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Got my flag for Saturday. :-)

Judging by this, it's just parallel: blog.crablab.uk/cu40026mcpb/

I haven't found a datasheet for this specific display yet. With a 26-pin interface, it may well have both.

Harvested a cool display this morning that should be fun to get going. :-)

40X2 VFD, 8.5"X1"

Phoenix Metro folks...

The Technology Education Collaborative is hosting a free Rayhunter Workshop Wed Oct 15 @ 6pm. A senior staff for the EFF will virtually make a presentation about the technology, and how to set up your own Stingray detector.

Get full details here: techedcollab.org/home/

Hardware Happy Hour (3H) Phoenix (metro), Thu, Nov 13, 2025, 7:00 PM | Meetup The Advanced Cyber Systems Lab at Gateway Community College has been great!, so we're staying with them. You can find out more about them and the location at: [https://tech

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Phoenix Hardware Happy Hour
Thursday, November 13th, 2025
Meeting at the Advanced Cyber Systems Lab at Gateway Community College, 40th St and Washington in Phoenix.
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Hardware Happy Hour (3H) Phoenix (metro), Thu, Oct 9, 2025, 7:00 PM | Meetup NOTE CHANGED LOCATION ! ! ! The Advanced Cyber Systems Lab at Gateway Community College has been great!, so we're staying with them. You can find out more about them and th

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Phoenix Hardware Happy Hour
7-9 pm Thursday, October 9th, 2025
Meeting at the Advanced Cyber Systems Lab at Gateway Community College, 40th St and Washington in Phoenix.
Find full details at:
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Hardware Happy Hour (3H) Phoenix (metro), Thu, Oct 9, 2025, 7:00 PM | Meetup NOTE CHANGED LOCATION ! ! ! The Advanced Cyber Systems Lab at Gateway Community College has been great!, so we're staying with them. You can find out more about them and th

DON'T FORGET!
Phoenix Hardware Happy Hour
This Thursday, October 9th, 2025
Meeting at the Advanced Cyber Systems Lab at Gateway Community College, 40th St and Washington in Phoenix.
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Better than the deer.

New toys in the mail!
Now, let's figure out this #meshtastic thing. :-)

um, well um, ya see .....

So, do you bid on a 200 pound lot of boat anchors just to get the HP counter/timer with Nixie tubes??

And mask.

Hardware Happy Hour (3H) Phoenix (metro), Thu, Oct 9, 2025, 7:00 PM | Meetup NOTE CHANGED LOCATION ! ! ! The Advanced Cyber Systems Lab at Gateway Community College has been great!, so we're staying with them. You can find out more about them and th

MARK YOUR CALENDAR!
Phoenix Hardware Happy Hour
Thursday, October 9th, 2025
Meeting at the Advanced Cyber Systems Lab at Gateway Community College, 40th St and Washington in Phoenix.
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Huh.
TIL that facebook marketplace has a ton of old 3D printers in the $30-$70 range. Granted, older models that likely need repair, but not a bad way for someone to dip their toes into that water. Further, ~$40 is a steal just for the parts for a DIYer!!

My wife and I got our booster at a CVS Minute Clinic on Sunday morning, mostly motivated to do it ASAP by following you. Keep up the great work!

It was very interesting to learn, last night at Hardware Happy Hour, that the most common 1990s credit card terminals ran on a complete, embedded Z80 system, including an RTC and a 1200-baud modem.

I need to snag a couple of these. :-)

Hardware Happy Hour (3H) Phoenix (metro), Thu, Sep 11, 2025, 7:00 PM | Meetup NOTE CHANGED LOCATION ! ! ! The Advanced Cyber Systems Lab at Gateway Community College has been great!, so we're staying with them. You can find out more about them and th

T O N I G H T ! ! !
Phoenix Hardware Happy Hour
Thursday, September 11th, 2025
Meeting at the Advanced Cyber Systems Lab at Gateway Community College, 40th St and Washington in Phoenix.
Find full details at:
www.meetup.com/hardware-hap...

Hardware Happy Hour (3H) Phoenix (metro), Thu, Sep 11, 2025, 7:00 PM | Meetup NOTE CHANGED LOCATION ! ! ! The Advanced Cyber Systems Lab at Gateway Community College has been great!, so we're staying with them. You can find out more about them and th

DON'T FORGET!
Phoenix Hardware Happy Hour
This Thursday, September 11th, 2025
Meeting at the Advanced Cyber Systems Lab at Gateway Community College, 40th St and Washington in Phoenix.
Find full details at:
www.meetup.com/hardware-hap...

JohnS_AZ (@JohnS_AZ@mastodon.social) Attached: 1 image It's funny. I grew up alongside LEDs, which became practical in 1962 when I was 2. For 30 years, there were red and green ones, and occasionally yellow ones. Great for building traf...

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Half an inch of rain overnight, cool low 80s morning, perfect for a hive check.
Lisa does the checking part. I do the lift the heavy as hell boxes part. :-) (honey weighs a LOT!)

My favorite display has been the TIL-311 for ages. Any excuse to stick a couple on a breadboard and I'll take it. <grin> (I just learned these obsolete displays are going for ~$8 to $30US each!!! Yikes! )

Might not get anything at all if the plants are so hybridized they're sterile. Or get the plant for the root stock or the non-hybridized version. Might get Audry III. Actually sounds like an interesting experiment.

TIL: If your M2716 EPROM requires a 25V programming voltage, and your cheap assed Amazon programmer can only go up to 18V, if you hit "Program" a half dozen or more times, it will eventually get done. :-)

20 marketing posts in a day. That moves you from interesting to spam. Unfollowing.

(Screw climate-induced, bullshit tariff spiked, and asshole Trump fueled inflation!)

We made homemade Chili Crisp!
Jalapenos, chili peppers, garlic, and I'itoi onions all from the garden. Spices, dried mushrooms, MSG, and peanut oil in the pantry. Made 24 oz of excellent GLUTEN FREE Chili Crisp for a tiny fraction of the $18/6oz of the 'good' commercial stuff.

Ah. I post/see mostly geek stuff here. I keep the rude and vulgar political screaming over on Threads. <grin>

I already shitcanned my Twitter account. Which one are we cranky about now? :-)

Hardware Happy Hour (3H) Phoenix (metro), Thu, Sep 11, 2025, 7:00 PM | Meetup NOTE CHANGED LOCATION ! ! ! The Advanced Cyber Systems Lab at Gateway Community College has been great!, so we're staying with them. You can find out more about them and th

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NEW LOCATION!!
Phoenix Hardware Happy Hour
Thursday, September 11th, 2025
Meeting at the Advanced Cyber Systems Lab at Gateway Community College, 40th St and Washington in Phoenix. Find full details at:
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