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Other retro / Re: Has anyone noticed Commodo...

Last post by Anthony Flack - Today at 13:09

I fear some bullshit is going to happen *somewhere* and people are going to get screwed over by it.

It's what Jack Tramiel would have wanted.

#2

Classifieds / Re: DDI-1 interface

Last post by salvogendut - Today at 12:37

Be aware that you need the original floppy drive to power the controller module. The controller gets its 5V from the floppy. Modification is possible but not too simple.

It's not that difficult, it just involves adding a wire to the DDI-1 PCB:
https://www.cpcwiki.eu/index.php/File:DDI_Modification1.png

Bryce.

Thanks @Bryce !!! I wonder if there are DDI clones out there that can be easily built as DIY projects

#3

Classifieds / Re: DDI-1 interface

Last post by Bryce - Today at 11:20

Be aware that you need the original floppy drive to power the controller module. The controller gets its 5V from the floppy. Modification is possible but not too simple.

It's not that difficult, it just involves adding a wire to the DDI-1 PCB:
https://www.cpcwiki.eu/index.php/File:DDI_Modification1.png

Bryce.

#4

Technical Support - General / Re: PCBway and the availabilty...

Last post by Rabs - Today at 11:12

If you have a 3D Printer, I made a simple case for it also.

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Technical Support - General / Re: PCBway and the availabilty...

Last post by Rabs - Today at 10:59

thank you again!!! 

And a couple of pics of it working on my setup. Bit hard to see, sorry. I use a splitter power cable and 9 pin d-type extension lead.

That looks sexy. Where did you get the pcb produced at, if you don't mind?

I used Seeed Studio but any PCB house should be able to produce it.

#6

Technical Support - General / Re: PCBway and the availabilty...

Last post by salvogendut - Today at 10:54

thank you again!!! 

And a couple of pics of it working on my setup. Bit hard to see, sorry. I use a splitter power cable and 9 pin d-type extension lead.

That looks sexy. Where did you get the pcb produced at, if you don't mind?

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Technical Support - General / Re: PCBway and the availabilty...

Last post by Rabs - Today at 10:52

thank you again!!! 

And a couple of pics of it working on my setup. Bit hard to see, sorry. I use a splitter power cable and 9 pin d-type extension lead.

#8

Technical Support - General / Re: PCBway and the availabilty...

Last post by salvogendut - Today at 10:45

thank you again!!! 

#9

Technical Support - General / Re: PCBway and the availabilty...

Last post by Rabs - Today at 10:37

I have also built Bryce's PS2 mouse adapter and can share the gerbers.

https://www.cpcwiki.eu/index.php/PS2Mouse

Thank you so much!

I have attached my Gerbers and KiCad project files for you.

#10

Games / Re: Vespertino

Last post by lmimmfn - Today at 10:28

Oh yeah, that's the game with the old hillbilly on the cover isn't it? Now we're really going off topic.

There does seem to be a bit of a trend in the retro community towards AI-generated pinup girls at the moment. BastichB's C64 roundup is covered in 'em. I do find it a bit cringey myself, but you could say that's a matter of taste. Never mind they look young enough to be our kids! Maybe these girls are supposed to be FROM the 1980s, I don't know.

I guess you could argue that in a community that is already nearly 100% male you might as well lean into it. Or say that people making things in their own time have the freedom to do things however they please, which is totally true. But you might also reflect that these attitudes may be part of the reason for the community being almost 100% male to begin with.

Angela Collier's video essay about the various ways women are pushed out of STEM is worth watching if you felt like considering a female perspective. Also Kate Beaton's graphic novel Ducks, about how it feels for a woman to work in a male-dominated environment and be constantly objectified, and the mental toll of that. Very good book, and more fun than it sounds?

Otherwise, I don't think I'd trust a bunch of guys in an already male-dominated community to debate what an acceptable level of objectification is.

I think the Vespertino girl looks a little cheap because she appears to have been shoved into an existing composition that has no space for her, creating havoc with perspective, just to get tits on the box. It does offend my eyes a little (she can't be behind the car!) Not a big deal in the grand scheme of things; the game itself looks amazing.

But I also think there's more to this topic than it just being a "people these days, offended at everything" issue. 80s computer scene is overwhelmingly male-dominated; that didn't just happen for no reason. Considering some female perspectives would probably be more enlightening than arguing about it amongst our overwhelmingly male selves.

I would imagine if a guy was working in a female dominated work environment he would also be objectified, but that's never mentioned of course.

I picked my wife up one time when she was out drinking with her work colleagues(all female), they were all drunk, dear God never again.