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AVR USB printer device and teletype

I have old teletype printer T-63 (it is made by RTF in Eastern Germany, clone of old Siemens Teletype). And the idea is about connecting it as USB printer to our-days computer. Easiest way is to connect it using RS232 … Continue reading

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Building 8bit ATARI test ROM in easy way

I was experimenting with damaged Atari 800XL and I need to test it in low level. I wrote several lines in machine code and it was pain in the ass to fill data to ROM chip. After entering HEX data … Continue reading

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Partial solar eclipse

This outdated article about some partial solar eclipse- it was in 2008, but to keep both Lithuanian and English blog “synchronized” I leave this article. Info from wiki: As seen from the Earth, a solar eclipse is a type of … Continue reading

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Klystron

In previous article I mentioned, that I didn’t managed to remove klystrone tube from metal chassis. After some time I managed to remove it… Here is the author of this blog and “little” vacuum tube: All tuning magnets and other … Continue reading

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Scanning for WiFi

In old times, when article was originally posted in 2008 wifi was not popular in our country. Now (2015), then article was translated, situation changed. I aquired several old handheld computers for tests. So I started wifi scanning software and … Continue reading

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Old style TV transmitter

From time to time I have articles about teardown about some strange items. It is not regular home items, but something more exotic… It is either 10kW or 20kW TV transmitter. It from Lithuanian region Dūkštas, Ignalina. Device is made … Continue reading

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RGB matrix: organization

This post is about structure and organization of big RGB LED matrix. Just notes to remember how it works, as paper notes tends to be lost. And it is much easier to find information back in the internet compared to … Continue reading

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Gyroscopic effects in high speed hard drives

Just short demonstration of gyroscopic effects in high speed hard disks. I had some useless hard disks. It is old SCSI server disk ST39102LW. It is only 9Gb, but 10000 rpm (10K). This increase effect to noticible level. To feel … Continue reading

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Satellite transceiver

Yes, it was satellite transceiver. For receiving and sending information to satellite. Sometime I post messages about items I dissasemble. This was quite a big device: It is not compressor, it is satellite transceiver from Hughes Network System. Such device … Continue reading

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Surface tension effects in SMD soldering

I had very short time to remove some Atmel (AT90SL2343T) chips from discarder NOKIA communication equipment boards using standard hot air gun. It was very high quality PCB boards so I made some experiments about self positioning of some SMD … Continue reading

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