Jimmy Carter posted:

Standard used by the rest of the world:

Lightbulb Out posted:

Fergus Mac Roich posted:

What does this do?

Fergus Mac Roich posted:

What does this do?

Agile Vector posted:

tbf the first gen models, like the mbp, were littered with issues. i babied mine and it still melted the cable at the brick and shorted the supply. the replacement was smaller and still works so id say some of those were probably early models

eschaton posted:

the Symbolics console's 12-pin HIROSE connectors

Dongslayer. posted:

jesus christ whatre you people doing to your magsafes. even my mom hasnt destroyed one yet and thats where computers go to die

atomicthumbs posted:

a single-wire video signal of a high enough clock speed that only ECL chips will do the job. jesus christ.

atomicthumbs posted:

i work at an e-waste recycler and the ratio of working magsafes to magsafes fried exactly at the point where a real company would put a strain relief is abysmal

atomicthumbs posted:

i work at an e-waste recycler and the ratio of working magsafes to magsafes fried exactly at the point where a real company would put a strain relief is abysmal

Boiled Water posted:

i'm the confirmation bias

longview posted:

i like the din41612, it's got lots of pins assuming you need them, rackers only. only issue imo is no leading ground so no hot swap.

qirex posted:

in 2010 apple was still using using the round connector that went straight back from the computer

qirex posted:

you'd think apple of any company would have the resources and expertise to make strain relief that didn't look too ugly to touch an apple product

COACHS SPORT BAR posted:

?

MausoleumExtremist posted:

Went full-on brain-machine interface today:



Serious: I'm switching off of the epilepsy drug I've been on for 20 years and onto a newer one with far fewer side effects (lack of energy, dulls my personality, weight gain, all kinds of physiological effects). While the new drug should have much fewer side effects it still has some, and the only way to get on the new drug is to slowly dose up over the course of about 4-6 weeks (on week 2 now) before reducing the dose of the old drug. Both these drugs reduce/slow down electrical impulses in the nervous system, and they result is a bit like putting my brain in power-saver mode:it still does everything, but the experience isn't as pretty. Because of the drug mix my eyes don't focus as effectively and my inner ear doesn't work correctly, so no contacts and dizziness/vertigo are a problem. It basically feels like I have the flu now but overall should be worth it in the long run

MausoleumExtremist posted:

Went full-on brain-machine interface today:



Serious: I'm switching off of the epilepsy drug I've been on for 20 years and onto a newer one with far fewer side effects (lack of energy, dulls my personality, weight gain, all kinds of physiological effects). While the new drug should have much fewer side effects it still has some, and the only way to get on the new drug is to slowly dose up over the course of about 4-6 weeks (on week 2 now) before reducing the dose of the old drug. Both these drugs reduce/slow down electrical impulses in the nervous system, and they result is a bit like putting my brain in power-saver mode:it still does everything, but the experience isn't as pretty. Because of the drug mix my eyes don't focus as effectively and my inner ear doesn't work correctly, so no contacts and dizziness/vertigo are a problem. It basically feels like I have the flu now but overall should be worth it in the long run

Raluek posted:

sadly, these are bad. the one thing i dislike about my G4 powerbook, besides the pre-multitouch trackpad. the thing he means is the one on the right in the chart i posted earlier

the one you posted is interesting, though, because the outer shield bit isn't really current carrying (i think it just operates the light on the charger, if equipped). the inside is a 2.5mm TRS subminijack, which is really a bad choice for a charger

quote:

Tripping on an iBook cord or yanking the cord out at an angle could bend the spring contacts inside the connector or break the solder pads under the connector, resulting in a laptop that would fail to charge when connected to the cord, or would only charge if the inserted plug were propped up or pushed down at an angle. An especially forceful yank could flare the outer flange or even break the tip of the power plug.

Replacing a damaged "DC-In Board" in an early 12 inch G3 iBook typically involved an expensive 50-step disassembly of the laptop.

Dongslayer. posted:

goodluck mang

COACHS SPORT BAR posted:

eschaton posted:

in 1983

the dot clock was so high because it was 1150×900

the original console used a 68000 as a controller, too, don't know how much RAM it had but it was probably like 64KB

imagine how much that cost—probably around the same as a Sun-2 with its ECL 19in monitor, except the Symbolics console was useless on its own (there was no local framebuffer, though the 68000 could control the brightness and invert the screen)

Bloody posted:

actually, electrodes are really bad connectors, as are all connectors in electrophysiology

i hope your new drugs work out tho, epilepsy sucks

longview posted:

i like the din41612, it's got lots of pins assuming you need them, rackers only. only issue imo is no leading ground so no hot swap.

anderson powerpoles seem to not be poo poo? just started using them and it seems like a convenient connector for high power, but there's no easy way to panel mount them so that's a negative.

soldered up a lemo 1b series today, they're nice and all but the fairly short distance between the back of the pin piece and the strain relief clamp makes it more of pain than it needs to be.
also if they'd made the flats on the connector bit a few mm longer then a standard 10mm wrench would fit, but instead you have to buy their special wrench that's never stocked.

atomicthumbs posted:

when it was introduced, the laserwriter was the most powerful computer apple sold. 12mhz 68000 with 512kb of workspace ram and a 1mb frame buffer, as opposed to the contemporary mac's 8mhz 68000 and 512kb total

Smythe posted:

heres a connector:

Notorious b.s.d. posted:

it cost more than a mac, too

Bloody posted:

actually, electrodes are really bad connectors, as are all connectors in electrophysiology

Jimmy Carter posted:

POS connectors: HVDC electric car charging connectors

Japan/Korea standard:

oh you can get an adapter to plug it into your Tesla though


Standard used by the rest of the world:

Bloody posted:

bone screws are real good electrodes, but still not good connectors

Jimmy Carter posted:

POS connectors: HVDC electric car charging connectors

Japan/Korea standard:

oh you can get an adapter to plug it into your Tesla though


Standard used by the rest of the world:

Boiled Water posted:

lol it's the elusive car dongle

Doc Block posted:

wonder how many dongles the lomarf car was gonna require