Thank you all for the support! Feel free to come say hi @ the Hackerspace Clubhouse: discord.gg/kmhbxAjQc3 :D The Universal Serial Adapter is available here: www.imania.dk/index.php?currency=EUR&cPath=204&sort=5a&language=en
Yeah, we used to cut parts off PCBs all the time, it was a common thing for hobbyists back in the day. I’ve done it myself, cutting power supply circuits from old mainboards for my projects. And yeah, I used a hacksaw for it.
In the 1980s, I used hacksaws to cut the speaker and LM386 audio amplifiers off the corner of 2400 bps modem cards. Add a 9V battery clip and and a 1/4" jack and you have a guitar amplifier with speaker.
Nice job. If you use a diamond type triangular file to cut the traces before snapping the PCB it will probably snap perfectly every time, but the hacksaw does keep an air of literally authentic hacking. The dual jumper crossover switch 'trick' is indeed a nice one. It was sometimes seen in the 1970s and 80s, but I have not seen it on a board for 30+ years. The extra trick is to add a little cyanoacrylate glue to the jumpers to create a singular block which works best with closed top jumpers. Using the less efficient and elegant standard A/B jumper arrangement, I remember blocks of several jumpers (6?) glued together on some serial interfaces to set DTE/DCE.
Etymology 1 From Late Middle English hackere, hakker, hakkere (“one who cuts wood, woodchopper, woodcutter; (rare) tool for cutting wood”), from hakken, hacke (“to cut (something) with a chopping action, hack; to make a chopping action”) + -er(e) (suffix forming agent nouns). Funny thing is - “hakke” still means to chop in Danish, probably rest of Scandinavia. German “hacken” too.
Ps I am 50% Scandinavian. My maternal granddad was born and raised in Norway. My grandfather’s ancestors were from England. My daughter, whom I call virtually daily, is living in Lakenheath, UK, 7 hours ahead of us here in Idaho. USA.
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Thank you all for the support!
Feel free to come say hi @ the Hackerspace Clubhouse: discord.gg/kmhbxAjQc3 :D
The Universal Serial Adapter is available here: www.imania.dk/index.php?currency=EUR&cPath=204&sort=5a&language=en
Yeah, we used to cut parts off PCBs all the time, it was a common thing for hobbyists back in the day. I’ve done it myself, cutting power supply circuits from old mainboards for my projects. And yeah, I used a hacksaw for it.
In the 1980s, I used hacksaws to cut the speaker and LM386 audio amplifiers off the corner of 2400 bps modem cards. Add a 9V battery clip and and a 1/4" jack and you have a guitar amplifier with speaker.
Nicely done! This seems to be the jack-of-all-trades tool of serial hackery in the modern age
been here for 5 minutes and i already like this
Nice job. If you use a diamond type triangular file to cut the traces before snapping the PCB it will probably snap perfectly every time, but the hacksaw does keep an air of literally authentic hacking. The dual jumper crossover switch 'trick' is indeed a nice one. It was sometimes seen in the 1970s and 80s, but I have not seen it on a board for 30+ years. The extra trick is to add a little cyanoacrylate glue to the jumpers to create a singular block which works best with closed top jumpers. Using the less efficient and elegant standard A/B jumper arrangement, I remember blocks of several jumpers (6?) glued together on some serial interfaces to set DTE/DCE.
Thank you! Trying hard to make sure we don't forget all those tricks.
Love the vertical / horizontal jumpers trick.
I like the way you think Anders.
A “hack” saw made rough, uneven cuts in metal and thus was like hacking one’s way through a jungle.
Etymology 1
From Late Middle English hackere, hakker, hakkere (“one who cuts wood, woodchopper, woodcutter; (rare) tool for cutting wood”), from hakken, hacke (“to cut (something) with a chopping action, hack; to make a chopping action”) + -er(e) (suffix forming agent nouns).
Funny thing is - “hakke” still means to chop in Danish, probably rest of Scandinavia. German “hacken” too.
Ah.. Yeah yeah
Ps I am 50% Scandinavian. My maternal granddad was born and raised in Norway. My grandfather’s ancestors were from England.
My daughter, whom I call virtually daily, is living in Lakenheath, UK, 7 hours ahead of us here in Idaho. USA.
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Ahh yes... separating boards with literal handsaws when they are breakable with hands, my favourite.
Can't guarantee it'll snap that perfect every time
@@AndersNielsenAA Yeah, gotta be honest with that. Snappin' them perfectly is something dependent on the tech gods.