Post tagged: power

Installing Void Linux

I made the switch to void linux. Except for compatibility issues around glibc, it works quite well. Most compatibility I have worked around with a combination of Flatpaks, chroots and namespaces.

The high lights of void linux:

• musl build - which is very lightweigth
• Does not depend on systemd …

Retropie

• DVD player
• Bluetooth receiver

• keyboard

• good keyboard bindings

• how to exit games
• convert probox into binding keys
• where are key codes saved

• Write image:
• gunzip < retropie-4.3-rpi2_rpi3.img.gz | sudo dd of=/dev/sde bs=4M
• Configure config.txt
• hdmi_force_hotplug=1
• hdmi_drive=2
• Boot and configure keyboard
• D-Pad => D-Pad
• start …

game lists

• Cybernator
• Darius Twin
• Another World | Out of this World
• Front Mission Series
• Strike Gunner
• The Legend ...

Super Bomberman for about 59.99 (dollars) but later it was also sold alone for approximately 29.95.

Multitap compatible games:

• Barkley: Shut Up and Jam!, Bill Walsh College Football, College Slam, Elite Soccer …

Picade Todo

1. key mappings
2. look up and label default mappings

  { KEY_UP_ARROW,    UP     },
  { KEY_DOWN_ARROW,  DOWN   },
  { KEY_LEFT_ARROW,  LEFT   },
  { KEY_RIGHT_ARROW, RIGHT  },

  { KEY_LEFT_CTRL,   BTN_1  },
  { KEY_LEFT_ALT,    BTN_2  },
  { ' ',             BTN_3  },
  { KEY_LEFT_SHIFT,  BTN_4  },
  { 'z',             BTN_5  },
  { 'x',             BTN_6  },

  { 's',             START  },
  { 'c',             COIN   },
  { KEY_RETURN,      ENTER  },
  { KEY_ESC,         ESCAPE },

  /* Change these lines to set key bindings for VOL_UP and VOL_DN */
   { 'u',      VOL_UP  },
   { 'd',      VOL_DN …

Raspberry Pi Weekend project

So finally took the time to try out a Raspberry Pi. For this weekend project wanted to do something relatively simple. Essentially, I wanted to recreate/enhance the functionality of a TL-WR702N.

The TL-WR702N Nano Router is a neat device but being closed, can not be customized to what I …

Using a NAS200 as a Print server

Last weekend I had a small weekend project to move my All-In-One Printer/Scanner from my Xen host server to a spare NAS200 I had lying around. Since the NAS200 has a i486 compatible CPU, and I had been able to run a CentOS 5 distro before, I figure it …

Web Backups

As usual with any IT system backups are important. This does not change when using a free shared hosting provider. Because it is free, one would argue it is even more important.

For my wordpress web site I used something called cli-exporter. It let's you create "Wordpress" export files from …

Askozia Desktop Appliance

So last weekend finally had some time to work with a Askozia Desktop Appliance.

It actually arrived much earlier but without a Power Supply. Initially I though, "this is strange; I didn't know this supported PoE". (Power Over Ethernet). It turns out it didn't and there was a shipping mistake …

Network wiring notes - 8P8C / RJ45

What you were probably looking forT568A/B (10-BASE-T and 100-BASE-TX):

With pin positions are counted from left to right with the contacts facing you (clip on the back) and pointing up (cable coming out the bottom):