#vertical sync

HEY I’M ON A THING: http://austintownhall.com/2017/03/24/ian-mckinney-has-2-songs-on-slack-capital-2/

Slack Capital 2 is a compilation of music by 27 of the coolest bands in Austin. All proceeds go to SafePlace, which provides support for victims of domestic and sexual violence. To make sure every one of these bands gets the attention they deserve, we’re unveiling one song per day. (Except today, where we reveal two songs!)

Songs of the day: Ian McKinney – “CRIMEWAVE”/ TV Dads – Vertical Sync

Ian McKinney and TV Dads are the same person, but they represent two very different vibes. CRIMEWAVE is a corroded future-punk anthem, a hilarious and addictive account of what it’s like to thrive in a rotten, failing society. A through-line that connects many of the songs on this compilation (and a quality that, arguably, is essential to the “weird” quality of Austin you hear so often about) is a deep sense of irony, and as McKinney repeats the titular word, it feels more like a taunt aimed at the folks in the gleaming towers than a cry of alarm. Meanwhile, McKinney’s contribution here under the TV Dads moniker is more like a salve, a warped and gentle instrumental with alien-sounding birds in the distance. In the song sequence of the comp, it happens to work as a wonderful introduction to the sweet heartbreak of Magia Negra (but you don’t get to hear that track yet). –Eric Braden

Alright, what did I do this time?  The power regulators are all acting funky.  V-sync is fucked all the sudden.  I’m getting mismatched ground planes.  I’ve got a 7805 power regulator that wants to self-immolate if I leave it on for too long.

I can get a useable video signal (well, close enough) with the stock schematic I’ve been using, but I won’t get anything visible on my waveform viewer, and it will somehow clobber the video signal actually going to the H89′s built-in CRT...

Allow me to explain what the hell I’m trying to do.

Since I scored that spare H89/Z-89 Terminal Logic Board, I realized that without a case, power supply, monitor, or keyboard, it isn’t much good.  A power supply can be modified from something else in existence, and a keyboard interface can be fabricated to allow a modern keyboard input.  But the monitor is where things get tricky, and beyond my capabilities.