First Published Note
June 29, 2021•11 words
This is my first note published on Listed using Standard Notes.
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Will LaFrance
Philosopher, antifascist, computer whisperer, airplane driver, electron marshal. Neutral/good alignment. He/they pronouns. Ride motorcycles safely, ride e-bikes dangerously. Do not consent to searches.
Building a NeXTstation display cable
August 4, 2014•324 words
A friend recently gave me a NeXTstation (c. 1991) that he didn't want to take with him on his move across the country. In the decade since the computer was last used, he misplaced the DB-19 display cable. These cables are very hard to come by two decades after the machine was end-of-lifed, so I made my own. (The NeXT computers that supported color used standard DB13W3 cables.) I took photos of the build process and posted them on Flickr.
Starting with two DB-25 Male D-Sub connectors (RadioShack...
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