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philpem

@philpem@digipres.club

Software preservation, electronics, software and ham radio - a maker of things!

Pronouns: https://pronoun.is/he/him

Website: https://www.philpem.me.uk

Current projects:
LF radio navigation - #Datatrak
DIY cable TV headend - #AnalogCable
#HackTV (TV signal generator for SDRs) - video scrambling modes
Acorn/ software preservation (#DigiPres)

Tags: #electronics #HamRadio #Machining #Metalworking #RetroComputing #HardwareHacking #ReverseEngineering #ICRE #Maker #DigiPres

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philpem, to random
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This project needs a better name, but the dragon looks GOOD. I might see if I can tweak the eyes in png2svg, he shouldn't look that scary...

pippin, to random

Last Spidey change of the con!

philpem,
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@pippin Now you just need two friends so you can dress up similarly, point to each other and go "...YOU?!"

Talcott, to random
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Had a massive scare yesterday. Gigi got into a fight with the neighbor's dog and got some nasty wounds. Was able to stop the bleeding and she's seemingly stable but lost most of her tail feathers. I feel so bad for not keeping a closer eye on her. She's in good spirits today so hopefully that means it wasn't too bad of an injury.

philpem,
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@Talcott Holy shit :( Hope she's okay and the feathers don't take long to grow back.

renbymon, to random
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Actually hand sewed enough of the dreads for my fursuit head!

philpem,
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@renbymon nice work!

philpem, to random
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Done the usual round of weeding on the patio, and as usual it's started to rain just as I put the Pathclear down. Hopefully it's just as effective if the plants pull it up from the ground.

philpem, to random
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My favourite RISC OS error message (though technically an Econet Fileserver one) is "Who are you?"
You get this when you're logged into a fileserver, but the FS is rebooted. The FS thinks you're logged out, but your local station claimed to be logged in.

philpem,
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@Johannes_Silverfox Oh, the unknown NMI error :D

cato, to random
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Guess who just realised he forgot to organise a cat sitter for :neofox_dizzy:

My usual people are on vacation, I need to call the other person I haven't had take care of my cat for a long time now :neofox_melt_3:

philpem,
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@karb @cato I feel like I need first-hand confirmation of this too... for science... yes, I'm writing a research paper on the existence of cuddling cats... >.>

LeoBurr, to random
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Nom time

philpem,
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@LeoBurr Thaaaaanks. I just threw a "pulled meat style" veggie burger in the oven and now I have a craving for ramen XD it looks good!

philpem, to random
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Anyway, thanks to the invention of RCBOs, I'm not going to be a footnote in Tim Hunkin's EMF talk on the history of electrocution this weekend.
Is your hedge trimmer truly broken-in without at least one waterproof splice on the power cable?
(I have a rule, maximum one splice: if the cable gets cut again, it gets shortened or replaced)

philpem,
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Absolute candour time - if the Schuko socket hadn't been moulded on, I'd have just shortened the cable.

philpem,
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@Jencen you haven't seen the wiring inside...
... cut absolutely perfectly to size, with just the perfect length of copper bared and twisted to go in the screw terminal!

philpem,
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@Jencen ...and I just went through the cable again, so it's now 10cm shorter but just as perfectly terminated. I need to find a way to keep the cable away from the blade!

philpem,
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@DeltaWye He's doing a talk at EMF, so I'd assume so!

philpem,
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@Jencen I've been trying that but it keeps sliding off my shoulder!

philpem,
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Update: damn it. It's now slightly shorter thanks to the One Join Rule.

philpem, to random
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Me, googling: "Why are my arms aching after cutting the hedge?"

Google, probably: "Because you're out of shape, fatso! Drop and give me fifty!"

twll, to random
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What’s this? An email from Microsoft? My Microsoft 365 subscription lapses at the end of May? And I should turn on recurring billing to have access to the latest AI-powered tools?

AI-powered tools, you say?

Nah, I don’t think you need encouraging down this path any more, Microsoft.

philpem,
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@twll Artificial insanity, but I have enough of that myself!

philpem, to RaspberryPi
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Tonight on "what the frisk?", a Raspberry Pi device tree overlay that works fine on 32-bit Pi OS, but on a 64-bit Pi Zero 2W it kills the WiFi. I have no idea where to even start figuring this out.

philpem,
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@penguin42 IRQ might be a possibility. It mostly declares ownership of some GPIOs, and configures some of the PWMs to generate clocks:
https://github.com/cr12925/PiEconetBridge/blob/v2.1-pre/dts/econet-gpio-v2.dts

philpem,
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@gadgetoid It assigns a bunch of GPIOs to a driver module (econet-gpib) and sets up some clocks and PWMs: https://github.com/cr12925/PiEconetBridge/blob/v2.1-pre/dts/econet-gpio-v2.dts

Weirdly it's fine on 32bit but breaks on 64bit

philpem,
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@penguin42 SDIO, apparently.

philpem, to random
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I'm doing a talk on DIY cable TV at @emf next weekend, if you're into TV please feel free to pop by, or find me in the ECHQ (EMF Hams) village :)
https://www.emfcamp.org/schedule/2024/203-being-elliot-carver

philpem,
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@DeltaWye @emf I don't think it'll be streamed but I've asked the EMF video team to record it, and I'll be releasing the slide deck after the talk.

woodpunk, to retrocomputing
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Check out this #retrocomputing behemoth!

I ate the banana to give me enough energy to lift this #vintage #PC down from the workbench, so CD case for scale.

philpem,
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@woodpunk That's a beauty! I'd love to know who made these cases - a family member had the midi-tower version back in the day, and I always liked the aesthetic.

hairymnstr, to random
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Coming to ? Got an idea for a badge app? Want to share it with your friends, but not just via some web store? Well then I have the solution for you! The Flopagon™ is a handy 16MB store for all your favourite Tildagon programs. Fully hexpansion compliant!* These will be available for £3 each to cover costs or may be tradable for other hexpansions. (*UHB-IF compliance subject to further needless bureaucracy) @badge

philpem,
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@hairymnstr Wow! I need one of these for my Tildagon. Will you be selling them at the night market?

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