Them Wingnuts

[Daniel Beardsmore]

What, wingnuts you mean? I've always been indifferent to the design, and I cannot get into silver and gold paint. It was like the toy money we had as kids — coins made of plastic! I struggled with the idea of toys — nothing was ever real, just plastic imitations of reality. That's what wingnut keycaps resemble to me — the cheap plastic artefacts that kids get tossed instead of being allowed access to the real world. They're crying out to be cast out of solid metal.

If I were going to flaunt something, it would be my Psion 5mx, but even that let me down bigtime (managed to flatten the batteries and lose all the data while connected to the mains). I see no sense in flaunting anything any more — I'm not worth having anyway.

But I have to agree with tinnie — if you're too far from the centre of the human bell curve, you just have to bite the bullet and go gay.

[webwit]

Too easy, Beardsmore. Trololo.

[Daniel Beardsmore]

I guess so long as it keeps you entertained … simple things please simple minds, eh?

[webwit]

I would like to be as direct as you, but you wouldn't cope and threaten to quit.

[matt3o]

wow. easy, boys.

[Half-Saint]

Hey, Simple Minds is a great band

[mj45]

OK so how do I get one?

I'm a "newb" here at DT and have hardly any posts, no real contributions to speak of and from the U.S.A. But I did slept at a "HOLIDAY INN" last night.

[ImClueless]

These are beautiful. Maybe someday......

[HaaTa]

Oh yeah, I got a Wingnut too...

No Cherry keyboards handy so you'll just have to settle for a Kishsaver and the prototype cap sense controller

[rindorbrot]

Controller for the Kishsaver you say?
Please tell us more...

[HaaTa]

Controller for the Kishsaver you say?
Please tell us more...

Hmm...
Well it works!

• There are still a few bugs left that sometimes require an Oscilloscope to fix.
• Some PCB layout issues left.
• Key layout mapping is not ideal
• Testing on a Kishsaver and Model F 122 right now, but should work for any Model F with a ribbon connector (Model F XT would require cutting traces and soldering wires)

[Dubsgalore]

Dem nuts. Wonderful pieces of art, those things are beautiful

[Sir Carfell]

These are some fine caps indeed.

[Halverson]

This thread is a fun read

[webwit]

I am flaunting.

[Soarer]

[Daniel Beardsmore]

Quite.

[Muirium]

Besides the Kishsavers, a winged nut turned up in my mail today. Hooray! Pictures when there's light.

I hope Mr. Beardsmore's arrived today as well. Happy birthday Daniel. The perfect present!

[webwit]

Pictures when there's light.

Considering your location, you mean next spring?

[Daniel Beardsmore]

Besides the Kishsavers, a winged nut turned up in my mail today. Hooray! Pictures when there's light.

I hope Mr. Beardsmore's arrived today as well. Happy birthday Daniel. The perfect present!

What wingnut?

I got a box of Christmas-coloured doubleshots, but I'd actually completely forgotten it was my birthday until someone reminded me. Another year of my miseryguts on planet earth, eh …

[Muirium]

I think my old compact Mac needs more keyboards.

[tinnie]

My 10 eur board needs more love.

[mr_a500]

I think my old compact Mac needs more keyboards.

It certainly does.. especially because none of those keyboards there will work on an SE-30.

[Muirium]

Indeed. But the SE/30 doesn't work either. (Simasimac!) So I'm thinking of popping a Mac Mini inside instead. That little sucker's got an SSD, Core 2 and Bluetooth as well as USB, so should make a remarkable compact! Especially as I never use optical discs anyway, so wouldn't need to cut a wider slot.

But from what I've read it's hard or even impossible to use the SE/30's original CRT. Modders forever pull it out and put in either an LCD or another, fully greyscale, CRT. Hmm…