Adrian Chadd's Ramblings
Why just switcharoo'ing RAM on a RPI isn't guaranteed to work, or "wait, you have to do WHAT to get DDR to work?"
The great 2024/2025/2026 tech firings, and what happens to all that clue
Being accused of taking down a Data Centre, or "what happens when adrian is the only one who isn't oversubscribed on power?"
Installing a 32k DS1386 into an SGI Indy that expects an 8k DS1386
Blinking the SGI Indy Power Light
Reverse Engineering the SGI Indy Monitor Detection, or "thank god someone added SGI indy / indigo 2 support to MAME"
A tale of an SGI Indy, a Sony power supply, and how to keep the fan spinning
Installing FreeBSD-15 directly on an SSD, or "wait this 2007 era AMD K8 1RU server doesn't boot from USB flash?"
Getting a Gotek working on a PCW9512
Fixing a dead Amstrad PCW9512+, Part 2
fixing a dead Amstrad PCW9512+
On "repairing this commodore 1551 drive" and "don't plug in the head cable backwards"
Reinstalling AmigaOS 3.1.4 on my Amiga 2000 or "oh crap it didn't boot"
resistance is not futile, or "why does my amiga 1000 keyboard not work?"
I got lucky with an Acorn Electron
Who's the /BOSS on the Amiga 2000 ?
damnit i slipped and (mostly) built an amiga 500
Installing a kickstart ROM adapter in my Amiga 1000, or "Nothing works, and nothing makes sense"
Fixing a third commodore plus/4, or "god damnit adrian stop it"
Getting new simgen backdrops on my amiga 500
It took me WAY too long to get this gotek to work...
Amiga 1200 - Kickstart 3.1.4 upgrade, but not upgrading to AmigaOS 3.1
At least cross compiling for the Amiga 500 is easier than the 16 bit DOS mode PC stuff
Getting stuff onto the Amiga 500, or "holy crap please include bootstrapping serial file transfer utilities in your OS"
Hacking up an Amiga 500 for 1MB chip RAM and 512k slow RAM
Figuring out how Amiga 500 RAM expansion projects work
When off is not off, or "why is my amplifier pulling 30mA when it's off?"
On calibrating up a ubitx, or "why the hell is this so complicated"
Repairing and bootstrapping an IBM PC/AT 5170, Part 3
Repairing and bootstrapping an IBM 5170 PC/AT, part 2
Repairing and bootstrapping an IBM 5170 PC/AT, part 1
RFI from crappy electronics, or "how's this sold in the US?"