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Kasami

@kasami.bsky.social

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Programmer, tinkerer, sometimes demoscene things, always technical rambling. Currently working mostly on Casio Loopy and Casio's uPD937-based keyboards. Website (with not very much on it yet): kasami.net

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Kasami @kasami.bsky.social · Feb 9

I've basically not posted anything online for a little while now and don't really want to actively use twitter anymore so I guess my random technical rambling will continue here.

Kasami @kasami.bsky.social · 9h

Dumbest thing about this breakout/amp setup, though, is the head switch signal it exposes is 1/4 field rate (due to VHS-C 4 head shenanigans). The RCA is there to bring that out if I really want it but I'll probably not bother since software side doesn't really make use of head switch atm anyway.

Kasami @kasami.bsky.social · 9h

Those tapes do play fine in a normal VCR but seem to have been recorded with a slightly misaligned linear head so the video bleeds into the audio when I try make it sound clear. Obviously no hifi on these. Yes I'll run them through the normal one first in case the camera decides to die and eat tape.

Kasami @kasami.bsky.social · 9h

It's a probably-overkill amplifier to plug in the bottom of a very specific model of Panasonic camcorder to let me hook it up to my cxadc setup. I have like 50 of my family's VHS-C tapes to transfer and they were all recorded on this very unit so I'm hoping it'll give good results.

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Kasami @kasami.bsky.social · 9h

parts and stuff and things

Kasami @kasami.bsky.social · 15h

I wish I could step up and organize something here but I suck at organizing things so... idk, grab what you like and tell your friends I guess, or if someone good at organizing such things sees this feel free to do it better than I can

Kasami @kasami.bsky.social · 15h

If anyone has a lot of money to spend on archival, there's like ¥190,000 (by my estimate) worth of purchasable downloads on the Kyoani download store that disappears on November 28, seemingly not offered anywhere else. Idk if anyone else has archived it yet. www.kyotoanimation.co.jp/information/...

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Kasami @kasami.bsky.social · 3d

Checked my twitter timeline today. Right off the bat a former mutual retweeting some ragebait about China/Japan culture "war" from someone who apparently also hates anyone with a Ukraine flag in their bio... I didn't really expect any different but man is it disappointing.

Kasami @kasami.bsky.social · 3d

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Kasami @kasami.bsky.social · 3d

Can't get over the fact my old Xiaomi with a Pixel rom on it got free photos storage and then right when I went and bought an actual pixel they got rid of that... I really gotta move to Immich or something soon

Kasami @kasami.bsky.social · 4d

when the exhaustion kicks in and I can finally sleep

Kasami @kasami.bsky.social · 4d

They finally did it, you can finally run bad apple on a bootleg famicom cartridge.

Kasami @kasami.bsky.social · 5d

two anime girls are fighting in front of a blue ocean

ALT: two anime girls are fighting in front of a blue ocean

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Kasami @kasami.bsky.social · 5d

US4687701 and EP0121379A2 are the relevant patents here btw

Kasami @kasami.bsky.social · 5d

Wait I think it kinda did what I wanted actually! Still melts around 60°C but much better film-forming ability and less sticky when solidified. Now if only I had a compatible pigment...

Kasami @kasami.bsky.social · 5d

Following a recipe for thermal transfer inks very roughly, I mixed paraffin wax with pine rosin, and just got a shittier kind of wax. Also tried cooking some ink hoping to get a dry pigment out of it and just made fancy blue tar. Amateur chemistry sure is fun... At least I didn't poison myself yet.