Unimplemented Trap

Finally I can replace all my old horse-drawing subroutines. 😮‍💨

Screenshot of a GitHub commit message reading "Switching tabs no-longer erases your document..."

How my vibe coding journey with Claude Code is going. (Overwhelmingly positive)

A bear printed circuit board

New PCB day - my first 4 layer board

A hand wired Apple II homebrew clone running a BASIC program

Artisanal, hand-drafted Apple II

Paper labels attached to integrated circuits showing their pinout

I wish I’d made these labels sooner

Proof of concept 2D CAD

Wire wrapped EEPROM burner circuit in side the 3D printed case

It’s snug but not cramped inside

A 3D printed case for an EEPROM burner

Just printed a wee case for my TommyPROM

tomnisbet.github.io/TommyPROM/

Vintage volt and current meters

I can’t find any info on the “Competa” brand of ammeter

User interface for controlling LED strip lights

LED strip lights illuminating an iPod nano and Apple Pro Speakers

Working on some stuff. Custom Micropython controller for a Neopixel strip. Interface needs some tweaks but I like how it’s coming together.

Hey lil flip flop. You’re only 29 weeks older than me ;p

Immortalising my first ever wire wrap 6502 computer from 2016. Before I steal more parts from it.

Apple II and II Plus D-Sub Connector Mounting Bracket by simonboak | Download free STL model | Printables.com Fits in the vertical tapered slots on the back of the Apple II case to hold the connectors in place. | Download free 3D printable STL models

And now available for download www.printables.com/model/134771...

It fits

Saturday night CAD with @getplasticity.bsky.social

Using my time off work to polish 25 year old computers seems like time well spent

Aww thank you! Adding a brush is an excellent idea…

Aww thanks! This is the result of many months of trying to find an achievable method, I’ve uploaded the CAD files here but I’d suggest anyone uses build techniques that works for them github.com/simonboak/Pa...

Slow and noisy, but it works!

It's 2025 and I'm over here building paper tape punches
unimplementedtrap.com/paper-tape-p...

Even when trying to get help from an LLM the challenge is in describing the shape.

Very much finding CadQuery to be in the "doing things not because they're easy, but because I thought they would be" camp. It's taking some very inside-out thinking compared to how build do this in direct modelling.

Terminals.

@bluescsi.com installed, now to figure out the WiFi features!

“Yea I make all my own PCBs”

First time using Neopixels

The internals of the original clock were interesting – a single IC handled everything.

Been working on a clock project inspired by the LED patterns of the Thinking Machines Corporation CM-5 supercomputer, all built into the case of a 70s digital clock

And I get the benefit of following along with your posts to see what you discover ;)