Well, the DIY-intosh sold! I bet you're all rejoicing that I won't be trying to pawn off my stuff on you for a while. It's really amazing how it sold within a few days of listing it. In other news, I fixed up a 19" 4:3 aspect ratio VGA monitor with composite, coax TV, and SCART inputs (it's some Samsung 910-something). It only needed 6 capacitors replaced, totaling $3.40 + $2 shipping (or something like that). Seeing as I bought the thing for $17, this makes it a steal. It also only has one g...| Cyrozap's Tech Projects
Well, if you haven't already noticed, Hack a Day just started its classified ads service over at classifieds.hackaday.com. Essentially, it's Craigslist, but for the hackers, modders, and makers of things. I, understanding the full magnitude of the number of daily visitors to Hack a Day, seized the opportunity to advertise my DIY-intosh (my ebay auction recently ended). Why? It needs to be sold and ebay isn't working. I don't want tech support calls from the people I'm selling it to. People li...| Cyrozap's Tech Projects
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http://item.ebay.com/120636704512 Well, it's there now.| Cyrozap's Tech Projects
Well, it's now on sale on SellSimply at http://sellsimp.ly/ae.| Cyrozap's Tech Projects
Well, I kinda want to buy a more portable Mac (an older 17" MacBook Pro), so I'm going to be selling this for $400. Why $400? Well, I actually built it for just over $300 and similar Macs are over that price. It's really great at running a MakerBot, and it's good for iPhone development, too. Specs: 2.0 GHz Intel Core Duo Processor 2 GB of DDR2 667 MHz RAM Bluetooth Wireless N networking 100 GB 7200 RPM SATA HDD 2 USB ports 1 Firewire 400 port 1 Mini-DVI port Mic In and Audio Out ports 10/100 ...| Cyrozap's Tech Projects
My pinout data was approved!| Cyrozap's Tech Projects
Well, I did some testing, and I found out that the connector for the Core Duo MacBook keyboard connector is really just a USB port. Also, after pouring over a datasheet, I found that the two PSoC's on the keyboard's board are connected over an I2C bus and then the one labeled "B" is the one with the USB connection to the logic board. The one labeled "A" is the keyboard controller. With this newfound information, in theory, I could make that internal USB port external, giving my DIY-intosh an ...| Cyrozap's Tech Projects