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Neat, the baluns and ununs I ordered look trivial to retrofit N connectors to. UHF connectors can piss off.

Neat, the baluns and ununs I ordered look trivial to retrofit N connectors to. UHF connectors can piss off.

I forget; wouldn't BNC work for UHF?

Not that anything's wrong with Type N that I know of. I'm just quite fond of BNC.

This post has been edited by dragontamer8740: Feb 7 2020, 18:45

I forget; wouldn't BNC work for UHF?

Not that anything's wrong with Type N that I know of. I'm just quite fond of BNC.

UHF as in the slightly misleading name for PL-259 and SO-239 connectors. HAMs love those junky things for some reason, N gives better performance and is actually weatherproof.

BNC with ones that aren't made of cheese is a good connector, but isn't weathproof; I have one outside I packed full of ductseal and taped over. That model only came with BNC on the gamma match.

This is for a 160M through 10M HF transceiver, 100W. Arguably, it's less demanding of cables than my 50W 2M/70CM gear. But it's nice to pick one kind of connector and stick with it, then just use adapters for the oddballs.

UHF as in the slightly misleading name for PL-259 and SO-239 connectors. HAMs love those junky things for some reason, N gives better performance and is actually weatherproof.

BNC with ones that aren't made of cheese is a good connector, but isn't weathproof; I have one outside I packed full of ductseal and taped over. That model only came with BNC on the gamma match.

This is for a 160M through 10M HF transceiver, 100W. Arguably, it's less demanding of cables than my 50W 2M/70CM gear. But it's nice to pick one kind of connector and stick with it, then just use adapters for the oddballs.

Ah, I go to HAMfests but am not a licensed operator. I just like meeting people and sometimes getting cheap tech. some day I plan to get licensed.
It's been sad watching the crowd and tables shrink every year.
I've used the connectors of which you speak before, but it has been quite a long time. Used to have some test equipment that used them. I forgot about the weatherproofing problem with BNC though.

This post has been edited by dragontamer8740: Feb 8 2020, 10:24

I think this time Unicomp might finally be following through with making a new version of the TKL Model M.
Even if it might not feel as good as my '85-vintage full size board, and even if it's not in white, and even if it has Windows keys, and even if it's not PS/2, and even if the plastics are likely going to be lower quality from the cheapest tooling they could buy, I'm still ready to splurge on it anyway.
(IMG:[i.imgur.com] https://i.imgur.com/BXctmKY.jpg)
I can replace the spacebar with a full-size one and remove the right windows key and put a blank cap on the left windows key and that'll be good enough for me. I might just replace the entire keycap set, since I have a spare Model M in need of some repairs (Need to separate the backing steel from the front plate assembly, which is held on with plsatic rivets). It has a full set of the keys in the original colors.

I'm relieved they didn't decide to go with their monstrosity they planned to build around 2014.
(IMG:[i.imgur.com] https://i.imgur.com/Y6Tkm2P.png)
I have a higher resolution version of that pic somewhere, but I can't find it right now.

This post has been edited by dragontamer8740: Feb 11 2020, 07:17

Hmm, I thought setting up this VPN access to my ISP box from my parents had been too easy.
Some things do work, some sites do see me as my ISP box, but many also display my parents ISP and information.
But maybe trying to do more could end up just killing my Internet access completely (IMG:[invalid] style_emoticons/default/ph34r.gif)

For some reason, Microsoft decided to flag access to my account on my home WiFi via [email.faircode.eu] my preferred email app as suspicious but as soon as I switched to mobile data, the app can sync as normal. What the hell, Microsoft? There wasn't any problem when I login through the browser on the same IP address.

Wish I could find a GNU C compiler for 68K Amigas that worked on kickstart/workbench 2.x.
A modern-ish GNU Emacs would also be nice but I know that's asking a lot of a system that doesn't even have an MMU and only has 2MB of RAM.

This post has been edited by dragontamer8740: Feb 12 2020, 10:41

Hmm, I thought setting up this VPN access to my ISP box from my parents had been too easy.
Some things do work, some sites do see me as my ISP box, but many also display my parents ISP and information.
But maybe trying to do more could end up just killing my Internet access completely (IMG:[invalid] style_emoticons/default/ph34r.gif)

Disabled IPv6 and set DNS manually on Win10 network option, I think my objective is now accomplished.
I will have to remember reenabling IPv6 when back home, but I can probably leave the rest as is, it probably would not cause any noticeable slowdown or bug right?

At least in the US with most of my stuff setup for IPv4 only, I've noticed no issues.

If it's true that the Camellia cipher has no known cryptogrphic weakness, would that make it superior compared to AES & Rijdael? Why isn't it adopted for encrypting web connections?

If it's true that the Camellia cipher has no known cryptogrphic weakness, would that make it superior compared to AES & Rijdael? Why isn't it adopted for encrypting web connections?

Let me go off-topic and state that I think forcing encryption of all web traffic is retarded.

Back on point, I believe it hasn't been proven broken as of yet.
And hardware encryption support for AES exists but I don't know of any engines for Camellia.

I'll admit I'm still weak on my understanding of ciphers.

This post has been edited by dragontamer8740: Feb 14 2020, 09:21

Found a swole boi inside my Amiga's monitor.
(click image for full size)
[i.imgur.com] (IMG:[i.imgur.com] https://i.imgur.com/YawviMSg.jpg)

Wonder if this is where the slight 'burning' smell was coming from, or if I have some other failing parts in here.
I have a replacement for that capacitor coming in the mail.

some day I plan to get licensed.

I don't. Mainly because it means I actually have to make an effort to follow the rules.

I don't. Mainly because it means I actually have to make an effort to follow the rules.

I respect that. I've done a few "unlicensed" experiments myself.

Why is running a x64 application under a different locale so much more complicated?

Why is running a x64 application under a different locale so much more complicated?

Only things I can think of:

1. You aren't using Wine, which makes it easy as fuck:
   CODE
   LC_ALL=ja_JP.UTF8 wine ./program.exe
2. Because you define 'easy' as using MS AppLocale, which was never updated for 64-bit OSes (and targetted WinXP). Meaning it can't do the 64 bit dynamic library (DLL) code injection stuff which I assume is how it worked. I seem to remember a few third party programs (including one free/open source one) that work in its place. But these have to implement stuff without the benefit of access to the windows source code and use of undocumented API calls.
3. Can't think of many 64-bit-only visual novels, which are pretty much the main thing people on here liked applocale for.

That is all.

(yeah I know this is still 32bit)

This post has been edited by dragontamer8740: Feb 19 2020, 15:24

Only things I can think of:

1. You aren't using Wine, which makes it easy as fuck:
   CODE
   LC_ALL=ja_JP.UTF8 wine ./program.exe
2. Because you define 'easy' as using MS AppLocale, which was never updated for 64-bit OSes (and targetted WinXP). Meaning it can't do the 64 bit dynamic library (DLL) code injection stuff which I assume is how it worked. I seem to remember a few third party programs (including one free/open source one) that work in its place. But these have to implement stuff without the benefit of access to the windows source code and use of undocumented API calls.
3. Can't think of many 64-bit-only visual novels, which are pretty much the main thing people on here liked applocale for.

That is all.

(yeah I know this is still 32bit)

Go play Knights of Xentar faggot, it's 8 bit.

This post has been edited by Pillowgirl: Feb 19 2020, 19:34

Go play Knights of Xentar faggot, it's 8 bit.

Sounds promising based on that alone, will take a look.

Ahh, PC-9801. Lovely. And I also like PC-8801 games but there aren't as many of them.

Guessing you meant the IBM-compatible version, though.

Also, my condolences on missing last year's cookie.
(I missed the cookies for the first few years that my acct. existed, though)

This post has been edited by dragontamer8740: Feb 20 2020, 20:18

I don't. Mainly because it means I actually have to make an effort to follow the rules.

I will say the FCC is one of the few big organizations that will smite some scrub, and liscenced amateurs get it much harder.
ie "You should know better."
But it takes sustained and purposeful effort, and ingoring multiple warnings to get this.

I do get a little loose about type certifications for different services- Why can't I use a non-part 95 radio on GMRS or MURS if it has part 90 and part 97 certs, and I obey power limits? It would likely pass if the maker provided money, paperwork, and a sample to the FCC, but I digress.

This post has been edited by Wayward_Vagabond: Feb 22 2020, 15:43