I’m a bit torn on how I should design the interior of my #NeXT #SoundBox mini. There are two possibilities:
[1] Simply install a speaker driver and terminals on the housing.
[2] Install a speaker driver and small amplifier.
Version [1] is simple and straightforward. The Raspberry Pi in the NeXTcube gets an amplifier HAT (e.g. HiFiBerry) and that’s it.
Version [2] is more complicated, because I’d need a power supply, which I actually want to avoid, since it means a second cable.
Not yet finished, but a first take. The #NeXT #SoundBox mini, scaled 1:2.
Watch th elive render here:
https://collaborate.shapr3d.com/v/oi-OJznjVC02NejS8d6vJ
Got two new additions to our collection. Both NeXTstations are functional. #next #vintagecomputing #vclab
@coolandnormal @alemarcati @Ask_aubry still not shure if shitpost or genuine frustration
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@bogdan complain at #Mastodon #developers so they get #FullTextSearch working and I don't have to use hashtags!
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Anscheinend mag' @nocci sich per Spam-Reply disqualifizieren.
Weil ein "Ich check' aus!" wäre auch zu einfach…
Thinking of NEXTSTEP this morning...I'd guess many aren't aware of the unusual color display arrangement.
The NeXTstation, which was the first "affordable" color solution for NEXTSTEP, has a 16-bit framebuffer, but instead of rendering the desktop in 65,536 colors (as per Windows or Mac hardware, say), it rendered in 12-bit color with 4-bits of alpha channel (transparency).
That means it had a palette of 4096 colors, with all colors available at once on the display (not like, say, the Amiga or Apple IIgs with a 4096 color palette, but video modes with a small subset of those colors available (yes, yes, HAM mode excluded). Additionally, anything on the screen had 16 levels of opacity available.
It's interesting to see in person, on the actual hardware (especially on a good LCD display). With dithering, it looks very close to 24-bit truecolor.
(The NeXT Dimension color board for the Cube allowed 24-bit color with 8-bits alpha, but that was not so frequently used -- less so than most NeXT hardware even...)
But that's not nearly the weirdest that NEXTSTEP-capable hardware got, when it came to color video display...
@bitnacht Good point, re: the busy bee.
As for the spinning disc (or "beachball"), it got its start in NEXTSTEP as a greyscale spinning magneto-optical disc rendering indicating the system is busy / data is loading, which was seen quite often on the early NeXT Cube, as it came with no HD but only an MO drive, and it used that drive for _swap_, if you can imagine...
That spinning disc became color when NEXTSTEP gained a color display on later hardware, and from there it evolved into the spinning "beachball" we know today (macOS being structurally based upon and evolved from NEXTSTEP/OPENSTEP).
EDIT: Oh, I think I misread - you are talking about the busy mouse pointer icon in Windows, I think. I'm not sure of its specific history. Apologies.
That's really fantastic! Not just a listing of all Mac OS (and NeXT) versions — they can also be started in the browser. My first system was 6.5. and yours?
#StandUpForScience « Stand up for science, mais avec quel budget ? » par @mart1oeil de #next https://next.ink/178583/stand-up-for-science-mais-avec-quel-budget/ #veilleESR #USA #NIH
@dzwiedziu @fj @signalapp not really, as the #Metadata #FUD cited by #Signal is mitigateable with proper measures.
Every claim that things like #ITsec, #InfoSec, #OpSec & #ComSec can be solved with "Just use Signal!" is "#TechPopulism" at best if not being a "#UsefulIdiot"!
@pixelcode I'm not gonna violate confidentiality just to win an argument on the internet.
Mark my words: #Signal is a sting op and the day they get caught snitchin' you can apologize to me in person.
@wonka @footils @realPaser macht' das unter euch aus. Ich bin raus.
Attackers can bypass middleware auth checks by exploiting critical #Next.js flaw
https://securityaffairs.com/175775/security/next-js-react-framework-critical-issue.html
#securityaffairs #hacking
Tidying the Byte Cellar, getting a few new posters on the wall.
@ckrypto no and I expect you to take that insult back, Neurotypical!
I consider your reply a conditionless surrender, or as we'd say in Germany: "I'd love to duel you intellectually but I see you are unarmed!"
Shift Project : la trajectoire du numérique est « insoutenable », d’autant plus avec l’IA
