The Seven Dreamers fiasco
I wrote this up awhile back, but never got around to hitting the publish button. This is what transpired between Seven Dreamers and myself in the months leading up to their bankruptcy. In November (2018),…
LineageOS 14.1 Sustaining Build for HTC 10 (pme)
By request, I've added the HTC 10 (pme) to the LineageOS 14.1 "build rooster". Same deal as all the other builds -- generated weekly, available at https://lineageos.disavowed.jp/pme/ As a side note, I'd like to publicly…
Refurbishing a Quadra 700
I picked up a Quadra 700 on eBay. Although it powered on out-of-the-box, it needed a bit of upgrading to be useful. I pulled together information from a number of external resources, and am writing…
LineageOS 14.1 sustaining builds for Moto Z Play…
It appears that my LineageOS 14.1 sustaining build service has been well-received. Some folks have pinged me on XDA about adding more devices; there's still enough space on the web server, so I've added them.…
LineageOS 14.1 security patch builds
I've resurrected a few of my older Android devices. They're not supported by current LineageOS releases, and I really don't like running gear without the latest security patches for obvious reasons. Completely understandably, LineageOS sundowned…
Contacted by the bankruptcy trustee for “seven dreamers”
It appears that posting a quick precis on LinkedIn had immediate apparent results. The bankruptcy trustee sent me an email at around 0200 this morning. "It comes to our attention that you have a claim…
seven dreamers, Haier, laundroid, Shin Sakane (阪根 信一),…
So … "seven dreamers" filed for bankruptcy on 23 April 2019. You might have seen it on Yahoo! Japan, slashdot.org, or engadget. They hired me on 28 February as a director to shepherd the Laundroid…
Finished and verified: SMD replacement boards for Horizon…
As previously mentioned, I've been working on an old Horizon HRD+ RAMdisk card for the TI-99/4A. Three of the chips (a 74LS138, a 74LS154, and a 74LS259) had other chips stacked and soldered on top…
Real instructions on getting a Lantronix UDS-10 serial-to-Ethernet…
The Lantronix UDS-10 is rather popular among the AtariAge TI-99/4A crowd. It's basically one port of a Cisco 2511; it's a bidirectional telnet-to-serial bridge. The TI folks use it to connect to the outside world,…
Upgrading a Super Snapshot V5.xx to 32k
So I've been in China for the past several weeks, trying to get ${EMPLOYER}'s crash production project back on track and mostly failing. Having returned to Tokyo for a couple of days' rest, I'm not…