osbo9991
@osbo9991@lemmy.world
- Comment on Are modern electronic devices (i.e. cell phones) still susceptible to damage from magnets? 1 week ago:
With hard drives specifically it would cause the arm inside to move and scratch the disk.
Really? I thought magnets placed near hard drives would just magnitize the platters in such a way that the data would be destroyed. In that case it would still work if reformatted I think.
- Comment on I can now save my game in Pokemon Yellow again after 25 years. 3 months ago:
Maybe, but it is pretty affordable (~$26 USD), the hardware and software is open source, and it is very portable due to the lack of a soldering station. It is also temp adjustable and has features like temp boost for heat sucking components like ground planes. For nerds, they have a risc-v devboard that you can use with the soldering iron’s CPU. So, there are reasons it has a CPU, but some would probably still prefer a regular dumb soldering iron.
- Comment on I can now save my game in Pokemon Yellow again after 25 years. 3 months ago:
Another happy owner of a pinecil here. For me it gets plenty hot and works great. There isn’t a battery though, you’re meant to use it wired with either USB C PD 65 Watts or 12V standard size barrel plug at similar wattage. More info on the pinecil wiki: wiki.pine64.org/wiki/Pinecil_Power_Supplies
Also, here’s some more general info about pinecil from their wiki: wiki.pine64.org/wiki/Pinecil