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raptor85

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Just making the games I want to, linux/gentoo enthusiast, addicted to C++.

I block stupid people, life isn't long enough to talk to a brick wall.

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GAH. working with the raspi pico just makes me angry because of how confusing and unhelpful it can be. like I wrote some code, which I know works (because I've used it before!) and I copy it onto the device. I reconnect the device and... it doesn't enumerate. it doesn't even error. it just acts like there's no USB there

raptor85 ,
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@foone best guess: the one that doesn't work is likely not stripping the elf header after compilation, elf only works if you have a loader for it, if you want a raw executable(like to load as firmware) you gotta trim it off and start the code from the address of the _start symbol.

Don't know for sure obviously but that's the most likely culprit always in situations like this.

foone , an Random Englisch
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The god damn Nintendo switch doesn't support usb floppy drives? Even in homebrew?

What the hell, Nintendo? I want my money back.

Maybe I can hack this back in. I hate doing usb coding but maybe

raptor85 ,
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@foone why standard floppy when you could go all the way and hook it up to the FDS?

foone , an Random Englisch
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Here's something cool I never realized existed:

PCBs distributed through magazines!

From Radio Electronics (June 1987):

https://archive.org/details/radio_electronics_1987-06/page/n68/

raptor85 ,
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@foone that's still how most people do it though, usually you just send off for a more cleanly/professionally made one later. You can go to any microcenter and still buy coated PCBs and copper etchent. I always preferred the "iron on" process to the photoresist process though as it's a lot cheaper than buying the photoresist coated boards. (glossy paper, laser printer, toner transfer to the copper coated board with heat, then dip).

I just mill test boards now though, way easier/cheaper.

foone , an Random Englisch
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Anyone know an easy way to show a full screen image in windows 95?
I thought I could use mspaint but it turns out it adds a 1px border in full-screen mode.

I could write a simple win32 app but that seems like a lot of work for something this simple

raptor85 ,
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@foone set it as the wallpaper and hide icons/start bar?

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