia.com/media_attachments/files/112/298/832/439/920/911/original/4b8aef14777a43d2.png&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot; rel=&quot;noopener noreferrer&quot;&gt;&lt;img width=500px alt=&quot;The new and improved rich preview with the page logo (the fediverse logo in various shades of purple) the domain, the page Name, and a small description saying &amp;quot;A Browser App that allows you to unroll Mastodon threads int...&amp;quot;&quot; src=&quot;https://media.dekkia.com/media_attachments/files/112/298/832/439/920/911/original/4b8aef14777a43d2.png&quot;&gt;&lt;figcaption&gt;The new and improved rich preview with the page logo (the fediverse logo in various shades of purple) the domain, the page Name, and a small description saying &quot;A Browser App that allows you to unroll Mastodon threads int...&quot;&lt;/figcaption&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/section&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;p class=&quot;statusBoxTag&quot;&gt;16:32:17&lt;/p&gt;&lt;a class=&quot;statusBoxWrapper&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot; rel=&quot;noopener noreferrer&quot;&gt;&lt;section&gt;&lt;p&gt;Probably wouldn&apos;t have figured it out without this resource:&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://box464.com/posts/mastodon-preview-cards/&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noopener noreferrer&quot; translate=&quot;no&quot;&gt;&lt;span class=&quot;invisible&quot;&gt;https://&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&quot;ellipsis&quot;&gt;box464.com/posts/mastodon-prev&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&quot;invisible&quot;&gt;iew-cards/&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/section&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;p class=&quot;statusBoxTag&quot;&gt;17:45:12&lt;/p&gt;&lt;a class=&quot;statusBoxWrapper&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot; rel=&quot;noopener noreferrer&quot;&gt;&lt;section&gt;&lt;p&gt;Recursion!&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://unroll.ninja/thread/?uri=https%3A%2F%2Fdekkia.com&amp;amp;id=112298841695526261&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noopener noreferrer&quot; translate=&quot;no&quot;&gt;&lt;span class=&quot;invisible&quot;&gt;https://&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&quot;ellipsis&quot;&gt;unroll.ninja/thread/?uri=https&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&quot;invisible&quot;&gt;%3A%2F%2Fdekkia.com&amp;amp;id=112298841695526261&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/section&gt;&lt;/a&gt;</description>
  108. <guid>https://dekkia.zip/blog/post/112299128405838353.html</guid>
  109. <pubDate>Fri, 19 Apr 2024 17:45:12 GMT</pubDate>
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  112. <title>Aquiring a FRU04W1730 Cable</title>
  113. <link>https://dekkia.zip/blog/post/112218802097237409.html</link>
  114. <description>&lt;h1 class=&quot;title&quot;&gt;Aquiring a FRU04W1730 Cable&lt;/h1&gt;&lt;p class=&quot;statusBoxTag&quot;&gt;2024-04-05, 13:17:10&lt;/p&gt;&lt;a class=&quot;statusBoxWrapper&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot; rel=&quot;noopener noreferrer&quot;&gt;&lt;section&gt;&lt;p&gt;I&apos;ve been looking for a FRU04W1730 internal Display Cable for my L520 Thinkpad for some time now. I almost was at a point where I&apos;d just buy a broken Laptop with that cable to get it.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/section&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;p class=&quot;statusBoxTag&quot;&gt;13:18:23&lt;/p&gt;&lt;a class=&quot;statusBoxWrapper&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot; rel=&quot;noopener noreferrer&quot;&gt;&lt;section&gt;&lt;p&gt;According to various threads on Reddit and some forums, those cables were easy to come by in the 2010s. But now they&apos;re almost unobtainable.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/section&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;p class=&quot;statusBoxTag&quot;&gt;13:19:07&lt;/p&gt;&lt;a class=&quot;statusBoxWrapper&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot; rel=&quot;noopener noreferrer&quot;&gt;&lt;section&gt;&lt;p&gt;Anyways, tree weeks ago I found an Amazon Seller that claims to have one in stock. It was 45€, but since I&apos;ve been looking for that cable for a year now I ordered it.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/section&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;p class=&quot;statusBoxTag&quot;&gt;13:20:17&lt;/p&gt;&lt;a class=&quot;statusBoxWrapper&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot; rel=&quot;noopener noreferrer&quot;&gt;&lt;section&gt;&lt;p&gt;The shipping time was two months and I expected them to either cancel the order or just scam me.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/section&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;p class=&quot;statusBoxTag&quot;&gt;13:22:58&lt;/p&gt;&lt;a class=&quot;statusBoxWrapper&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot; rel=&quot;noopener noreferrer&quot;&gt;&lt;section&gt;&lt;p&gt;Cancel the order they did not, because today I got a shipping number for it.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;It was shipped two hours ago and I&apos;m extremely curious if they actually put the cable I&apos;m looking for in the box.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/section&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;p class=&quot;statusBoxTag&quot;&gt;2024-04-09, 15:09:01&lt;/p&gt;&lt;a class=&quot;statusBoxWrapper&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot; rel=&quot;noopener noreferrer&quot;&gt;&lt;section&gt;&lt;p&gt;And they send me a FRU04W1729.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;aka. the cable I already have.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/section&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;p class=&quot;statusBoxTag&quot;&gt;15:14:27&lt;/p&gt;&lt;a class=&quot;statusBoxWrapper&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot; rel=&quot;noopener noreferrer&quot;&gt;&lt;section&gt;&lt;p&gt;Obviously, I also can&apos;t send it back for a replacement because Amazon only offers me a refund but not a replacement. (Which is illegal in Germany btw)&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/section&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;p class=&quot;statusBoxTag&quot;&gt;15:14:49&lt;/p&gt;&lt;a class=&quot;statusBoxWrapper&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot; rel=&quot;noopener noreferrer&quot;&gt;&lt;section&gt;&lt;p&gt;Let&apos;s see if support chat can help me.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/section&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;p class=&quot;statusBoxTag&quot;&gt;15:22:00&lt;/p&gt;&lt;a class=&quot;statusBoxWrapper&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot; rel=&quot;noopener noreferrer&quot;&gt;&lt;section&gt;&lt;p&gt;They contacted the seller and will get back to me.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/section&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;p class=&quot;statusBoxTag&quot;&gt;2024-04-16, 19:45:06&lt;/p&gt;&lt;a class=&quot;statusBoxWrapper&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot; rel=&quot;noopener noreferrer&quot;&gt;&lt;section&gt;&lt;p&gt;Update: The seller told them &quot;lol, no&quot; and they relayed that to me after reaching out again.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;So I decided if I don&apos;t get my cable I&apos;ll at least be a pain in the ass about it. So I quoted some laws at them to see what happens next.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;The seller ignored that message according to Amazon.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;So I asked them to ask again.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/section&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;p class=&quot;statusBoxTag&quot;&gt;19:47:39&lt;/p&gt;&lt;a class=&quot;statusBoxWrapper&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot; rel=&quot;noopener noreferrer&quot;&gt;&lt;section&gt;&lt;p&gt;They&apos;ll reach out to me on the 19th at the latest. &lt;br&gt;The same way they wanted to contact me today.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;I just want a damn cable, why does this have to be so complicated.🫠&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/section&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;p class=&quot;statusBoxTag&quot;&gt;2024-04-21, 15:07:34&lt;/p&gt;&lt;a class=&quot;statusBoxWrapper&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot; rel=&quot;noopener noreferrer&quot;&gt;&lt;section&gt;&lt;p&gt;I was in contact with amazon about this on the 18th when they forwarded me the message from the seller telling me to pound sand.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;I pointed out that the seller probably didn&apos;t understand the issue I was talking about because their reply didn&apos;t make a lot of sense. Amazon told me that they&apos;ll ask them about it and that they&apos;ll be in contact.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/section&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;p class=&quot;statusBoxTag&quot;&gt;15:08:38&lt;/p&gt;&lt;a class=&quot;statusBoxWrapper&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot; rel=&quot;noopener noreferrer&quot;&gt;&lt;section&gt;&lt;p&gt;They reached out again today, telling me that there&apos;s nothing they can do when a seller is stubborn like this, and urged me to return it for a refund.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/section&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;p class=&quot;statusBoxTag&quot;&gt;15:09:47&lt;/p&gt;&lt;a class=&quot;statusBoxWrapper&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot; rel=&quot;noopener noreferrer&quot;&gt;&lt;section&gt;&lt;p&gt;So that&apos;s what I did. Except that I would&apos;ve had to pay for shipping because it goes directly to the seller instead of Amazon.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;I asked them if there was a different way.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/section&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;p class=&quot;statusBoxTag&quot;&gt;15:10:53&lt;/p&gt;&lt;a class=&quot;statusBoxWrapper&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot; rel=&quot;noopener noreferrer&quot;&gt;&lt;section&gt;&lt;p&gt;Just go the reply back that I can keep the Cable and they&apos;ll kick off the refund process without a return.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Sucks for the Seller I guess, but they kinda did this to themselves.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/section&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;p class=&quot;statusBoxTag&quot;&gt;15:12:16&lt;/p&gt;&lt;a class=&quot;statusBoxWrapper&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot; rel=&quot;noopener noreferrer&quot;&gt;&lt;section&gt;&lt;p&gt;So now that this path didn&apos;t go anywhere I have to look into other ways to get that cable.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;I already ordered two Cables from sibling models of the T520, hoping that they might do the trick.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/section&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;p class=&quot;statusBoxTag&quot;&gt;15:13:48&lt;/p&gt;&lt;a class=&quot;statusBoxWrapper&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot; rel=&quot;noopener noreferrer&quot;&gt;&lt;section&gt;&lt;p&gt;Another option could be to make a custom cable.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;I know the Pinout for the LVDS connector on the display from Its datasheet and also the Pinout for the Connector on the laptop motherboard from a boardview I found online.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/section&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;p class=&quot;statusBoxTag&quot;&gt;15:16:09&lt;/p&gt;&lt;a class=&quot;statusBoxWrapper&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot; rel=&quot;noopener noreferrer&quot;&gt;&lt;section&gt;&lt;p&gt;But I don&apos;t know what connector it is or what plug I need for it.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;It&apos;s a JAE part, but there&apos;s no part number on it. I also couldn&apos;t find a matching part from JAE on Mouser.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;The next step would be to take some more measurements and hope there&apos;s a plug from a different manufacturer that fits.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/section&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;p class=&quot;statusBoxTag&quot;&gt;15:22:42&lt;/p&gt;&lt;a class=&quot;statusBoxWrapper&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot; rel=&quot;noopener noreferrer&quot;&gt;&lt;section&gt;&lt;p&gt;I don&apos;t really have proper photos of the socket or the plug because my microscope is way zoomed in and my phone camera isn&apos;t makro enough to take a proper picture.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;a class=&quot;statusBoxWrapper&quot; href=&quot;https://media.dekkia.com/media_attachments/files/112/309/891/507/328/343/original/8bef8a4b7dc7c947.jpeg&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot; rel=&quot;noopener noreferrer&quot;&gt;&lt;img width=500px alt=&quot;Half of the display connector I&apos;m talking about. On top of the picture, there&apos;s the connector itself with a single row of pads. On the bottom half are a bunch of individual cables in different colors coming out. There&apos;s also some glue around the wires where they come out of the connector.&quot; src=&quot;https://media.dekkia.com/media_attachments/files/112/309/891/507/328/343/original/8bef8a4b7dc7c947.jpeg&quot;&gt;&lt;figcaption&gt;Half of the display connector I&apos;m talking about. On top of the picture, there&apos;s the connector itself with a single row of pads. On the bottom half are a bunch of individual cables in different colors coming out. There&apos;s also some glue around the wires where they come out of the connector.&lt;/figcaption&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;a class=&quot;statusBoxWrapper&quot; href=&quot;https://media.dekkia.com/media_attachments/files/112/309/891/560/129/847/original/7488a696f909aa6c.jpeg&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot; rel=&quot;noopener noreferrer&quot;&gt;&lt;img width=500px alt=&quot;Half of the Socket the connector fits into. It has a row of contacts to match the pins on the connector.&quot; src=&quot;https://media.dekkia.com/media_attachments/files/112/309/891/560/129/847/original/7488a696f909aa6c.jpeg&quot;&gt;&lt;figcaption&gt;Half of the Socket the connector fits into. It has a row of contacts to match the pins on the connector.&lt;/figcaption&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/section&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;p class=&quot;statusBoxTag&quot;&gt;15:24:04&lt;/p&gt;&lt;a class=&quot;statusBoxWrapper&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot; rel=&quot;noopener noreferrer&quot;&gt;&lt;section&gt;&lt;p&gt;The easiest way would probably be to disassemble the connector I already have, but it looks like the wires a glued in and I don&apos;t want to mess with that if I can help it.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/section&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;p class=&quot;statusBoxTag&quot;&gt;15:24:29&lt;/p&gt;&lt;a class=&quot;statusBoxWrapper&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot; rel=&quot;noopener noreferrer&quot;&gt;&lt;section&gt;&lt;p&gt;Oh, and the date on my Microscope is wrong.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;It thinks it&apos;s January 2016&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/section&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;p class=&quot;statusBoxTag&quot;&gt;2024-04-23, 08:30:43&lt;/p&gt;&lt;a class=&quot;statusBoxWrapper&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot; rel=&quot;noopener noreferrer&quot;&gt;&lt;section&gt;&lt;p&gt;I just got cold-called by someone that introduced himself as the CEO of the seller.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Why tf did Amazon give them my phone number? And who does he think he is to call me on a number he shouldn&apos;t even have?&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;As soon as he introduced himself I hung up and blocked the number. They had two weeks to make this right but only now after Amazon stole 45€ from them they actually do something.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/section&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;p class=&quot;statusBoxTag&quot;&gt;09:20:52&lt;/p&gt;&lt;a class=&quot;statusBoxWrapper&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot; rel=&quot;noopener noreferrer&quot;&gt;&lt;section&gt;&lt;p&gt;I sent the seller an email (without Amazon inbetween) telling them why I hung up and that they can send me an email if the want to tell me something.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/section&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;p class=&quot;statusBoxTag&quot;&gt;17:18:11&lt;/p&gt;&lt;a class=&quot;statusBoxWrapper&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot; rel=&quot;noopener noreferrer&quot;&gt;&lt;section&gt;&lt;p&gt;smol update: we had a short talk over email and he&apos;s genuinely sorry for this mess. Seems like a nice guy. I also apologized for hanging up on him.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Their webstore has another cable that would also work. He ordered it now from their supplier and will let me know it it&apos;s actually the right one or another mixup.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/section&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;p class=&quot;statusBoxTag&quot;&gt;17:18:57&lt;/p&gt;&lt;a class=&quot;statusBoxWrapper&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot; rel=&quot;noopener noreferrer&quot;&gt;&lt;section&gt;&lt;p&gt;Lead time is two to three weeks, but let&apos;s hope this works out.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/section&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;p class=&quot;statusBoxTag&quot;&gt;2024-05-16, 17:13:23&lt;/p&gt;&lt;a class=&quot;statusBoxWrapper&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot; rel=&quot;noopener noreferrer&quot;&gt;&lt;section&gt;&lt;p&gt;Since I hadn&apos;t heard back from the other guy yet, I started to find the cable on my own again.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;I think I found a compatible cable from a seller in Greece.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;a class=&quot;statusBoxWrapper&quot; href=&quot;https://media.dekkia.com/media_attachments/files/112/451/882/824/965/755/original/c2695a0cc0584d48.png&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot; rel=&quot;noopener noreferrer&quot;&gt;&lt;img width=500px alt=&quot;The order Information for &amp;quot;IBM lenovo ThinkPad SL510 45M2860 DD0GC3LC000 NOTEBOOK LCD Video Cable&amp;quot;
  115. With a bunch of greek text with shipping information and stuff in it.&quot; src=&quot;https://media.dekkia.com/media_attachments/files/112/451/882/824/965/755/original/c2695a0cc0584d48.png&quot;&gt;&lt;figcaption&gt;The order Information for &quot;IBM lenovo ThinkPad SL510 45M2860 DD0GC3LC000 NOTEBOOK LCD Video Cable&quot;
  116. With a bunch of greek text with shipping information and stuff in it.&lt;/figcaption&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/section&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;p class=&quot;statusBoxTag&quot;&gt;17:15:15&lt;/p&gt;&lt;a class=&quot;statusBoxWrapper&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot; rel=&quot;noopener noreferrer&quot;&gt;&lt;section&gt;&lt;p&gt;I hope that works out because the other option is a Czech seller that only ships within the Czech Republic.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;They ship to pickup points too so I could drive there if need be.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/section&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;p class=&quot;statusBoxTag&quot;&gt;2024-05-17, 08:14:09&lt;/p&gt;&lt;a class=&quot;statusBoxWrapper&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot; rel=&quot;noopener noreferrer&quot;&gt;&lt;section&gt;&lt;p&gt;I sent the Czech seller an email and now I&apos;ve got a cable from them on the way as well.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;This is going too well, I don&apos;t trust it.&lt;br&gt;Guess I&apos;ll find out soon enough what I missed.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/section&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;p class=&quot;statusBoxTag&quot;&gt;2024-05-22, 11:37:13&lt;/p&gt;&lt;a class=&quot;statusBoxWrapper&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot; rel=&quot;noopener noreferrer&quot;&gt;&lt;section&gt;&lt;p&gt;The Czech seller dropped the ball and sent me the wrong cable.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;I&apos;m starting to see a pattern here.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/section&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;p class=&quot;statusBoxTag&quot;&gt;11:41:47&lt;/p&gt;&lt;a class=&quot;statusBoxWrapper&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot; rel=&quot;noopener noreferrer&quot;&gt;&lt;section&gt;&lt;p&gt;Sent them an email asking for a replacement or a refund.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Let&apos;s see what their answer is.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/section&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;p class=&quot;statusBoxTag&quot;&gt;16:32:51&lt;/p&gt;&lt;a class=&quot;statusBoxWrapper&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot; rel=&quot;noopener noreferrer&quot;&gt;&lt;section&gt;&lt;p&gt;And the goose chase continues.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;I found a seller in the US that claims to have that cable in stock.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/section&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;p class=&quot;statusBoxTag&quot;&gt;16:35:41&lt;/p&gt;&lt;a class=&quot;statusBoxWrapper&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot; rel=&quot;noopener noreferrer&quot;&gt;&lt;section&gt;&lt;p&gt;I&apos;m seriously considering going back to my original idea of making the cable myself.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;I guess if the Cables from the States and Greece are also the wrong ones, that&apos;s what I&apos;ll be doing next.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/section&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;p class=&quot;statusBoxTag&quot;&gt;2024-05-24, 09:06:15&lt;/p&gt;&lt;a class=&quot;statusBoxWrapper&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot; rel=&quot;noopener noreferrer&quot;&gt;&lt;section&gt;&lt;p&gt;The Greece seller sent me a FRU45M2857&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;fuck me.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/section&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;p class=&quot;statusBoxTag&quot;&gt;09:07:38&lt;/p&gt;&lt;a class=&quot;statusBoxWrapper&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot; rel=&quot;noopener noreferrer&quot;&gt;&lt;section&gt;&lt;p&gt;This is so frustrating! Why are all those people writing whatever on their store page?&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;The model number is right on the cable, there&apos;s no way every single one of them does this on accident.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/section&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;p class=&quot;statusBoxTag&quot;&gt;09:08:45&lt;/p&gt;&lt;a class=&quot;statusBoxWrapper&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot; rel=&quot;noopener noreferrer&quot;&gt;&lt;section&gt;&lt;p&gt;The Czech seller hasn&apos;t gotten back to me (and probably won&apos;t).&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;I contacted the Greece one for a refund, let&apos;s see what they say about it.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/section&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;p class=&quot;statusBoxTag&quot;&gt;2024-05-25, 11:56:21&lt;/p&gt;&lt;a class=&quot;statusBoxWrapper&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot; rel=&quot;noopener noreferrer&quot;&gt;&lt;section&gt;&lt;p&gt;Got an email from the Czech seller.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;They told me to discard the cable and that they&apos;d refund the money.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;They also said that they thought that those cables were interchangeable and apologized.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;I&apos;d rather have the correct cable than the money, but what can you do.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/section&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;p class=&quot;statusBoxTag&quot;&gt;11:57:37&lt;/p&gt;&lt;a class=&quot;statusBoxWrapper&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot; rel=&quot;noopener noreferrer&quot;&gt;&lt;section&gt;&lt;p&gt;I sent them a short reply thanking them for the refund.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/section&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;p class=&quot;statusBoxTag&quot;&gt;11:59:28&lt;/p&gt;&lt;a class=&quot;statusBoxWrapper&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot; rel=&quot;noopener noreferrer&quot;&gt;&lt;section&gt;&lt;p&gt;If I were more artistically inclined I&apos;d probably could make something out of all those wrong cables I collected over this ordeal.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;I&apos;ve got like 10 now or something.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/section&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;p class=&quot;statusBoxTag&quot;&gt;2024-06-08, 08:08:03&lt;/p&gt;&lt;a class=&quot;statusBoxWrapper&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot; rel=&quot;noopener noreferrer&quot;&gt;&lt;section&gt;&lt;p&gt;The guy from Greece wants it to be shipped back before they refund me.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Fair enough, I guess. But after the cost of international shipping, It doesn&apos;t make financial sense to ship it back.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/section&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;p class=&quot;statusBoxTag&quot;&gt;08:11:17&lt;/p&gt;&lt;a class=&quot;statusBoxWrapper&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot; rel=&quot;noopener noreferrer&quot;&gt;&lt;section&gt;&lt;p&gt;The American seller I was talking about earlier in the thread is actually from Singapore.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;And they&apos;re weird.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/section&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;p class=&quot;statusBoxTag&quot;&gt;08:12:38&lt;/p&gt;&lt;a class=&quot;statusBoxWrapper&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot; rel=&quot;noopener noreferrer&quot;&gt;&lt;section&gt;&lt;p&gt;They didn&apos;t process the order at all, until I reached out to them and asked what&apos;s going on.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Now they&apos;re asking me to send them a picture of the cable I ordered.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;I assume they want to make sure that I&apos;m replacing an existing one or something.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/section&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;p class=&quot;statusBoxTag&quot;&gt;08:13:42&lt;/p&gt;&lt;a class=&quot;statusBoxWrapper&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot; rel=&quot;noopener noreferrer&quot;&gt;&lt;section&gt;&lt;p&gt;But why would they do this?&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;I have parts from a Framework Laptop 16 in my L520, and FW didn&apos;t give a damn about ordering parts for a Laptop I don&apos;t have.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/section&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;p class=&quot;statusBoxTag&quot;&gt;08:14:42&lt;/p&gt;&lt;a class=&quot;statusBoxWrapper&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot; rel=&quot;noopener noreferrer&quot;&gt;&lt;section&gt;&lt;p&gt;On one of those days, I have to write a thread about the other upgrades I did to that laptop, but today is not that day.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/section&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;p class=&quot;statusBoxTag&quot;&gt;2024-07-19, 12:51:34&lt;/p&gt;&lt;a class=&quot;statusBoxWrapper&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot; rel=&quot;noopener noreferrer&quot;&gt;&lt;section&gt;&lt;p&gt;I was going through eBay again to find either a laptop with that cable or the cable itself.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;I found a L520 with the 1600x900 display (which means it has the right cable) from someone with the same name as the Amazon-seller that cold-called me at the beginning of this thread.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/section&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;p class=&quot;statusBoxTag&quot;&gt;12:52:07&lt;/p&gt;&lt;a class=&quot;statusBoxWrapper&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot; rel=&quot;noopener noreferrer&quot;&gt;&lt;section&gt;&lt;p&gt;So that fuck did have what I was looking for after all, but never bothered to email me about it as promised.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/section&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;p class=&quot;statusBoxTag&quot;&gt;12:52:42&lt;/p&gt;&lt;a class=&quot;statusBoxWrapper&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot; rel=&quot;noopener noreferrer&quot;&gt;&lt;section&gt;&lt;p&gt;I&apos;m not gonna buy it from him, because as far as I&apos;m concerned that information is just wrong again.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/section&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;p class=&quot;statusBoxTag&quot;&gt;12:56:32&lt;/p&gt;&lt;a class=&quot;statusBoxWrapper&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot; rel=&quot;noopener noreferrer&quot;&gt;&lt;section&gt;&lt;p&gt;And there&apos;s another seller with three 1600x900 L520s&apos; for between 160€ and 200€.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Screw that guy.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/section&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;p class=&quot;statusBoxTag&quot;&gt;13:14:21&lt;/p&gt;&lt;a class=&quot;statusBoxWrapper&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot; rel=&quot;noopener noreferrer&quot;&gt;&lt;section&gt;&lt;p&gt;And then there&apos;s a seller on Kleinanzeigen (basically Germany&apos;s version of Craigslist) with one for 57€.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;The price would be acceptable, but there&apos;s not really any other info.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;I sent them a message and hope they have what I&apos;m looking for.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/section&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;p class=&quot;statusBoxTag&quot;&gt;21:43:34&lt;/p&gt;&lt;a class=&quot;statusBoxWrapper&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot; rel=&quot;noopener noreferrer&quot;&gt;&lt;section&gt;&lt;p&gt;Laptop had the wrong specs.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/section&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;p class=&quot;statusBoxTag&quot;&gt;15:11:16&lt;/p&gt;&lt;a class=&quot;statusBoxWrapper&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot; rel=&quot;noopener noreferrer&quot;&gt;&lt;section&gt;&lt;p&gt;The Amazon-seller that sent me the wrong cable and talked to me on the phone afterwards sent me an email today.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;He wants to know when and If I sent the cable back.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/section&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;p class=&quot;statusBoxTag&quot;&gt;15:12:23&lt;/p&gt;&lt;a class=&quot;statusBoxWrapper&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot; rel=&quot;noopener noreferrer&quot;&gt;&lt;section&gt;&lt;p&gt;I have no clue if I did that because that was SIX MONTHS ago.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/section&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;p class=&quot;statusBoxTag&quot;&gt;15:13:40&lt;/p&gt;&lt;a class=&quot;statusBoxWrapper&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot; rel=&quot;noopener noreferrer&quot;&gt;&lt;section&gt;&lt;p&gt;How bad do processes at a company have to be for this to happen?&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/section&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;p class=&quot;statusBoxTag&quot;&gt;15:15:36&lt;/p&gt;&lt;a class=&quot;statusBoxWrapper&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot; rel=&quot;noopener noreferrer&quot;&gt;&lt;section&gt;&lt;p&gt;If he replies asking for a tracking number or something, I&apos;ll ask him if he had time to check if the other compatible cable he sells is what it says on the listing.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Because he promised me to do so and let me know.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/section&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;p class=&quot;statusBoxTag&quot;&gt;2024-10-21, 17:40:04&lt;/p&gt;&lt;a class=&quot;statusBoxWrapper&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot; rel=&quot;noopener noreferrer&quot;&gt;&lt;section&gt;&lt;p&gt;They actually did ask for a tracking number. I told them I couldn&apos;t help with that and that I think they&apos;re kinda audacious for contacting me about this so late.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/section&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;p class=&quot;statusBoxTag&quot;&gt;17:41:41&lt;/p&gt;&lt;a class=&quot;statusBoxWrapper&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot; rel=&quot;noopener noreferrer&quot;&gt;&lt;section&gt;&lt;p&gt;The responded with a threatening (in size, as well as in wording) wall of text.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Luckily, Amazon has a checkbox in the &quot;report this seller&quot;-menu exactly for this.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/section&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;p class=&quot;statusBoxTag&quot;&gt;17:42:37&lt;/p&gt;&lt;a class=&quot;statusBoxWrapper&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot; rel=&quot;noopener noreferrer&quot;&gt;&lt;section&gt;&lt;p&gt;I&apos;m now chatting to Amazon support because I vaguely remember that they told me to not send it back.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;I might be completely wrong, tho.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/section&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;p class=&quot;statusBoxTag&quot;&gt;17:43:18&lt;/p&gt;&lt;a class=&quot;statusBoxWrapper&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot; rel=&quot;noopener noreferrer&quot;&gt;&lt;section&gt;&lt;p&gt;If they told me to keep it I very likely did that.&lt;br&gt;If they didn&apos;t I&apos;m sure I sent it back.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/section&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;p class=&quot;statusBoxTag&quot;&gt;17:43:38&lt;/p&gt;&lt;a class=&quot;statusBoxWrapper&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot; rel=&quot;noopener noreferrer&quot;&gt;&lt;section&gt;&lt;p&gt;I&apos;ve been forwarded to a specialist now.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/section&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;p class=&quot;statusBoxTag&quot;&gt;17:45:09&lt;/p&gt;&lt;a class=&quot;statusBoxWrapper&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot; rel=&quot;noopener noreferrer&quot;&gt;&lt;section&gt;&lt;p&gt;They told me to hang tight wile they&apos;re reading previous chat logs.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/section&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;p class=&quot;statusBoxTag&quot;&gt;18:06:53&lt;/p&gt;&lt;a class=&quot;statusBoxWrapper&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot; rel=&quot;noopener noreferrer&quot;&gt;&lt;section&gt;&lt;p&gt;Turns out they didn&apos;t tell me to keep it. (Or this rep didn&apos;t want to admit to that)&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Since I can&apos;t find a shipment receipt in my emails for the live of me, I guess I really didn&apos;t send it back. Oops.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Amazon and I now negotiated that I&apos;ll send it back as soon as the seller sends me a return label.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;I still refuse to pay for shipping on something they screwed up.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/section&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;p class=&quot;statusBoxTag&quot;&gt;18:09:08&lt;/p&gt;&lt;a class=&quot;statusBoxWrapper&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot; rel=&quot;noopener noreferrer&quot;&gt;&lt;section&gt;&lt;p&gt;You can&apos;t just ask me If I did a specific thing six months ago.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;That&apos;s like asking me what I had for breakfast.  How tf am I supposed to know? I wasn&apos;t there.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/section&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;p class=&quot;statusBoxTag&quot;&gt;2024-10-23, 05:41:37&lt;/p&gt;&lt;a class=&quot;statusBoxWrapper&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot; rel=&quot;noopener noreferrer&quot;&gt;&lt;section&gt;&lt;p&gt;Amazon reached out to the seller about this and they didn&apos;t respond.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Amazon now told me they &quot;can&apos;t offer me a solution&quot; because of that and they&apos;ll let me know once the seller responds.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;I&apos;m totally fine with this. That way I don&apos;t have to look for that cable.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/section&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;p class=&quot;statusBoxTag&quot;&gt;2024-11-01, 13:23:38&lt;/p&gt;&lt;a class=&quot;statusBoxWrapper&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot; rel=&quot;noopener noreferrer&quot;&gt;&lt;section&gt;&lt;p&gt;It&apos;s finally over.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/section&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;p class=&quot;statusBoxTag&quot;&gt;13:26:00&lt;/p&gt;&lt;a class=&quot;statusBoxWrapper&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot; rel=&quot;noopener noreferrer&quot;&gt;&lt;section&gt;&lt;p&gt;The Upgrade is complete.&lt;br&gt;My L520 finally got a HD display.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;a class=&quot;statusBoxWrapper&quot; href=&quot;https://media.dekkia.com/media_attachments/files/113/407/917/813/458/033/original/1d1c79c7ee16e9db.png&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot; rel=&quot;noopener noreferrer&quot;&gt;&lt;img width=500px alt=&quot;Display-settings in Linux MInt. The Primary display called &amp;quot;laptop&amp;quot; has its resolution set to 1920x1080.&quot; src=&quot;https://media.dekkia.com/media_attachments/files/113/407/917/813/458/033/original/1d1c79c7ee16e9db.png&quot;&gt;&lt;figcaption&gt;Display-settings in Linux MInt. The Primary display called &quot;laptop&quot; has its resolution set to 1920x1080.&lt;/figcaption&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/section&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;p class=&quot;statusBoxTag&quot;&gt;13:27:00&lt;/p&gt;&lt;a class=&quot;statusBoxWrapper&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot; rel=&quot;noopener noreferrer&quot;&gt;&lt;section&gt;&lt;p&gt;Was it worth it?&lt;br&gt;No.&lt;br&gt;Was it fun?&lt;br&gt;Also No.&lt;br&gt;Will I do something like that again?&lt;br&gt;Yeah, probably.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/section&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;p class=&quot;statusBoxTag&quot;&gt;2024-11-07, 17:48:52&lt;/p&gt;&lt;a class=&quot;statusBoxWrapper&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot; rel=&quot;noopener noreferrer&quot;&gt;&lt;section&gt;&lt;p&gt;Ok, now I guess the search is truly over.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;The other cable I ended up putting into the laptop was a different compatible one.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;But this is the one _intended for this model_!&lt;/p&gt;&lt;a class=&quot;statusBoxWrapper&quot; href=&quot;https://media.dekkia.com/media_attachments/files/113/442/925/484/599/971/original/7c44f31d261bfa04.png&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot; rel=&quot;noopener noreferrer&quot;&gt;&lt;img width=500px alt=&quot;A picture of a FRU 04W1730 Cable.&quot; src=&quot;https://media.dekkia.com/media_attachments/files/113/442/925/484/599/971/original/7c44f31d261bfa04.png&quot;&gt;&lt;figcaption&gt;A picture of a FRU 04W1730 Cable.&lt;/figcaption&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/section&gt;&lt;/a&gt;</description>
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  118. <pubDate>Thu, 07 Nov 2024 17:48:52 GMT</pubDate>
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  121. <title>Minecraft April Fools Update</title>
  122. <link>https://dekkia.zip/blog/post/112195849318532397.html</link>
  123. <description>&lt;h1 class=&quot;title&quot;&gt;Minecraft April Fools Update&lt;/h1&gt;&lt;p class=&quot;statusBoxTag&quot;&gt;2024-04-01, 11:59:58&lt;/p&gt;&lt;a class=&quot;statusBoxWrapper&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot; rel=&quot;noopener noreferrer&quot;&gt;&lt;section&gt;&lt;p&gt;Mom, can we have the Aether?&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Mom: We have the Aether at home.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;The Aether at home:&lt;/p&gt;&lt;a class=&quot;statusBoxWrapper&quot; href=&quot;https://media.dekkia.com/media_attachments/files/112/195/838/244/084/385/original/253b2cd482594513.png&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot; rel=&quot;noopener noreferrer&quot;&gt;&lt;img width=500px alt=&quot;Cropped screenshot from the current rotten potato themed Minecraft April fools joke.
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  125. It&apos;s a chat message that I just got the &amp;quot;Around the Potato in 80 Days&amp;quot; achievement for visiting all biomes in the potato dimension that was added in this version.&quot; src=&quot;https://media.dekkia.com/media_attachments/files/112/195/838/244/084/385/original/253b2cd482594513.png&quot;&gt;&lt;figcaption&gt;Cropped screenshot from the current rotten potato themed Minecraft April fools joke.
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  127. It&apos;s a chat message that I just got the &quot;Around the Potato in 80 Days&quot; achievement for visiting all biomes in the potato dimension that was added in this version.&lt;/figcaption&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/section&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;p class=&quot;statusBoxTag&quot;&gt;12:00:47&lt;/p&gt;&lt;a class=&quot;statusBoxWrapper&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot; rel=&quot;noopener noreferrer&quot;&gt;&lt;section&gt;&lt;p&gt;But jokes aside, I think this is one of the better April Fools updates and I hope they actually add a 4th dimension to the game.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/section&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;p class=&quot;statusBoxTag&quot;&gt;12:01:15&lt;/p&gt;&lt;a class=&quot;statusBoxWrapper&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot; rel=&quot;noopener noreferrer&quot;&gt;&lt;section&gt;&lt;p&gt;They probably won&apos;t, but one can dream.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/section&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;p class=&quot;statusBoxTag&quot;&gt;12:36:17&lt;/p&gt;&lt;a class=&quot;statusBoxWrapper&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot; rel=&quot;noopener noreferrer&quot;&gt;&lt;section&gt;&lt;p&gt;That&apos;s oddly wholesome.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;a class=&quot;statusBoxWrapper&quot; href=&quot;https://media.dekkia.com/media_attachments/files/112/195/985/562/876/510/original/e5c46563567932c1.png&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot; rel=&quot;noopener noreferrer&quot;&gt;&lt;img width=500px alt=&quot;Another cropped screenshot from the minecraft update.
  128.  
  129. It&apos;s some text from the end screen saying
  130.  
  131. &amp;quot;Boiled, baked, roasted or fried, always trust in the potato. You are one with the tubers now.
  132.  
  133. You are the potato.
  134.  
  135. Time to sprout&amp;quot;&quot; src=&quot;https://media.dekkia.com/media_attachments/files/112/195/985/562/876/510/original/e5c46563567932c1.png&quot;&gt;&lt;figcaption&gt;Another cropped screenshot from the minecraft update.
  136.  
  137. It&apos;s some text from the end screen saying
  138.  
  139. &quot;Boiled, baked, roasted or fried, always trust in the potato. You are one with the tubers now.
  140.  
  141. You are the potato.
  142.  
  143. Time to sprout&quot;&lt;/figcaption&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/section&gt;&lt;/a&gt;</description>
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  145. <pubDate>Mon, 01 Apr 2024 12:36:17 GMT</pubDate>
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  148. <title>Webcam Nesting Box</title>
  149. <link>https://dekkia.zip/blog/post/112055794380988603.html</link>
  150. <description>&lt;h1 class=&quot;title&quot;&gt;Webcam Nesting Box&lt;/h1&gt;&lt;p class=&quot;statusBoxTag&quot;&gt;2024-03-07, 18:22:09&lt;/p&gt;&lt;a class=&quot;statusBoxWrapper&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot; rel=&quot;noopener noreferrer&quot;&gt;&lt;section&gt;&lt;p&gt;Maybe a fisheye lens is a bit overkill for a nesting box.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;You live and learn.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;a class=&quot;statusBoxWrapper&quot; href=&quot;https://media.dekkia.com/media_attachments/files/112/055/784/085/203/457/original/d985cd8f8ccf480a.png&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot; rel=&quot;noopener noreferrer&quot;&gt;&lt;img width=500px alt=&quot;A black and white picture from the inside of a nesting box, with a piece of paper on the bottom that says &amp;quot;Test Bird&amp;quot; with a crudely drawn Bird under it. The walls of the box are visible high up to even include the entry hole.&quot; src=&quot;https://media.dekkia.com/media_attachments/files/112/055/784/085/203/457/original/d985cd8f8ccf480a.png&quot;&gt;&lt;figcaption&gt;A black and white picture from the inside of a nesting box, with a piece of paper on the bottom that says &quot;Test Bird&quot; with a crudely drawn Bird under it. The walls of the box are visible high up to even include the entry hole.&lt;/figcaption&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/section&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;p class=&quot;statusBoxTag&quot;&gt;18:24:38&lt;/p&gt;&lt;a class=&quot;statusBoxWrapper&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot; rel=&quot;noopener noreferrer&quot;&gt;&lt;section&gt;&lt;p&gt;I probably should&apos;ve known better since I already built one with a &quot;normal&quot; lens.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;a class=&quot;statusBoxWrapper&quot; href=&quot;https://media.dekkia.com/media_attachments/files/112/055/796/709/828/311/original/51fe18d1f33f932e.png&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot; rel=&quot;noopener noreferrer&quot;&gt;&lt;img width=500px alt=&quot;Another picture from inside a nesting box, but it&apos;s clearly a different one. This one has a nest built into it and is way more zoomed in. On the bottom right is a timestamp of the current date and time 2024-03-07  19:22:36&quot; src=&quot;https://media.dekkia.com/media_attachments/files/112/055/796/709/828/311/original/51fe18d1f33f932e.png&quot;&gt;&lt;figcaption&gt;Another picture from inside a nesting box, but it&apos;s clearly a different one. This one has a nest built into it and is way more zoomed in. On the bottom right is a timestamp of the current date and time 2024-03-07  19:22:36&lt;/figcaption&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/section&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;p class=&quot;statusBoxTag&quot;&gt;18:25:23&lt;/p&gt;&lt;a class=&quot;statusBoxWrapper&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot; rel=&quot;noopener noreferrer&quot;&gt;&lt;section&gt;&lt;p&gt;I&apos;ll be posting more about this during the weekend when I get to install the second one I&apos;ve built.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/section&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;p class=&quot;statusBoxTag&quot;&gt;18:28:16&lt;/p&gt;&lt;a class=&quot;statusBoxWrapper&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot; rel=&quot;noopener noreferrer&quot;&gt;&lt;section&gt;&lt;p&gt;Let&apos;s just say the birds will have a better Internet connection than me in 2015.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Or at least that is the plan.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/section&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;p class=&quot;statusBoxTag&quot;&gt;18:30:05&lt;/p&gt;&lt;a class=&quot;statusBoxWrapper&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot; rel=&quot;noopener noreferrer&quot;&gt;&lt;section&gt;&lt;p&gt;The box that has already a nest in it is leeching off the wifi in the house. &lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;The other one will need some more work to get online.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/section&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;p class=&quot;statusBoxTag&quot;&gt;2024-03-08, 19:21:43&lt;/p&gt;&lt;a class=&quot;statusBoxWrapper&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot; rel=&quot;noopener noreferrer&quot;&gt;&lt;section&gt;&lt;p&gt;Ok, so during the day I hung up the new nesting box. This is what It looks like in its net place in the garden.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;a class=&quot;statusBoxWrapper&quot; href=&quot;https://media.dekkia.com/media_attachments/files/112/061/686/287/440/521/original/49e31eda82f6f38e.png&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot; rel=&quot;noopener noreferrer&quot;&gt;&lt;img width=500px alt=&quot;A Wooden nesting box for birds with a gray box to the side of it. On the bottom of the box is a black antenna and a white cable coming out.&quot; src=&quot;https://media.dekkia.com/media_attachments/files/112/061/686/287/440/521/original/49e31eda82f6f38e.png&quot;&gt;&lt;figcaption&gt;A Wooden nesting box for birds with a gray box to the side of it. On the bottom of the box is a black antenna and a white cable coming out.&lt;/figcaption&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/section&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;p class=&quot;statusBoxTag&quot;&gt;19:22:18&lt;/p&gt;&lt;a class=&quot;statusBoxWrapper&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot; rel=&quot;noopener noreferrer&quot;&gt;&lt;section&gt;&lt;p&gt;But let&apos;s rewind a bit. &quot;What&apos;s actually in there?&quot; I hear nobody ask.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/section&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;p class=&quot;statusBoxTag&quot;&gt;19:26:08&lt;/p&gt;&lt;a class=&quot;statusBoxWrapper&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot; rel=&quot;noopener noreferrer&quot;&gt;&lt;section&gt;&lt;p&gt;In the top is one of those ESP32 camera boards with a fisheye-lens camera and an IR-LED I stole off a Raspberry Pi camera.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;a class=&quot;statusBoxWrapper&quot; href=&quot;https://media.dekkia.com/media_attachments/files/112/061/698/390/670/003/original/9400d5fa90f97f0a.png&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot; rel=&quot;noopener noreferrer&quot;&gt;&lt;img width=500px alt=&quot;Basically Whats described in the main text. Everything is placed in a gray 3D-printed box. The picture is taken from the top with all the electronics visible. There&apos;s also wires sticking out to the side and some hot glue holding everything in place.&quot; src=&quot;https://media.dekkia.com/media_attachments/files/112/061/698/390/670/003/original/9400d5fa90f97f0a.png&quot;&gt;&lt;figcaption&gt;Basically Whats described in the main text. Everything is placed in a gray 3D-printed box. The picture is taken from the top with all the electronics visible. There&apos;s also wires sticking out to the side and some hot glue holding everything in place.&lt;/figcaption&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/section&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;p class=&quot;statusBoxTag&quot;&gt;19:32:04&lt;/p&gt;&lt;a class=&quot;statusBoxWrapper&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot; rel=&quot;noopener noreferrer&quot;&gt;&lt;section&gt;&lt;p&gt;The reason for the weird shape of that plastic box is the swiveling side panel of the nesting box. I bought it like that and couldn&apos;t modify it so I had to design around it.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;a class=&quot;statusBoxWrapper&quot; href=&quot;https://media.dekkia.com/media_attachments/files/112/061/709/793/864/645/original/a3fe62feb0ed9319.png&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot; rel=&quot;noopener noreferrer&quot;&gt;&lt;img width=500px alt=&quot;The same 3D-printed box now installed in the nesting box ceiling. There&apos;s a conical cutout to allow the side panel to swivel open. It also has three holes, one in the center where the camera lens sits, a big one next to it with the IR LED and a lens to spread the light and next to that another small hole with a light sensor to control the IR LED.&quot; src=&quot;https://media.dekkia.com/media_attachments/files/112/061/709/793/864/645/original/a3fe62feb0ed9319.png&quot;&gt;&lt;figcaption&gt;The same 3D-printed box now installed in the nesting box ceiling. There&apos;s a conical cutout to allow the side panel to swivel open. It also has three holes, one in the center where the camera lens sits, a big one next to it with the IR LED and a lens to spread the light and next to that another small hole with a light sensor to control the IR LED.&lt;/figcaption&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;a class=&quot;statusBoxWrapper&quot; href=&quot;https://media.dekkia.com/media_attachments/files/112/061/721/437/577/231/original/f34d05ecf9bd15bf.png&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot; rel=&quot;noopener noreferrer&quot;&gt;&lt;img width=500px alt=&quot;A Screenshot from fusion360 in which I show the conical shape being cut out of an otherwise boring slab.&quot; src=&quot;https://media.dekkia.com/media_attachments/files/112/061/721/437/577/231/original/f34d05ecf9bd15bf.png&quot;&gt;&lt;figcaption&gt;A Screenshot from fusion360 in which I show the conical shape being cut out of an otherwise boring slab.&lt;/figcaption&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/section&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;p class=&quot;statusBoxTag&quot;&gt;19:35:28&lt;/p&gt;&lt;a class=&quot;statusBoxWrapper&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot; rel=&quot;noopener noreferrer&quot;&gt;&lt;section&gt;&lt;p&gt;Since there is no electricity in the garden, the whole thing is powered by a solar panel and a 2600mAh 18650 cell.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;I didn&apos;t photograph the cell or the charger, but here&apos;s a picture of the panel.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;a class=&quot;statusBoxWrapper&quot; href=&quot;https://media.dekkia.com/media_attachments/files/112/061/741/159/757/144/original/0bb6a892c53c78d6.png&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot; rel=&quot;noopener noreferrer&quot;&gt;&lt;img width=500px alt=&quot;A close up of a small solar panel mounted to the side of the same structure as the nesting box.&quot; src=&quot;https://media.dekkia.com/media_attachments/files/112/061/741/159/757/144/original/0bb6a892c53c78d6.png&quot;&gt;&lt;figcaption&gt;A close up of a small solar panel mounted to the side of the same structure as the nesting box.&lt;/figcaption&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/section&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;p class=&quot;statusBoxTag&quot;&gt;19:37:41&lt;/p&gt;&lt;a class=&quot;statusBoxWrapper&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot; rel=&quot;noopener noreferrer&quot;&gt;&lt;section&gt;&lt;p&gt;The gray box that hangs on the side of the nesting box is where the battery lives.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;On a full charge, it gives me a runtime of about 4 hours.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;I call this a feature. That way the birds get some privacy too.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/section&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;p class=&quot;statusBoxTag&quot;&gt;19:39:08&lt;/p&gt;&lt;a class=&quot;statusBoxWrapper&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot; rel=&quot;noopener noreferrer&quot;&gt;&lt;section&gt;&lt;p&gt;Initially, I wasn&apos;t sure if the internet in our garden would be good enough for this setup. The old access points I replaced last year in the fall wouldn&apos;t have cut it.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;But the new ones cover that area just fine.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/section&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;p class=&quot;statusBoxTag&quot;&gt;19:40:37&lt;/p&gt;&lt;a class=&quot;statusBoxWrapper&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot; rel=&quot;noopener noreferrer&quot;&gt;&lt;section&gt;&lt;p&gt;That is almost a bummer because I was planning on mounting a TP-Link cpe210 on the roof and having it point downwards to the garden.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/section&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;p class=&quot;statusBoxTag&quot;&gt;19:41:41&lt;/p&gt;&lt;a class=&quot;statusBoxWrapper&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot; rel=&quot;noopener noreferrer&quot;&gt;&lt;section&gt;&lt;p&gt;I still might do that when/if I set up more camera nesting boxes. Especially in areas further from the house, I might need it.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/section&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;p class=&quot;statusBoxTag&quot;&gt;19:46:47&lt;/p&gt;&lt;a class=&quot;statusBoxWrapper&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot; rel=&quot;noopener noreferrer&quot;&gt;&lt;section&gt;&lt;p&gt;Now, for reasons I&apos;m not sure about yet, the camera is offline. It went out only one hour after sunset.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Maybe it stopped charging the battery 3 hours before sunset due to insufficient light.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Maybe it couldn&apos;t fully charge up in a little less than half a day.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;I guess I&apos;ll see what happens tomorrow.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;a class=&quot;statusBoxWrapper&quot; href=&quot;https://media.dekkia.com/media_attachments/files/112/061/776/529/049/387/original/50aa51832186c09a.png&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot; rel=&quot;noopener noreferrer&quot;&gt;&lt;img width=500px alt=&quot;A screenshot from home assistant with two timelines. The upper timeline displays the time when the sun went down. The lower one displays the time the camera went offline. They&apos;re about one hour apart.&quot; src=&quot;https://media.dekkia.com/media_attachments/files/112/061/776/529/049/387/original/50aa51832186c09a.png&quot;&gt;&lt;figcaption&gt;A screenshot from home assistant with two timelines. The upper timeline displays the time when the sun went down. The lower one displays the time the camera went offline. They&apos;re about one hour apart.&lt;/figcaption&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/section&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;p class=&quot;statusBoxTag&quot;&gt;19:48:00&lt;/p&gt;&lt;a class=&quot;statusBoxWrapper&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot; rel=&quot;noopener noreferrer&quot;&gt;&lt;section&gt;&lt;p&gt;I don&apos;t have any telemetry for the battery. This is something I might add in a future revision.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;A few more sensors in general would be nice I guess.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;And maybe a battery that&apos;s at least on paper capable of running the thing over night.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/section&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;p class=&quot;statusBoxTag&quot;&gt;19:48:28&lt;/p&gt;&lt;a class=&quot;statusBoxWrapper&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot; rel=&quot;noopener noreferrer&quot;&gt;&lt;section&gt;&lt;p&gt;Oh, and a different lens.&lt;br&gt;Fisheye is way overkill.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/section&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;p class=&quot;statusBoxTag&quot;&gt;19:49:17&lt;/p&gt;&lt;a class=&quot;statusBoxWrapper&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot; rel=&quot;noopener noreferrer&quot;&gt;&lt;section&gt;&lt;p&gt;But I&apos;m already browsing Digikey for parts, so I might just build myself a custom PCB for this exact use case.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Or not. We&apos;ll see.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/section&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;p class=&quot;statusBoxTag&quot;&gt;2024-03-09, 08:36:18&lt;/p&gt;&lt;a class=&quot;statusBoxWrapper&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot; rel=&quot;noopener noreferrer&quot;&gt;&lt;section&gt;&lt;p&gt;Aaaand it&apos;s still offline.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Great.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/section&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;p class=&quot;statusBoxTag&quot;&gt;08:37:48&lt;/p&gt;&lt;a class=&quot;statusBoxWrapper&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot; rel=&quot;noopener noreferrer&quot;&gt;&lt;section&gt;&lt;p&gt;According to the proper solar panels on the house the sun is only really up for about 90 minutes.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Let&apos;s give it another hour or two to see what it does(n&apos;t).&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/section&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;p class=&quot;statusBoxTag&quot;&gt;10:51:03&lt;/p&gt;&lt;a class=&quot;statusBoxWrapper&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot; rel=&quot;noopener noreferrer&quot;&gt;&lt;section&gt;&lt;p&gt;Still offline.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Nothing ever is easy.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/section&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;p class=&quot;statusBoxTag&quot;&gt;11:45:46&lt;/p&gt;&lt;a class=&quot;statusBoxWrapper&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot; rel=&quot;noopener noreferrer&quot;&gt;&lt;section&gt;&lt;p&gt;Turns out the USB-C breakout I was using to plug into the Battery Charger had 5V and GND swapped on the silkscreen.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Swapped over the leads and now I&apos;ve got a charging light.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;The ESP didn&apos;t go online immediately, let&apos;s give it a few minutes.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/section&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;p class=&quot;statusBoxTag&quot;&gt;12:41:34&lt;/p&gt;&lt;a class=&quot;statusBoxWrapper&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot; rel=&quot;noopener noreferrer&quot;&gt;&lt;section&gt;&lt;p&gt;One hour later and it&apos;s still offline.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/section&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;p class=&quot;statusBoxTag&quot;&gt;13:01:58&lt;/p&gt;&lt;a class=&quot;statusBoxWrapper&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot; rel=&quot;noopener noreferrer&quot;&gt;&lt;section&gt;&lt;p&gt;Looks like it&apos;s reboot-looping and triggering Tasmotas reset feature.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;I guess the panel just sucks ass. I now ordered a bigger one, hoping this does the trick.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/section&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;p class=&quot;statusBoxTag&quot;&gt;14:44:59&lt;/p&gt;&lt;a class=&quot;statusBoxWrapper&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot; rel=&quot;noopener noreferrer&quot;&gt;&lt;section&gt;&lt;p&gt;Look what I found in my Workshop.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;It&apos;s a 24V Panel. Sadly the sun is so low (and partly obstructed by a tree) that it drops down to basically nothing as soon I put a load on it.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;a class=&quot;statusBoxWrapper&quot; href=&quot;https://media.dekkia.com/media_attachments/files/112/066/249/272/045/579/original/4140e430a76373d3.jpg&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot; rel=&quot;noopener noreferrer&quot;&gt;&lt;img width=500px alt=&quot;A 4A sized solar panel propped up on a rock ontop of the tarp that serves as &amp;quot;fix&amp;quot; for the leaky roof of the greenhouse I mounted the nesting box on.&quot; src=&quot;https://media.dekkia.com/media_attachments/files/112/066/249/272/045/579/original/4140e430a76373d3.jpg&quot;&gt;&lt;figcaption&gt;A 4A sized solar panel propped up on a rock ontop of the tarp that serves as &quot;fix&quot; for the leaky roof of the greenhouse I mounted the nesting box on.&lt;/figcaption&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/section&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;p class=&quot;statusBoxTag&quot;&gt;14:55:19&lt;/p&gt;&lt;a class=&quot;statusBoxWrapper&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot; rel=&quot;noopener noreferrer&quot;&gt;&lt;section&gt;&lt;p&gt;So I guess I&apos;ll have to wait till tomorrow to figure out if it actually is enough for this setup or If I need the better panel I ordered.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/section&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;p class=&quot;statusBoxTag&quot;&gt;15:00:04&lt;/p&gt;&lt;a class=&quot;statusBoxWrapper&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot; rel=&quot;noopener noreferrer&quot;&gt;&lt;section&gt;&lt;p&gt;According to Amazon, I bought the panel in 2021 and It should output 12V at a max of 1.2A.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;So either there&apos;s something wrong with this panel or my multimeter, or they changed the listing.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/section&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;p class=&quot;statusBoxTag&quot;&gt;15:06:00&lt;/p&gt;&lt;a class=&quot;statusBoxWrapper&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot; rel=&quot;noopener noreferrer&quot;&gt;&lt;section&gt;&lt;p&gt;Good news everyone!&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;They changed the listing and the one I have is borked.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Both the old and the new Listing titles call it a 12V 10W panel.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;a class=&quot;statusBoxWrapper&quot; href=&quot;https://media.dekkia.com/media_attachments/files/112/066/331/979/161/968/original/6ab2ad1ebf10f153.png&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot; rel=&quot;noopener noreferrer&quot;&gt;&lt;img width=500px alt=&quot;The current image from the product page. The Panel is more square shaped and the cable are displayed on the bottom.&quot; src=&quot;https://media.dekkia.com/media_attachments/files/112/066/331/979/161/968/original/6ab2ad1ebf10f153.png&quot;&gt;&lt;figcaption&gt;The current image from the product page. The Panel is more square shaped and the cable are displayed on the bottom.&lt;/figcaption&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;a class=&quot;statusBoxWrapper&quot; href=&quot;https://media.dekkia.com/media_attachments/files/112/066/335/150/865/925/original/4c69a9dbea27decc.png&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot; rel=&quot;noopener noreferrer&quot;&gt;&lt;img width=500px alt=&quot;The Product image from 2021 copied out of the order email from that time. It&apos;s very low-resolution but it&apos;s still obvious that it&apos;s a different panel.
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  152. The panel is rectangular, with a somewhat similar aspect ratio to a piece of paper. The cables are displayed to the right of it.&quot; src=&quot;https://media.dekkia.com/media_attachments/files/112/066/335/150/865/925/original/4c69a9dbea27decc.png&quot;&gt;&lt;figcaption&gt;The Product image from 2021 copied out of the order email from that time. It&apos;s very low-resolution but it&apos;s still obvious that it&apos;s a different panel.
  153.  
  154. The panel is rectangular, with a somewhat similar aspect ratio to a piece of paper. The cables are displayed to the right of it.&lt;/figcaption&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/section&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;p class=&quot;statusBoxTag&quot;&gt;15:06:28&lt;/p&gt;&lt;a class=&quot;statusBoxWrapper&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot; rel=&quot;noopener noreferrer&quot;&gt;&lt;section&gt;&lt;p&gt;This is why I don&apos;t delete old emails.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/section&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;p class=&quot;statusBoxTag&quot;&gt;17:34:29&lt;/p&gt;&lt;a class=&quot;statusBoxWrapper&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot; rel=&quot;noopener noreferrer&quot;&gt;&lt;section&gt;&lt;p&gt;Hey, look: the thing went back online for like half a minute about one hour ago.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Maybe the panel trickle-charged the battery just enough for 38 seconds of runtime. It only took a bit over two hours to do that.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;a class=&quot;statusBoxWrapper&quot; href=&quot;https://media.dekkia.com/media_attachments/files/112/066/918/016/571/555/original/e8b73551e30db305.png&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot; rel=&quot;noopener noreferrer&quot;&gt;&lt;img width=500px alt=&quot;A screenshot with the following text:
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  156. Connected
  157. March 9, 2024 at 5:31:23 PM
  158. March 9, 2024 at 5:32:02 PM
  159. Duration: 38.864&quot; src=&quot;https://media.dekkia.com/media_attachments/files/112/066/918/016/571/555/original/e8b73551e30db305.png&quot;&gt;&lt;figcaption&gt;A screenshot with the following text:
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  164. Duration: 38.864&lt;/figcaption&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/section&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;p class=&quot;statusBoxTag&quot;&gt;2024-03-10, 08:39:15&lt;/p&gt;&lt;a class=&quot;statusBoxWrapper&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot; rel=&quot;noopener noreferrer&quot;&gt;&lt;section&gt;&lt;p&gt;Guess what:&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;It&apos;s cloudy today. So I&apos;m not sure if that (probably broken) solar panel is able to generate enough juice to achieve anything.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Let&apos;s wait and see.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/section&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;p class=&quot;statusBoxTag&quot;&gt;2024-03-17, 13:07:44&lt;/p&gt;&lt;a class=&quot;statusBoxWrapper&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot; rel=&quot;noopener noreferrer&quot;&gt;&lt;section&gt;&lt;p&gt;Update: I installed the new panel and now it seems to work.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;a class=&quot;statusBoxWrapper&quot; href=&quot;https://media.dekkia.com/media_attachments/files/112/111/176/857/536/503/original/3d3dffe5a4db1d36.png&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot; rel=&quot;noopener noreferrer&quot;&gt;&lt;img width=500px alt=&quot;Screenshot of a status-panel showing that the esp32 went online at 1:37:19PM today and has been online for 28 minutes and 36 seconds.&quot; src=&quot;https://media.dekkia.com/media_attachments/files/112/111/176/857/536/503/original/3d3dffe5a4db1d36.png&quot;&gt;&lt;figcaption&gt;Screenshot of a status-panel showing that the esp32 went online at 1:37:19PM today and has been online for 28 minutes and 36 seconds.&lt;/figcaption&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/section&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;p class=&quot;statusBoxTag&quot;&gt;13:08:00&lt;/p&gt;&lt;a class=&quot;statusBoxWrapper&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot; rel=&quot;noopener noreferrer&quot;&gt;&lt;section&gt;&lt;p&gt;It still might die as soon as the sun goes down, but let&apos;s wait and see.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/section&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;p class=&quot;statusBoxTag&quot;&gt;13:10:50&lt;/p&gt;&lt;a class=&quot;statusBoxWrapper&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot; rel=&quot;noopener noreferrer&quot;&gt;&lt;section&gt;&lt;p&gt;Funfact: I&apos;m using the ping integration in Home Assistant to monitor if it&apos;s online or not.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;The average round-trip time is &lt;br&gt;102 ms. Not great not horrible.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/section&gt;&lt;/a&gt;</description>
  165. <guid>https://dekkia.zip/blog/post/112055794380988603.html</guid>
  166. <pubDate>Sun, 17 Mar 2024 13:10:50 GMT</pubDate>
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  168. <item>
  169. <title>Switch Lite Dock</title>
  170. <link>https://dekkia.zip/blog/post/111795227703579783.html</link>
  171. <description>&lt;h1 class=&quot;title&quot;&gt;Switch Lite Dock&lt;/h1&gt;&lt;p class=&quot;statusBoxTag&quot;&gt;2024-01-21, 17:56:37&lt;/p&gt;&lt;a class=&quot;statusBoxWrapper&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot; rel=&quot;noopener noreferrer&quot;&gt;&lt;section&gt;&lt;p&gt;I wonder how complicated it would be to build a Nintendo Switch Lite Dock using a Raspberry Pi 5 and SysDVR?&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/section&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;p class=&quot;statusBoxTag&quot;&gt;17:57:31&lt;/p&gt;&lt;a class=&quot;statusBoxWrapper&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot; rel=&quot;noopener noreferrer&quot;&gt;&lt;section&gt;&lt;p&gt;According to Google, some people have done that already, but there aren&apos;t any good guides for it.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/section&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;p class=&quot;statusBoxTag&quot;&gt;17:58:27&lt;/p&gt;&lt;a class=&quot;statusBoxWrapper&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot; rel=&quot;noopener noreferrer&quot;&gt;&lt;section&gt;&lt;p&gt;There&apos;s probably better stuff to be done with an rpi5, but I guess that&apos;s what mine will do for the time being.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/section&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;p class=&quot;statusBoxTag&quot;&gt;18:00:08&lt;/p&gt;&lt;a class=&quot;statusBoxWrapper&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot; rel=&quot;noopener noreferrer&quot;&gt;&lt;section&gt;&lt;p&gt;It shouldn&apos;t be that hard imo.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;There&apos;s a guide on how to cross-compile everything needed for SysDVR on ARM.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;So I only need a 3D-printed case that looks like a switch dock.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/section&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;p class=&quot;statusBoxTag&quot;&gt;18:00:47&lt;/p&gt;&lt;a class=&quot;statusBoxWrapper&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot; rel=&quot;noopener noreferrer&quot;&gt;&lt;section&gt;&lt;p&gt;I have everything here I need, except maybe a right-angle USB-C cable for inside the dock.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Lemme order that real quick.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/section&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;p class=&quot;statusBoxTag&quot;&gt;18:04:48&lt;/p&gt;&lt;a class=&quot;statusBoxWrapper&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot; rel=&quot;noopener noreferrer&quot;&gt;&lt;section&gt;&lt;p&gt;Ugreen advertises some of their Cables with 480Mbps data transfer speed.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Aka USB 2.0.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;I have no clue if that makes a difference with SysDVR, it seemed to work fine right now with 2.0 on Windows. But I&apos;ll still go with 3.0 just to be on the safe side.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/section&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;p class=&quot;statusBoxTag&quot;&gt;18:06:22&lt;/p&gt;&lt;a class=&quot;statusBoxWrapper&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot; rel=&quot;noopener noreferrer&quot;&gt;&lt;section&gt;&lt;p&gt;50cm USB-C to USB-A cable acquired.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/section&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;p class=&quot;statusBoxTag&quot;&gt;18:06:54&lt;/p&gt;&lt;a class=&quot;statusBoxWrapper&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot; rel=&quot;noopener noreferrer&quot;&gt;&lt;section&gt;&lt;p&gt;more or less, that is. It&apos;ll arrive on Tuesday.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Then I can design and print a dock that holds everything.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/section&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;p class=&quot;statusBoxTag&quot;&gt;18:14:45&lt;/p&gt;&lt;a class=&quot;statusBoxWrapper&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot; rel=&quot;noopener noreferrer&quot;&gt;&lt;section&gt;&lt;p&gt;Of course, I won&apos;t start with the Raspi part until that&apos;s finished because I can&apos;t be bothered right now to set it Up.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/section&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;p class=&quot;statusBoxTag&quot;&gt;18:22:20&lt;/p&gt;&lt;a class=&quot;statusBoxWrapper&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot; rel=&quot;noopener noreferrer&quot;&gt;&lt;section&gt;&lt;p&gt;Ok, so I canceled the Ugreen cable again because I&apos;ve got another idea:&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;This should be a real dock, right? So I also want to charge the switch at a &quot;proper&quot; speed.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/section&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;p class=&quot;statusBoxTag&quot;&gt;18:23:02&lt;/p&gt;&lt;a class=&quot;statusBoxWrapper&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot; rel=&quot;noopener noreferrer&quot;&gt;&lt;section&gt;&lt;p&gt;That&apos;s why I bought one of those USB power injectors, so I just can add a second USB-Port on the outside for extra power.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/section&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;p class=&quot;statusBoxTag&quot;&gt;18:23:58&lt;/p&gt;&lt;a class=&quot;statusBoxWrapper&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot; rel=&quot;noopener noreferrer&quot;&gt;&lt;section&gt;&lt;p&gt;Now it&apos;s only USB 2.0, but that shouldn&apos;t matter.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;TBC on Wednesday.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/section&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;p class=&quot;statusBoxTag&quot;&gt;2024-01-24, 18:48:30&lt;/p&gt;&lt;a class=&quot;statusBoxWrapper&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot; rel=&quot;noopener noreferrer&quot;&gt;&lt;section&gt;&lt;p&gt;I still haven&apos;t gotten all the hardware I need, but the Case is coming along nicely.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;a class=&quot;statusBoxWrapper&quot; href=&quot;https://media.dekkia.com/media_attachments/files/111/812/406/970/065/161/original/92954c8b55cc6e10.png&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot; rel=&quot;noopener noreferrer&quot;&gt;&lt;img width=500px alt=&quot;A 3D Rendering of a Nintendo Switch dock with some holes for connectors on top and a power button on the side.&quot; src=&quot;https://media.dekkia.com/media_attachments/files/111/812/406/970/065/161/original/92954c8b55cc6e10.png&quot;&gt;&lt;figcaption&gt;A 3D Rendering of a Nintendo Switch dock with some holes for connectors on top and a power button on the side.&lt;/figcaption&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;a class=&quot;statusBoxWrapper&quot; href=&quot;https://media.dekkia.com/media_attachments/files/111/812/414/380/018/245/original/cfdb0b997f641979.png&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot; rel=&quot;noopener noreferrer&quot;&gt;&lt;img width=500px alt=&quot;The same 3D model but from a different angle. This time a Raspberry Pi 5 can be seen in the back of it, matching up with the holes on the outside.&quot; src=&quot;https://media.dekkia.com/media_attachments/files/111/812/414/380/018/245/original/cfdb0b997f641979.png&quot;&gt;&lt;figcaption&gt;The same 3D model but from a different angle. This time a Raspberry Pi 5 can be seen in the back of it, matching up with the holes on the outside.&lt;/figcaption&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/section&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;p class=&quot;statusBoxTag&quot;&gt;18:51:00&lt;/p&gt;&lt;a class=&quot;statusBoxWrapper&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot; rel=&quot;noopener noreferrer&quot;&gt;&lt;section&gt;&lt;p&gt;Wat&apos;s left to do now:&lt;br&gt;- Put some software on the Pi.&lt;br&gt;- Print the case&lt;br&gt;- Wait for the remaining Cables I ordered.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/section&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;p class=&quot;statusBoxTag&quot;&gt;2024-01-27, 15:10:43&lt;/p&gt;&lt;a class=&quot;statusBoxWrapper&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot; rel=&quot;noopener noreferrer&quot;&gt;&lt;section&gt;&lt;p&gt;Shoutout to cheap Chinese HDMI capture cards.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;a class=&quot;statusBoxWrapper&quot; href=&quot;https://media.dekkia.com/media_attachments/files/111/828/545/930/679/303/original/007100d8f1345172.png&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot; rel=&quot;noopener noreferrer&quot;&gt;&lt;img width=500px alt=&quot;A Screenshot of the raspberry pi desktop with sub-par picture quality in VLC.&quot; src=&quot;https://media.dekkia.com/media_attachments/files/111/828/545/930/679/303/original/007100d8f1345172.png&quot;&gt;&lt;figcaption&gt;A Screenshot of the raspberry pi desktop with sub-par picture quality in VLC.&lt;/figcaption&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/section&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;p class=&quot;statusBoxTag&quot;&gt;15:29:47&lt;/p&gt;&lt;a class=&quot;statusBoxWrapper&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot; rel=&quot;noopener noreferrer&quot;&gt;&lt;section&gt;&lt;p&gt;Let&apos;s start installing SysDVR, shall we?&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/section&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;p class=&quot;statusBoxTag&quot;&gt;15:30:14&lt;/p&gt;&lt;a class=&quot;statusBoxWrapper&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot; rel=&quot;noopener noreferrer&quot;&gt;&lt;section&gt;&lt;p&gt;Here goes nothing.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;a class=&quot;statusBoxWrapper&quot; href=&quot;https://media.dekkia.com/media_attachments/files/111/828/624/294/042/578/original/a038dfe461649f25.png&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot; rel=&quot;noopener noreferrer&quot;&gt;&lt;img width=500px alt=&quot;chmod +x dotnet-install.sh
  172. ./dotnet-install.sh&quot; src=&quot;https://media.dekkia.com/media_attachments/files/111/828/624/294/042/578/original/a038dfe461649f25.png&quot;&gt;&lt;figcaption&gt;chmod +x dotnet-install.sh
  173. ./dotnet-install.sh&lt;/figcaption&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/section&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;p class=&quot;statusBoxTag&quot;&gt;15:33:36&lt;/p&gt;&lt;a class=&quot;statusBoxWrapper&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot; rel=&quot;noopener noreferrer&quot;&gt;&lt;section&gt;&lt;p&gt;That was anticlimactic.&lt;br&gt;I 100% expected Microsoft to do Microsoft things. &lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;It just worked and I don&apos;t trust it.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;a class=&quot;statusBoxWrapper&quot; href=&quot;https://media.dekkia.com/media_attachments/files/111/828/633/254/425/299/original/58cdf61439b0a280.png&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot; rel=&quot;noopener noreferrer&quot;&gt;&lt;img width=500px alt=&quot;The output log of the install-script I just ran.
  174.  
  175. dotnet-install: Attempting to download using aka.ms link https://dotnetcli.azureedge.net/dotnet/Sdk/8.0.101/dotnet-sdk-8.0.101-linux-arm64.tar.gz
  176. dotnet-install: Remote file https://dotnetcli.azureedge.net/dotnet/Sdk/8.0.101/dotnet-sdk-8.0.101-linux-arm64.tar.gz size is 209542458 bytes.
  177. dotnet-install: Extracting zip from https://dotnetcli.azureedge.net/dotnet/Sdk/8.0.101/dotnet-sdk-8.0.101-linux-arm64.tar.gz
  178. dotnet-install: Downloaded file size is 209542458 bytes.
  179. dotnet-install: The remote and local file sizes are equal.
  180. dotnet-install: Installed version is 8.0.101
  181. dotnet-install: Adding to current process PATH: `/home/pi/.dotnet`. Note: This change will be visible only when sourcing script.
  182. dotnet-install: Note that the script does not resolve dependencies during installation.
  183. dotnet-install: To check the list of dependencies, go to https://learn.microsoft.com/dotnet/core/install, select your operating system and check the &amp;quot;Dependencies&amp;quot; section.
  184. dotnet-install: Installation finished successfully.&quot; src=&quot;https://media.dekkia.com/media_attachments/files/111/828/633/254/425/299/original/58cdf61439b0a280.png&quot;&gt;&lt;figcaption&gt;The output log of the install-script I just ran.
  185.  
  186. dotnet-install: Attempting to download using aka.ms link https://dotnetcli.azureedge.net/dotnet/Sdk/8.0.101/dotnet-sdk-8.0.101-linux-arm64.tar.gz
  187. dotnet-install: Remote file https://dotnetcli.azureedge.net/dotnet/Sdk/8.0.101/dotnet-sdk-8.0.101-linux-arm64.tar.gz size is 209542458 bytes.
  188. dotnet-install: Extracting zip from https://dotnetcli.azureedge.net/dotnet/Sdk/8.0.101/dotnet-sdk-8.0.101-linux-arm64.tar.gz
  189. dotnet-install: Downloaded file size is 209542458 bytes.
  190. dotnet-install: The remote and local file sizes are equal.
  191. dotnet-install: Installed version is 8.0.101
  192. dotnet-install: Adding to current process PATH: `/home/pi/.dotnet`. Note: This change will be visible only when sourcing script.
  193. dotnet-install: Note that the script does not resolve dependencies during installation.
  194. dotnet-install: To check the list of dependencies, go to https://learn.microsoft.com/dotnet/core/install, select your operating system and check the &quot;Dependencies&quot; section.
  195. dotnet-install: Installation finished successfully.&lt;/figcaption&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/section&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;p class=&quot;statusBoxTag&quot;&gt;15:40:47&lt;/p&gt;&lt;a class=&quot;statusBoxWrapper&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot; rel=&quot;noopener noreferrer&quot;&gt;&lt;section&gt;&lt;p&gt;It&apos;s going pretty well so far.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;The only thing that has been *slightly* complicated was compiling Cimgui.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/section&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;p class=&quot;statusBoxTag&quot;&gt;15:45:14&lt;/p&gt;&lt;a class=&quot;statusBoxWrapper&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot; rel=&quot;noopener noreferrer&quot;&gt;&lt;section&gt;&lt;p&gt;I feel better now.&lt;br&gt;Would&apos;ve been weird if it just worked like that.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;a class=&quot;statusBoxWrapper&quot; href=&quot;https://media.dekkia.com/media_attachments/files/111/828/681/152/336/191/original/5c338c11d3cb3087.png&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot; rel=&quot;noopener noreferrer&quot;&gt;&lt;img width=500px alt=&quot;trying to run SysDRV with dotnet, but the dotnet command is not found.&quot; src=&quot;https://media.dekkia.com/media_attachments/files/111/828/681/152/336/191/original/5c338c11d3cb3087.png&quot;&gt;&lt;figcaption&gt;trying to run SysDRV with dotnet, but the dotnet command is not found.&lt;/figcaption&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/section&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;p class=&quot;statusBoxTag&quot;&gt;15:53:46&lt;/p&gt;&lt;a class=&quot;statusBoxWrapper&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot; rel=&quot;noopener noreferrer&quot;&gt;&lt;section&gt;&lt;p&gt;And here&apos;s Microsoft doing their thing. As expected.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Their installer doesn&apos;t add their bin directory to PATH.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;a class=&quot;statusBoxWrapper&quot; href=&quot;https://media.dekkia.com/media_attachments/files/111/828/710/938/477/249/original/9d396cd5ddd63f02.png&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot; rel=&quot;noopener noreferrer&quot;&gt;&lt;img width=500px alt=&quot;Adding the /home/pi/.dotnet to $PATH.
  196.  
  197. After adding it, dotnet is a know command.&quot; src=&quot;https://media.dekkia.com/media_attachments/files/111/828/710/938/477/249/original/9d396cd5ddd63f02.png&quot;&gt;&lt;figcaption&gt;Adding the /home/pi/.dotnet to $PATH.
  198.  
  199. After adding it, dotnet is a know command.&lt;/figcaption&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/section&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;p class=&quot;statusBoxTag&quot;&gt;15:54:32&lt;/p&gt;&lt;a class=&quot;statusBoxWrapper&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot; rel=&quot;noopener noreferrer&quot;&gt;&lt;section&gt;&lt;p&gt;It outputs &quot;dotnet-install: Adding to current process PATH: `/home/pi/.dotnet`. Note: This change will be visible only when sourcing script.&quot; while running.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;What script do you want me to source Mr Gates? The install script?&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/section&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;p class=&quot;statusBoxTag&quot;&gt;16:01:05&lt;/p&gt;&lt;a class=&quot;statusBoxWrapper&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot; rel=&quot;noopener noreferrer&quot;&gt;&lt;section&gt;&lt;p&gt;Fixed that, and onto the next issue.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;a class=&quot;statusBoxWrapper&quot; href=&quot;https://media.dekkia.com/media_attachments/files/111/828/743/377/340/780/original/37b1c3e16504fdfd.png&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot; rel=&quot;noopener noreferrer&quot;&gt;&lt;img width=500px alt=&quot;DotNET not being able to find the library SDL2_image when trying to run SysDVR from shell.&quot; src=&quot;https://media.dekkia.com/media_attachments/files/111/828/743/377/340/780/original/37b1c3e16504fdfd.png&quot;&gt;&lt;figcaption&gt;DotNET not being able to find the library SDL2_image when trying to run SysDVR from shell.&lt;/figcaption&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/section&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;p class=&quot;statusBoxTag&quot;&gt;16:15:48&lt;/p&gt;&lt;a class=&quot;statusBoxWrapper&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot; rel=&quot;noopener noreferrer&quot;&gt;&lt;section&gt;&lt;p&gt;Looks like I&apos;m missing libsdl2-dev. But I&apos;m not.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Lovely.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/section&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;p class=&quot;statusBoxTag&quot;&gt;16:16:41&lt;/p&gt;&lt;a class=&quot;statusBoxWrapper&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot; rel=&quot;noopener noreferrer&quot;&gt;&lt;section&gt;&lt;p&gt;Oh no.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;a class=&quot;statusBoxWrapper&quot; href=&quot;https://media.dekkia.com/media_attachments/files/111/828/806/720/448/142/original/28e4defb875241d1.png&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot; rel=&quot;noopener noreferrer&quot;&gt;&lt;img width=500px alt=&quot;Googling the error message I got only gave one result.&quot; src=&quot;https://media.dekkia.com/media_attachments/files/111/828/806/720/448/142/original/28e4defb875241d1.png&quot;&gt;&lt;figcaption&gt;Googling the error message I got only gave one result.&lt;/figcaption&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/section&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;p class=&quot;statusBoxTag&quot;&gt;16:20:25&lt;/p&gt;&lt;a class=&quot;statusBoxWrapper&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot; rel=&quot;noopener noreferrer&quot;&gt;&lt;section&gt;&lt;p&gt;libsdl2-image-dev is its own package but the SysDVR manual install guide doesn&apos;t mention that.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/section&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;p class=&quot;statusBoxTag&quot;&gt;16:21:33&lt;/p&gt;&lt;a class=&quot;statusBoxWrapper&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot; rel=&quot;noopener noreferrer&quot;&gt;&lt;section&gt;&lt;p&gt;But the single Google result did.&lt;br&gt;Kind of at least. It was for MacOS but potaito potato.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/section&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;p class=&quot;statusBoxTag&quot;&gt;16:24:55&lt;/p&gt;&lt;a class=&quot;statusBoxWrapper&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot; rel=&quot;noopener noreferrer&quot;&gt;&lt;section&gt;&lt;p&gt;Oh come on!&lt;/p&gt;&lt;a class=&quot;statusBoxWrapper&quot; href=&quot;https://media.dekkia.com/media_attachments/files/111/828/839/677/957/503/original/a791a05593494798.png&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot; rel=&quot;noopener noreferrer&quot;&gt;&lt;img width=500px alt=&quot;SysDVR-Client 6.0 - by exelix
  200. https://github.com/exelix11/SysDVR
  201. Build ID: e18a704
  202.  
  203. Segmentation fault&quot; src=&quot;https://media.dekkia.com/media_attachments/files/111/828/839/677/957/503/original/a791a05593494798.png&quot;&gt;&lt;figcaption&gt;SysDVR-Client 6.0 - by exelix
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Segmentation fault&lt;/figcaption&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/section&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;p class=&quot;statusBoxTag&quot;&gt;16:26:41&lt;/p&gt;&lt;a class=&quot;statusBoxWrapper&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot; rel=&quot;noopener noreferrer&quot;&gt;&lt;section&gt;&lt;p&gt;It&apos;s not completely screwed up, it looks like.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;--help Works.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/section&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;p class=&quot;statusBoxTag&quot;&gt;16:28:41&lt;/p&gt;&lt;a class=&quot;statusBoxWrapper&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot; rel=&quot;noopener noreferrer&quot;&gt;&lt;section&gt;&lt;p&gt;--debug works too.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;System.IndexOutOfRangeException: Index was outside the bounds of the array.&lt;br&gt;   at SysDVR.Client.CommandLineOptions.Parse(String[] args)&lt;br&gt;   at SysDVR.Client.Program.RunApp(String[] args)&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/section&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;p class=&quot;statusBoxTag&quot;&gt;16:30:12&lt;/p&gt;&lt;a class=&quot;statusBoxWrapper&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot; rel=&quot;noopener noreferrer&quot;&gt;&lt;section&gt;&lt;p&gt;Wait, does it crash while parsing the command line options?&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;That&apos;s almost funny.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/section&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;p class=&quot;statusBoxTag&quot;&gt;16:37:02&lt;/p&gt;&lt;a class=&quot;statusBoxWrapper&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot; rel=&quot;noopener noreferrer&quot;&gt;&lt;section&gt;&lt;p&gt;The Legacy Player works.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Guess I&apos;ll use that then.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;a class=&quot;statusBoxWrapper&quot; href=&quot;https://media.dekkia.com/media_attachments/files/111/828/887/540/896/209/original/ca0fcaead3ccb55a.png&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot; rel=&quot;noopener noreferrer&quot;&gt;&lt;img width=500px alt=&quot;Mario Kart 8 DX being displayed inside the SysDVR Client inside VLC.&quot; src=&quot;https://media.dekkia.com/media_attachments/files/111/828/887/540/896/209/original/ca0fcaead3ccb55a.png&quot;&gt;&lt;figcaption&gt;Mario Kart 8 DX being displayed inside the SysDVR Client inside VLC.&lt;/figcaption&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/section&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;p class=&quot;statusBoxTag&quot;&gt;16:38:47&lt;/p&gt;&lt;a class=&quot;statusBoxWrapper&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot; rel=&quot;noopener noreferrer&quot;&gt;&lt;section&gt;&lt;p&gt;It&apos;s even better with --fullscreen.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/section&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;p class=&quot;statusBoxTag&quot;&gt;16:41:03&lt;/p&gt;&lt;a class=&quot;statusBoxWrapper&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot; rel=&quot;noopener noreferrer&quot;&gt;&lt;section&gt;&lt;p&gt;Now I just need to figure out how to start it on boot and restart it in case it crashes or exits.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Hey, systemd u up?&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/section&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;p class=&quot;statusBoxTag&quot;&gt;17:05:54&lt;/p&gt;&lt;a class=&quot;statusBoxWrapper&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot; rel=&quot;noopener noreferrer&quot;&gt;&lt;section&gt;&lt;p&gt;Figured it out.&lt;br&gt;In case anybody stumbles over this thread and wants it:&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://gist.github.com/RealDekkia/c57097de1b5369c02c62bf48f79b060d&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noopener noreferrer&quot; translate=&quot;no&quot;&gt;&lt;span class=&quot;invisible&quot;&gt;https://&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&quot;ellipsis&quot;&gt;gist.github.com/RealDekkia/c57&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&quot;invisible&quot;&gt;097de1b5369c02c62bf48f79b060d&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/section&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;p class=&quot;statusBoxTag&quot;&gt;17:18:02&lt;/p&gt;&lt;a class=&quot;statusBoxWrapper&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot; rel=&quot;noopener noreferrer&quot;&gt;&lt;section&gt;&lt;p&gt;Almost got it right on the first try.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Had to add a &lt;br&gt;```&lt;br&gt;After=graphical.target&lt;br&gt;Wants=graphical.target&lt;br&gt;```&lt;br&gt;and now it works on boot.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Nice.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/section&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;p class=&quot;statusBoxTag&quot;&gt;17:20:00&lt;/p&gt;&lt;a class=&quot;statusBoxWrapper&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot; rel=&quot;noopener noreferrer&quot;&gt;&lt;section&gt;&lt;p&gt;I&apos;d love to post a Video, but the Pi leaks my wifi SSID on boot and that&apos;s bad opsec.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/section&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;p class=&quot;statusBoxTag&quot;&gt;17:36:01&lt;/p&gt;&lt;a class=&quot;statusBoxWrapper&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot; rel=&quot;noopener noreferrer&quot;&gt;&lt;section&gt;&lt;p&gt;Two more finishing touches: &lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Add a wallpaper as some sort of wait screen.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;And install unclutter to get rid of the cursor when the desktop is showing.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/section&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;p class=&quot;statusBoxTag&quot;&gt;17:41:19&lt;/p&gt;&lt;a class=&quot;statusBoxWrapper&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot; rel=&quot;noopener noreferrer&quot;&gt;&lt;section&gt;&lt;p&gt;Perfection.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Unclutter didn&apos;t work but I can&apos;t be bothered to fix that.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;a class=&quot;statusBoxWrapper&quot; href=&quot;https://media.dekkia.com/media_attachments/files/111/829/137/114/019/289/original/625a099edb9d253e.mp4&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot; rel=&quot;noopener noreferrer&quot;&gt;&lt;video width=500px controls=&quot;&quot; src=&quot;https://media.dekkia.com/media_attachments/files/111/829/137/114/019/289/original/625a099edb9d253e.mp4&quot;&gt;&lt;/video&gt;&lt;figcaption&gt;A short video of Mario Kart 8 DX starting from an empty desktop. The Desktop wallpaper depicts tom nook.&lt;/figcaption&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/section&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;p class=&quot;statusBoxTag&quot;&gt;17:42:04&lt;/p&gt;&lt;a class=&quot;statusBoxWrapper&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot; rel=&quot;noopener noreferrer&quot;&gt;&lt;section&gt;&lt;p&gt;The wallpaper was part of the set Nintendo of Japan sent you in 2021 on your birthday btw.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/section&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;p class=&quot;statusBoxTag&quot;&gt;17:42:52&lt;/p&gt;&lt;a class=&quot;statusBoxWrapper&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot; rel=&quot;noopener noreferrer&quot;&gt;&lt;section&gt;&lt;p&gt;The lag comes from my cheap capture card. It&apos;s better with a real display.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/section&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;p class=&quot;statusBoxTag&quot;&gt;17:43:22&lt;/p&gt;&lt;a class=&quot;statusBoxWrapper&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot; rel=&quot;noopener noreferrer&quot;&gt;&lt;section&gt;&lt;p&gt;Now I just have to wait for the 3D prints to finish, and I can put it together.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/section&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;p class=&quot;statusBoxTag&quot;&gt;17:45:02&lt;/p&gt;&lt;a class=&quot;statusBoxWrapper&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot; rel=&quot;noopener noreferrer&quot;&gt;&lt;section&gt;&lt;p&gt;One more thing: Enabling overlayFS to hopefully have it last longer.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/section&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;p class=&quot;statusBoxTag&quot;&gt;18:43:46&lt;/p&gt;&lt;a class=&quot;statusBoxWrapper&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot; rel=&quot;noopener noreferrer&quot;&gt;&lt;section&gt;&lt;p&gt;Most of the 3D printing is done and the brass inserts are in.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;a class=&quot;statusBoxWrapper&quot; href=&quot;https://media.dekkia.com/media_attachments/files/111/829/382/857/276/840/original/3a4c5b344f3d3453.jpg&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot; rel=&quot;noopener noreferrer&quot;&gt;&lt;img width=500px alt=&quot;Parts pf the 3D printed switch lite dock with brass thread inserts in various mounting-holes.&quot; src=&quot;https://media.dekkia.com/media_attachments/files/111/829/382/857/276/840/original/3a4c5b344f3d3453.jpg&quot;&gt;&lt;figcaption&gt;Parts pf the 3D printed switch lite dock with brass thread inserts in various mounting-holes.&lt;/figcaption&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/section&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;p class=&quot;statusBoxTag&quot;&gt;18:56:06&lt;/p&gt;&lt;a class=&quot;statusBoxWrapper&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot; rel=&quot;noopener noreferrer&quot;&gt;&lt;section&gt;&lt;p&gt;Here&apos;s some great jank: The only M2.5 Screws I had are 10mm long. So used M2.5 Inserts as standooffs.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;a class=&quot;statusBoxWrapper&quot; href=&quot;https://media.dekkia.com/media_attachments/files/111/829/424/613/879/018/original/6bdbdabf05e70c0e.jpg&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot; rel=&quot;noopener noreferrer&quot;&gt;&lt;img width=500px alt=&quot;A picture of a Raspberry pi 5 mounted in a 3D printed shell with threaded brass inserts as standoffs ontop of the PCB.&quot; src=&quot;https://media.dekkia.com/media_attachments/files/111/829/424/613/879/018/original/6bdbdabf05e70c0e.jpg&quot;&gt;&lt;figcaption&gt;A picture of a Raspberry pi 5 mounted in a 3D printed shell with threaded brass inserts as standoffs ontop of the PCB.&lt;/figcaption&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;a class=&quot;statusBoxWrapper&quot; href=&quot;https://media.dekkia.com/media_attachments/files/111/829/424/705/668/758/original/26b6972a0a60453f.jpg&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot; rel=&quot;noopener noreferrer&quot;&gt;&lt;img width=500px alt=&quot;A top-down view of the whole case with the Pi in it. There&apos;s also a USB cable that comes in trough a hole on the bottom.&quot; src=&quot;https://media.dekkia.com/media_attachments/files/111/829/424/705/668/758/original/26b6972a0a60453f.jpg&quot;&gt;&lt;figcaption&gt;A top-down view of the whole case with the Pi in it. There&apos;s also a USB cable that comes in trough a hole on the bottom.&lt;/figcaption&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/section&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;p class=&quot;statusBoxTag&quot;&gt;19:01:35&lt;/p&gt;&lt;a class=&quot;statusBoxWrapper&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot; rel=&quot;noopener noreferrer&quot;&gt;&lt;section&gt;&lt;p&gt;The rails to hold the swicht centered (just like on the real dock) are in too.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Technically I designed them to be replaceable, in practice I had to hammer them in.&lt;br&gt;Let&apos;s just hope I don&apos;t need to replace them.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;a class=&quot;statusBoxWrapper&quot; href=&quot;https://media.dekkia.com/media_attachments/files/111/829/449/473/073/499/original/646075b0fd072d69.jpg&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot; rel=&quot;noopener noreferrer&quot;&gt;&lt;img width=500px alt=&quot;Zoomed-in picture from the side of the dock where guiderails are visible on either side.&quot; src=&quot;https://media.dekkia.com/media_attachments/files/111/829/449/473/073/499/original/646075b0fd072d69.jpg&quot;&gt;&lt;figcaption&gt;Zoomed-in picture from the side of the dock where guiderails are visible on either side.&lt;/figcaption&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/section&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;p class=&quot;statusBoxTag&quot;&gt;19:06:17&lt;/p&gt;&lt;a class=&quot;statusBoxWrapper&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot; rel=&quot;noopener noreferrer&quot;&gt;&lt;section&gt;&lt;p&gt;And here goes the Fan.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;a class=&quot;statusBoxWrapper&quot; href=&quot;https://media.dekkia.com/media_attachments/files/111/829/470/969/024/956/original/cd4beb418d77db85.jpg&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot; rel=&quot;noopener noreferrer&quot;&gt;&lt;img width=500px alt=&quot;A Picture of the back lid of the dock with a smal Fan mounted to it. On the bottom of the picture is the Raspberry Pi that lines up with the fan.&quot; src=&quot;https://media.dekkia.com/media_attachments/files/111/829/470/969/024/956/original/cd4beb418d77db85.jpg&quot;&gt;&lt;figcaption&gt;A Picture of the back lid of the dock with a smal Fan mounted to it. On the bottom of the picture is the Raspberry Pi that lines up with the fan.&lt;/figcaption&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/section&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;p class=&quot;statusBoxTag&quot;&gt;19:16:04&lt;/p&gt;&lt;a class=&quot;statusBoxWrapper&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot; rel=&quot;noopener noreferrer&quot;&gt;&lt;section&gt;&lt;p&gt;And here comes the last part fresh of the Print bed: The power Switch.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;I printed it separately to align it in a way that makes it stronger.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;a class=&quot;statusBoxWrapper&quot; href=&quot;https://media.dekkia.com/media_attachments/files/111/829/500/608/630/696/original/5f024d4a4eb74962.jpg&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot; rel=&quot;noopener noreferrer&quot;&gt;&lt;img width=500px alt=&quot;A small L-Shaped plastic piece with a scre-hole on the shorter and a power-symbol on the longer arm.&quot; src=&quot;https://media.dekkia.com/media_attachments/files/111/829/500/608/630/696/original/5f024d4a4eb74962.jpg&quot;&gt;&lt;figcaption&gt;A small L-Shaped plastic piece with a scre-hole on the shorter and a power-symbol on the longer arm.&lt;/figcaption&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;a class=&quot;statusBoxWrapper&quot; href=&quot;https://media.dekkia.com/media_attachments/files/111/829/505/295/771/378/original/c9646f7dd968bbc9.jpg&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot; rel=&quot;noopener noreferrer&quot;&gt;&lt;img width=500px alt=&quot;That L-shaped piece from the previous picture installed at the top right of the shell where the long end of it touches the power-switch on the raspberry pi.&quot; src=&quot;https://media.dekkia.com/media_attachments/files/111/829/505/295/771/378/original/c9646f7dd968bbc9.jpg&quot;&gt;&lt;figcaption&gt;That L-shaped piece from the previous picture installed at the top right of the shell where the long end of it touches the power-switch on the raspberry pi.&lt;/figcaption&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;a class=&quot;statusBoxWrapper&quot; href=&quot;https://media.dekkia.com/media_attachments/files/111/829/505/544/295/804/original/19ef46dcd9b198d6.jpg&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot; rel=&quot;noopener noreferrer&quot;&gt;&lt;img width=500px alt=&quot;The same thing, but visible from the outside. The button is flush with the rest of the case.&quot; src=&quot;https://media.dekkia.com/media_attachments/files/111/829/505/544/295/804/original/19ef46dcd9b198d6.jpg&quot;&gt;&lt;figcaption&gt;The same thing, but visible from the outside. The button is flush with the rest of the case.&lt;/figcaption&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/section&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;p class=&quot;statusBoxTag&quot;&gt;19:20:31&lt;/p&gt;&lt;a class=&quot;statusBoxWrapper&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot; rel=&quot;noopener noreferrer&quot;&gt;&lt;section&gt;&lt;p&gt;Closing up the Case was a lot easier than expected.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;I was concerned about the Fan cable, but that went smoth.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;a class=&quot;statusBoxWrapper&quot; href=&quot;https://media.dekkia.com/media_attachments/files/111/829/525/807/715/827/original/03604198d7e21b61.jpg&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot; rel=&quot;noopener noreferrer&quot;&gt;&lt;img width=500px alt=&quot;The back side of the case I&apos;m working on. It has two bigger screws that hold it on and four small ones around the fan.&quot; src=&quot;https://media.dekkia.com/media_attachments/files/111/829/525/807/715/827/original/03604198d7e21b61.jpg&quot;&gt;&lt;figcaption&gt;The back side of the case I&apos;m working on. It has two bigger screws that hold it on and four small ones around the fan.&lt;/figcaption&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/section&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;p class=&quot;statusBoxTag&quot;&gt;19:24:01&lt;/p&gt;&lt;a class=&quot;statusBoxWrapper&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot; rel=&quot;noopener noreferrer&quot;&gt;&lt;section&gt;&lt;p&gt;And there it is.&lt;br&gt;With the switch and everything.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;I&apos;ll post a Real video of it working tomorrow. But I first have to make spaces on TV cupboard for it and I don&apos;t fee like doing that now.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;a class=&quot;statusBoxWrapper&quot; href=&quot;https://media.dekkia.com/media_attachments/files/111/829/537/467/173/767/original/1563e6a4990a8348.jpg&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot; rel=&quot;noopener noreferrer&quot;&gt;&lt;img width=500px alt=&quot;A gray switch lite in a 3D printed dock. The logo and Nintendo switch text are white, the rest is black.&quot; src=&quot;https://media.dekkia.com/media_attachments/files/111/829/537/467/173/767/original/1563e6a4990a8348.jpg&quot;&gt;&lt;figcaption&gt;A gray switch lite in a 3D printed dock. The logo and Nintendo switch text are white, the rest is black.&lt;/figcaption&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/section&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;p class=&quot;statusBoxTag&quot;&gt;19:50:03&lt;/p&gt;&lt;a class=&quot;statusBoxWrapper&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot; rel=&quot;noopener noreferrer&quot;&gt;&lt;section&gt;&lt;p&gt;Quickly tested it on my Desktop Monitor.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;The latency is not like Smash on a CRT but it&apos;s serviceable.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;a class=&quot;statusBoxWrapper&quot; href=&quot;https://media.dekkia.com/media_attachments/files/111/829/640/588/187/321/original/6c4749dc065aa758.jpg&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot; rel=&quot;noopener noreferrer&quot;&gt;&lt;img width=500px alt=&quot;The mario kart 150cc win screen with link (player 1)  in first place with 54 points.&quot; src=&quot;https://media.dekkia.com/media_attachments/files/111/829/640/588/187/321/original/6c4749dc065aa758.jpg&quot;&gt;&lt;figcaption&gt;The mario kart 150cc win screen with link (player 1)  in first place with 54 points.&lt;/figcaption&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/section&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;p class=&quot;statusBoxTag&quot;&gt;19:54:11&lt;/p&gt;&lt;a class=&quot;statusBoxWrapper&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot; rel=&quot;noopener noreferrer&quot;&gt;&lt;section&gt;&lt;p&gt;Playing like that also slowly decreases the battery, because It can&apos;t charge fast enough over that USB connection.&lt;br&gt;I&apos;ll have to look into fixing that at some point. But it&apos;s not a big deal.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/section&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;p class=&quot;statusBoxTag&quot;&gt;2024-01-28, 07:41:10&lt;/p&gt;&lt;a class=&quot;statusBoxWrapper&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot; rel=&quot;noopener noreferrer&quot;&gt;&lt;section&gt;&lt;p&gt;Video as Promised.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;I consider this project done now.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;a class=&quot;statusBoxWrapper&quot; href=&quot;https://media.dekkia.com/media_attachments/files/111/832/434/970/784/691/original/73ea51f3ee8f67bf.mp4&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot; rel=&quot;noopener noreferrer&quot;&gt;&lt;video width=500px controls=&quot;&quot; src=&quot;https://media.dekkia.com/media_attachments/files/111/832/434/970/784/691/original/73ea51f3ee8f67bf.mp4&quot;&gt;&lt;/video&gt;&lt;figcaption&gt;The Switch Lite dock I built standing on a low cupboard with a projector screen on top. In my right hand I&apos;m holding a switch lite with mario kart running on it. I then put it into the dock and within seconds the display on the screen changes to the game. That&apos;s when the game music also starts playing trough the speakers of my setup.&lt;/figcaption&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/section&gt;&lt;/a&gt;</description>
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  209. <pubDate>Sun, 28 Jan 2024 07:41:10 GMT</pubDate>
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  212. <title>Upgrading my Tolino Vision 6</title>
  213. <link>https://dekkia.zip/blog/post/111513174901490466.html</link>
  214. <description>&lt;h1 class=&quot;title&quot;&gt;Upgrading my Tolino Vision 6&lt;/h1&gt;&lt;p class=&quot;statusBoxTag&quot;&gt;2023-12-02, 22:26:53&lt;/p&gt;&lt;a class=&quot;statusBoxWrapper&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot; rel=&quot;noopener noreferrer&quot;&gt;&lt;section&gt;&lt;p&gt;I upgraded the internal storage on my ebook reader.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Turns it it&apos;s easier than you&apos;d think but harder than it should be.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;So I wrote a guide on how to do it: &lt;br&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://www.ifixit.com/Guide/Tolino+Vision+6+Internal+Storage+Replacement+or+Upgrade/168276&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noopener noreferrer&quot; translate=&quot;no&quot;&gt;&lt;span class=&quot;invisible&quot;&gt;https://www.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&quot;ellipsis&quot;&gt;ifixit.com/Guide/Tolino+Vision&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&quot;invisible&quot;&gt;+6+Internal+Storage+Replacement+or+Upgrade/168276&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/section&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;p class=&quot;statusBoxTag&quot;&gt;2023-12-03, 11:33:13&lt;/p&gt;&lt;a class=&quot;statusBoxWrapper&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot; rel=&quot;noopener noreferrer&quot;&gt;&lt;section&gt;&lt;p&gt;The whole point of this exercise was to be able to put the entirety of the english-language wikipedia on it.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;That thing is about 100GB in size.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/section&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;p class=&quot;statusBoxTag&quot;&gt;11:35:02&lt;/p&gt;&lt;a class=&quot;statusBoxWrapper&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot; rel=&quot;noopener noreferrer&quot;&gt;&lt;section&gt;&lt;p&gt;The reason why I wanted to put wikipedia on it was because I recently started reading the hitchhikers guide to the galaxy.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Having a device with the single biggest collection of human knowledge seemed funny.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/section&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;p class=&quot;statusBoxTag&quot;&gt;11:38:23&lt;/p&gt;&lt;a class=&quot;statusBoxWrapper&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot; rel=&quot;noopener noreferrer&quot;&gt;&lt;section&gt;&lt;p&gt;After the hard part was over, I wanted to have some fun and went on to replacing the boot animation.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;a class=&quot;statusBoxWrapper&quot; href=&quot;https://media.dekkia.com/media_attachments/files/111/516/277/644/296/442/original/0ea948205590f3a4.jpg&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot; rel=&quot;noopener noreferrer&quot;&gt;&lt;img width=500px alt=&quot;A tolino ebook reader with the words DON&apos;T PANIC in large friendly letters on its display.
  215. Above the text is the tolino logo and below is  a windows xp style loading bar. Below that is the powered by android logo.&quot; src=&quot;https://media.dekkia.com/media_attachments/files/111/516/277/644/296/442/original/0ea948205590f3a4.jpg&quot;&gt;&lt;figcaption&gt;A tolino ebook reader with the words DON&apos;T PANIC in large friendly letters on its display.
  216. Above the text is the tolino logo and below is  a windows xp style loading bar. Below that is the powered by android logo.&lt;/figcaption&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/section&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;p class=&quot;statusBoxTag&quot;&gt;11:40:23&lt;/p&gt;&lt;a class=&quot;statusBoxWrapper&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot; rel=&quot;noopener noreferrer&quot;&gt;&lt;section&gt;&lt;p&gt;And here&apos;s what the animation looks like.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;a class=&quot;statusBoxWrapper&quot; href=&quot;https://media.dekkia.com/media_attachments/files/111/516/291/542/955/228/original/fde603adfc04502e.mp4&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot; rel=&quot;noopener noreferrer&quot;&gt;&lt;video width=500px controls=&quot;&quot; src=&quot;https://media.dekkia.com/media_attachments/files/111/516/291/542/955/228/original/fde603adfc04502e.mp4&quot;&gt;&lt;/video&gt;&lt;figcaption&gt;The same image as before, but now the loading bar is animated.&lt;/figcaption&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/section&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;p class=&quot;statusBoxTag&quot;&gt;11:43:34&lt;/p&gt;&lt;a class=&quot;statusBoxWrapper&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot; rel=&quot;noopener noreferrer&quot;&gt;&lt;section&gt;&lt;p&gt;The actual image frames for the boot animation have a thicker border than on the device. That&apos;s because the Tolino Vision 6 overscans by around 100px on each side.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/section&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;p class=&quot;statusBoxTag&quot;&gt;11:46:08&lt;/p&gt;&lt;a class=&quot;statusBoxWrapper&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot; rel=&quot;noopener noreferrer&quot;&gt;&lt;section&gt;&lt;p&gt;Now to the idle part of the process: getting Wikipedia on the device.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;a class=&quot;statusBoxWrapper&quot; href=&quot;https://media.dekkia.com/media_attachments/files/111/516/314/474/634/510/original/a6108104bb14c649.png&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot; rel=&quot;noopener noreferrer&quot;&gt;&lt;img width=500px alt=&quot;The Windows Copying-dialog telling me the process takes around 2 hours and 50 minutes in german.&quot; src=&quot;https://media.dekkia.com/media_attachments/files/111/516/314/474/634/510/original/a6108104bb14c649.png&quot;&gt;&lt;figcaption&gt;The Windows Copying-dialog telling me the process takes around 2 hours and 50 minutes in german.&lt;/figcaption&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/section&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;p class=&quot;statusBoxTag&quot;&gt;11:46:41&lt;/p&gt;&lt;a class=&quot;statusBoxWrapper&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot; rel=&quot;noopener noreferrer&quot;&gt;&lt;section&gt;&lt;p&gt;In retrospect, I should&apos;ve done this when I had the SD card out.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/section&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;p class=&quot;statusBoxTag&quot;&gt;12:29:00&lt;/p&gt;&lt;a class=&quot;statusBoxWrapper&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot; rel=&quot;noopener noreferrer&quot;&gt;&lt;section&gt;&lt;p&gt;In case someone stumbles over this thread and wants the files. Here you go: &lt;a href=&quot;https://zip.dekkia.zip/s/B7aT8gYeD84AdDF&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noopener noreferrer&quot; translate=&quot;no&quot;&gt;&lt;span class=&quot;invisible&quot;&gt;https://&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&quot;ellipsis&quot;&gt;zip.dekkia.zip/s/B7aT8gYeD84Ad&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&quot;invisible&quot;&gt;DF&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/section&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;p class=&quot;statusBoxTag&quot;&gt;12:33:47&lt;/p&gt;&lt;a class=&quot;statusBoxWrapper&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot; rel=&quot;noopener noreferrer&quot;&gt;&lt;section&gt;&lt;p&gt;Good news and bad news: &lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Good: The file transfer hasn&apos;t failed yet.&lt;br&gt;Bad: The Time estimation seems to be correct.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;a class=&quot;statusBoxWrapper&quot; href=&quot;https://media.dekkia.com/media_attachments/files/111/516/499/347/361/883/original/0ca1fb13448909f6.png&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot; rel=&quot;noopener noreferrer&quot;&gt;&lt;img width=500px alt=&quot;The same file-transfer window in windows, this time with 1 hour and 30 minutes remaining.&quot; src=&quot;https://media.dekkia.com/media_attachments/files/111/516/499/347/361/883/original/0ca1fb13448909f6.png&quot;&gt;&lt;figcaption&gt;The same file-transfer window in windows, this time with 1 hour and 30 minutes remaining.&lt;/figcaption&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/section&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;p class=&quot;statusBoxTag&quot;&gt;13:20:31&lt;/p&gt;&lt;a class=&quot;statusBoxWrapper&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot; rel=&quot;noopener noreferrer&quot;&gt;&lt;section&gt;&lt;p&gt;Landing confirmed.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;The file is on the reader.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/section&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;p class=&quot;statusBoxTag&quot;&gt;13:21:49&lt;/p&gt;&lt;a class=&quot;statusBoxWrapper&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot; rel=&quot;noopener noreferrer&quot;&gt;&lt;section&gt;&lt;p&gt;Now I just have to install an app to read that file.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;I&apos;m using &lt;a href=&quot;https://kiwix.org/en/&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noopener noreferrer&quot; translate=&quot;no&quot;&gt;&lt;span class=&quot;invisible&quot;&gt;https://&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&quot;&quot;&gt;kiwix.org/en/&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&quot;invisible&quot;&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt; for this. Since the fdroid version is outdated I downloaded it directly from their website and installed it over adb.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/section&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;p class=&quot;statusBoxTag&quot;&gt;14:08:00&lt;/p&gt;&lt;a class=&quot;statusBoxWrapper&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot; rel=&quot;noopener noreferrer&quot;&gt;&lt;section&gt;&lt;p&gt;That wold&apos;ve been to easy&lt;/p&gt;&lt;a class=&quot;statusBoxWrapper&quot; href=&quot;https://media.dekkia.com/media_attachments/files/111/516/865/098/048/351/original/659d17430b7bf3d6.jpeg&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot; rel=&quot;noopener noreferrer&quot;&gt;&lt;img width=500px alt=&quot;Kiwix on the reader with the file  I copied being auto-detected&quot; src=&quot;https://media.dekkia.com/media_attachments/files/111/516/865/098/048/351/original/659d17430b7bf3d6.jpeg&quot;&gt;&lt;figcaption&gt;Kiwix on the reader with the file  I copied being auto-detected&lt;/figcaption&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;a class=&quot;statusBoxWrapper&quot; href=&quot;https://media.dekkia.com/media_attachments/files/111/516/866/158/549/800/original/7d92674228a07bd9.jpeg&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot; rel=&quot;noopener noreferrer&quot;&gt;&lt;img width=500px alt=&quot;A message telling me that kiwix has crashed.&quot; src=&quot;https://media.dekkia.com/media_attachments/files/111/516/866/158/549/800/original/7d92674228a07bd9.jpeg&quot;&gt;&lt;figcaption&gt;A message telling me that kiwix has crashed.&lt;/figcaption&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/section&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;p class=&quot;statusBoxTag&quot;&gt;14:10:23&lt;/p&gt;&lt;a class=&quot;statusBoxWrapper&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot; rel=&quot;noopener noreferrer&quot;&gt;&lt;section&gt;&lt;p&gt;Ok maybe the file is just too big, I thought. So I tried the German language Wikipedia which has &quot;only&quot; 4,17GB. But that one crashed too.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/section&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;p class=&quot;statusBoxTag&quot;&gt;14:11:14&lt;/p&gt;&lt;a class=&quot;statusBoxWrapper&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot; rel=&quot;noopener noreferrer&quot;&gt;&lt;section&gt;&lt;p&gt;And then I tried the top 100 articles without pictures which come in at 13,28MB. Instead of crashing and throwing an error, the app just closed.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/section&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;p class=&quot;statusBoxTag&quot;&gt;14:13:36&lt;/p&gt;&lt;a class=&quot;statusBoxWrapper&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot; rel=&quot;noopener noreferrer&quot;&gt;&lt;section&gt;&lt;p&gt;Then I tried the 5-year-old version from Fdroid. That one doesn&apos;t even need me to open a file, because it just randomly restarts in the menu.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/section&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;p class=&quot;statusBoxTag&quot;&gt;14:14:35&lt;/p&gt;&lt;a class=&quot;statusBoxWrapper&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot; rel=&quot;noopener noreferrer&quot;&gt;&lt;section&gt;&lt;p&gt;To figure out what&apos;s wrong I will need to take a look into logcat.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;But I&apos;m not feeling that today, so this is something for future me to do.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/section&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;p class=&quot;statusBoxTag&quot;&gt;14:21:24&lt;/p&gt;&lt;a class=&quot;statusBoxWrapper&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot; rel=&quot;noopener noreferrer&quot;&gt;&lt;section&gt;&lt;p&gt;Side question:&lt;br&gt;The device has a black and white e-ink display and autostarts the main app which can&apos;t be closed normally.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Why does that app have an icon which is in color?&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;They do have an Android app for &quot;normal&quot; phones, but that one has a completely different icon. So they didn&apos;t just reuse it or something.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;a class=&quot;statusBoxWrapper&quot; href=&quot;https://media.dekkia.com/media_attachments/files/111/516/905/696/550/807/original/ce5d2f6b1f2b8724.png&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot; rel=&quot;noopener noreferrer&quot;&gt;&lt;img width=500px alt=&quot;A cropped copy of a previous screenshot with an app called &amp;quot;tolino&amp;quot; and an icon that is partly colored.&quot; src=&quot;https://media.dekkia.com/media_attachments/files/111/516/905/696/550/807/original/ce5d2f6b1f2b8724.png&quot;&gt;&lt;figcaption&gt;A cropped copy of a previous screenshot with an app called &quot;tolino&quot; and an icon that is partly colored.&lt;/figcaption&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;a class=&quot;statusBoxWrapper&quot; href=&quot;https://media.dekkia.com/media_attachments/files/111/516/919/442/757/542/original/d82218dbc428f5e0.png&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot; rel=&quot;noopener noreferrer&quot;&gt;&lt;img width=500px alt=&quot;A screenshot of the app icon and name of the official app in the play store. The Icon doesn&apos;t look at all like the other one.&quot; src=&quot;https://media.dekkia.com/media_attachments/files/111/516/919/442/757/542/original/d82218dbc428f5e0.png&quot;&gt;&lt;figcaption&gt;A screenshot of the app icon and name of the official app in the play store. The Icon doesn&apos;t look at all like the other one.&lt;/figcaption&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/section&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;p class=&quot;statusBoxTag&quot;&gt;14:23:02&lt;/p&gt;&lt;a class=&quot;statusBoxWrapper&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot; rel=&quot;noopener noreferrer&quot;&gt;&lt;section&gt;&lt;p&gt;It might be that they found that yellow produces a better gray than any kind of gray they could use.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/section&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;p class=&quot;statusBoxTag&quot;&gt;14:23:56&lt;/p&gt;&lt;a class=&quot;statusBoxWrapper&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot; rel=&quot;noopener noreferrer&quot;&gt;&lt;section&gt;&lt;p&gt;Or they&apos;re working on a version with a color e-ink behind the scenes. But even if that&apos;s the case it doesn&apos;t make sense since you can&apos;t see that Icon normally.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/section&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;p class=&quot;statusBoxTag&quot;&gt;14:24:54&lt;/p&gt;&lt;a class=&quot;statusBoxWrapper&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot; rel=&quot;noopener noreferrer&quot;&gt;&lt;section&gt;&lt;p&gt;Except maybe the color variant has official support for 3rd party apps instead of people hacking it in as I did.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/section&gt;&lt;/a&gt;</description>
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  218. <pubDate>Sun, 03 Dec 2023 14:24:54 GMT</pubDate>
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