Rust Trainer and Developer, retrocomputing enthusiasthttps://bsky.app/profile/thejpster.org.ukhttps://bsky.app/profile/thejpster.org.uk/post/3mljpawyxx22wI worked out how to do embassy on Cortex-R52 :) https://github.com/embassy-rs/embassy/pull/606410 May 2026 21:27 +0000at://did:plc:5w5sprducdoqiwileetdfgei/app.bsky.feed.post/3mljpawyxx22whttps://bsky.app/profile/thejpster.org.uk/post/3mlbtsxsed22uI bought a Sound Blaster Audigy LS and the OSS drivers for Solaris aren't working - the audio is all garbled. I bought a BlueSCSI DB25 case from JLCPCB and it arrived bent and twisted. I bought 2x 64MB ECC EDO DIMMs and they don't work in my SPARCengine. Not a great day TBH.07 May 2026 18:28 +0000at://did:plc:5w5sprducdoqiwileetdfgei/app.bsky.feed.post/3mlbtsxsed22uhttps://bsky.app/profile/thejpster.org.uk/post/3mkxtcfbn4s2uThis paper finds that Rust on an microcontroller costs you about 10% extra flash space, actually saves you a bunch of RAM, and takes no extra time to deliver (as compared to C). Seems about right - especially as the C version needed a heap and the Rust version did not. arxiv.org/pdf/2604.25679 https://arxiv.org/pdf/2604.2567903 May 2026 18:52 +0000at://did:plc:5w5sprducdoqiwileetdfgei/app.bsky.feed.post/3mkxtcfbn4s2uhttps://bsky.app/profile/thejpster.org.uk/post/3mkxrazgu4c2wI have Windows NT 4 set up now - but what should I install on it? Give me stuff that no self-respecting late 90s workstation should go without. I only have 120 MB of RAM and no 3D graphics so I’m not looking for game recommendations.03 May 2026 18:15 +0000at://did:plc:5w5sprducdoqiwileetdfgei/app.bsky.feed.post/3mkxrazgu4c2whttps://bsky.app/profile/thejpster.org.uk/post/3mkwrl7a6t22uI see a lot of posts about OSS recently. Please help - how do I make it support my Sound Blaster Live! on Solaris 8. I'm pretty sure it should work.03 May 2026 08:48 +0000at://did:plc:5w5sprducdoqiwileetdfgei/app.bsky.feed.post/3mkwrl7a6t22uhttps://bsky.app/profile/thejpster.org.uk/post/3mkwrcvzljs2uAh ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha. This is amazing. [contains quote post or other embedded content]03 May 2026 08:44 +0000at://did:plc:5w5sprducdoqiwileetdfgei/app.bsky.feed.post/3mkwrcvzljs2uhttps://bsky.app/profile/thejpster.org.uk/post/3mkv3wv5fzk2uIn fact there's *so much* cool stuff at RetroFest that I'm probably leaving my Silicon Graphics O2 at home because it's not interesting or weird enough. [contains quote post or other embedded content]02 May 2026 16:49 +0000at://did:plc:5w5sprducdoqiwileetdfgei/app.bsky.feed.post/3mkv3wv5fzk2uhttps://bsky.app/profile/thejpster.org.uk/post/3mkv3ttmjuc2uI just drilled out twelve rivets from my stupid mid-2000s gamer case and removed the hard drive cage - all so I could fit a Pentium III in it alongside the UltraSPARC IIi it already contains. You must come to Swindon to witness this monstrosity. [contains quote post or other embedded content]02 May 2026 16:47 +0000at://did:plc:5w5sprducdoqiwileetdfgei/app.bsky.feed.post/3mkv3ttmjuc2uhttps://bsky.app/profile/thejpster.org.uk/post/3mksv2giunc2pThis is normal.01 May 2026 19:40 +0000at://did:plc:5w5sprducdoqiwileetdfgei/app.bsky.feed.post/3mksv2giunc2phttps://bsky.app/profile/thejpster.org.uk/post/3mkqd5gkgpk2iI installed Diablo II for the first time today. Took me ages to find the cave, and I died before I got out. But I think I want to have another go? It’s quite good.30 Apr 2026 19:14 +0000at://did:plc:5w5sprducdoqiwileetdfgei/app.bsky.feed.post/3mkqd5gkgpk2ihttps://bsky.app/profile/thejpster.org.uk/post/3mknbbstrnk2sSAE JA1020 contains a lot of good advice for writing Rust, and am going to try and follow its recommendations from now on. https://www.sae.org/news/blog/sae-ja1020-safety-cybersecurity-recommendations-use-rust-language-critical-systems29 Apr 2026 14:03 +0000at://did:plc:5w5sprducdoqiwileetdfgei/app.bsky.feed.post/3mknbbstrnk2shttps://bsky.app/profile/thejpster.org.uk/post/3mkhv3jtyy22pOxidize Conference line-up is now out: oxidizeconf.com Four really interesting Embedded Rust workshops there on day one. And I'm not deliverying any of them for once! https://oxidizeconf.com/27 Apr 2026 10:41 +0000at://did:plc:5w5sprducdoqiwileetdfgei/app.bsky.feed.post/3mkhv3jtyy22phttps://bsky.app/profile/thejpster.org.uk/post/3mkhtfct3zs2pI found a stick of 128MB PC100 SDRAM on the shelf, and I am very happy about this.27 Apr 2026 10:11 +0000at://did:plc:5w5sprducdoqiwileetdfgei/app.bsky.feed.post/3mkhtfct3zs2phttps://bsky.app/profile/thejpster.org.uk/post/3mkgce7minc2yWho's written a FIQ handler before?26 Apr 2026 19:33 +0000at://did:plc:5w5sprducdoqiwileetdfgei/app.bsky.feed.post/3mkgce7minc2yhttps://bsky.app/profile/thejpster.org.uk/post/3mkfdawf2f22m> dark magic woman’s foremost desire: cold float I love these puzzles. www.parseword.com/daily https://www.parseword.com/daily26 Apr 2026 10:17 +0000at://did:plc:5w5sprducdoqiwileetdfgei/app.bsky.feed.post/3mkfdawf2f22mhttps://bsky.app/profile/thejpster.org.uk/post/3mkewz4bupk2iA museum of UNIX. [contains quote post or other embedded content]26 Apr 2026 06:38 +0000at://did:plc:5w5sprducdoqiwileetdfgei/app.bsky.feed.post/3mkewz4bupk2ihttps://bsky.app/profile/thejpster.org.uk/post/3mkcmmx5rvc2tThose overhead beams look just about big enough for hauling up my HP 9000 tower up off the floor. [contains quote post or other embedded content]25 Apr 2026 08:27 +0000at://did:plc:5w5sprducdoqiwileetdfgei/app.bsky.feed.post/3mkcmmx5rvc2thttps://bsky.app/profile/thejpster.org.uk/post/3mjtdkfegx22dOn my way with many low cost items to rehome. You should negotiate hard because I need space more than I need money. [contains quote post or other embedded content]19 Apr 2026 06:34 +0000at://did:plc:5w5sprducdoqiwileetdfgei/app.bsky.feed.post/3mjtdkfegx22dhttps://bsky.app/profile/thejpster.org.uk/post/3mjs6hscpl22bWow, this was really nine years ago? youtu.be/oL60-8GPgpg https://youtu.be/oL60-8GPgpg?si=gPvHPV_EzVA6VwgZ18 Apr 2026 19:31 +0000at://did:plc:5w5sprducdoqiwileetdfgei/app.bsky.feed.post/3mjs6hscpl22bhttps://bsky.app/profile/thejpster.org.uk/post/3mjhwgrj7u22lGoogle Maps keeps directing me to walk on a highway in Germany, where I’m pretty sure walking is not allowed (there’s certainly no pedestrian walkway along it).14 Apr 2026 17:40 +0000at://did:plc:5w5sprducdoqiwileetdfgei/app.bsky.feed.post/3mjhwgrj7u22lhttps://bsky.app/profile/thejpster.org.uk/post/3mjcvbwtdzc2wI see your Panic! At the Disco and raise you Confusion! At the Rail and Fresh. For some of you this makes no sense and for some of you it makes perfect sense and I suspect there’s no middle ground.12 Apr 2026 17:36 +0000at://did:plc:5w5sprducdoqiwileetdfgei/app.bsky.feed.post/3mjcvbwtdzc2whttps://bsky.app/profile/thejpster.org.uk/post/3mjcfiq367c27Love to find my flight is delayed after I drop my bags and go through security.12 Apr 2026 12:54 +0000at://did:plc:5w5sprducdoqiwileetdfgei/app.bsky.feed.post/3mjcfiq367c27https://bsky.app/profile/thejpster.org.uk/post/3miszaff2sk24Happy New Financial Year.06 Apr 2026 10:05 +0000at://did:plc:5w5sprducdoqiwileetdfgei/app.bsky.feed.post/3miszaff2sk24https://bsky.app/profile/thejpster.org.uk/post/3miriymfw4s2zGot my PandaBoard to print to the console from bare-metal Rust, loaded with U-Boot over UART. This is my first example of bare-metal Rust running on real Cortex-A hardware, rather than QEMU (but others have done it before me, so nothing groundbreaking here).05 Apr 2026 19:41 +0000at://did:plc:5w5sprducdoqiwileetdfgei/app.bsky.feed.post/3miriymfw4s2zhttps://bsky.app/profile/thejpster.org.uk/post/3miqbwlfaa22zMy brain won’t let go of the phrase “organ döner”, if you’re wondering how my day is going.05 Apr 2026 08:02 +0000at://did:plc:5w5sprducdoqiwileetdfgei/app.bsky.feed.post/3miqbwlfaa22z