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And the giant #GravisGamePad, my scaled-up, fully functional, 3D printed and Arduino-powered controller. It might finally be time to tell this thing's story. #retrogaming #pcgaming

And the giant #GravisGamePad, my scaled-up, fully functional, 3D printed and Arduino-powered controller. It might finally be time to tell this thing's story. #retrogaming #pcgaming

And the giant #GravisGamePad, my scaled-up, fully functional, 3D printed and Arduino-powered controller. It might finally be time to tell this thing's story. #retrogaming #pcgaming

And the giant #GravisGamePad, my scaled-up, fully functional, 3D printed and Arduino-powered controller. It might finally be time to tell this thing's story. #retrogaming #pcgaming

And the giant #GravisGamePad, my scaled-up, fully functional, 3D printed and Arduino-powered controller. It might finally be time to tell this thing's story. #retrogaming #pcgaming

The #GravisGamePad, the first gamepad for PC and quietly one of the most influential game controllers ever made. #retrogaming #pcgaming

The #GravisGamePad, the first gamepad for PC and quietly one of the most influential game controllers ever made. #retrogaming #pcgaming

The #GravisGamePad, the first gamepad for PC and quietly one of the most influential game controllers ever made. #retrogaming #pcgaming

The #GravisGamePad, the first gamepad for PC and quietly one of the most influential game controllers ever made. #retrogaming #pcgaming

The #GravisGamePad, the first gamepad for PC and quietly one of the most influential game controllers ever made. #retrogaming #pcgaming

Here's a thread on how the Gravis GamePad Pro - a game controller with ten digital buttons - was made to work on the PC gameport interface, which actually only supports a total of four buttons. You've probably never actually wondered about that, but you very probably *have* wondered about where all those zeroes and ones they talk about in computing come into things, and this thread has that, too! 🧵

#retrogaming #retrocomputing #GravisGrIP #GravisGamePad

Here's a thread on how the Gravis GamePad Pro - a game controller with ten digital buttons - was made to work on the PC gameport interface, which actually only supports a total of four buttons. You've probably never actually wondered about that, but you very probably *have* wondered about where all those zeroes and ones they talk about in computing come into things, and this thread has that, too! 🧵

#retrogaming #retrocomputing #GravisGrIP #GravisGamePad

Here's a thread on how the Gravis GamePad Pro - a game controller with ten digital buttons - was made to work on the PC gameport interface, which actually only supports a total of four buttons. You've probably never actually wondered about that, but you very probably *have* wondered about where all those zeroes and ones they talk about in computing come into things, and this thread has that, too! 🧵

#retrogaming #retrocomputing #GravisGrIP #GravisGamePad

Here's a thread on how the Gravis GamePad Pro - a game controller with ten digital buttons - was made to work on the PC gameport interface, which actually only supports a total of four buttons. You've probably never actually wondered about that, but you very probably *have* wondered about where all those zeroes and ones they talk about in computing come into things, and this thread has that, too! 🧵

#retrogaming #retrocomputing #GravisGrIP #GravisGamePad

Here's a thread on how the Gravis GamePad Pro - a game controller with ten digital buttons - was made to work on the PC gameport interface, which actually only supports a total of four buttons. You've probably never actually wondered about that, but you very probably *have* wondered about where all those zeroes and ones they talk about in computing come into things, and this thread has that, too! 🧵

#retrogaming #retrocomputing #GravisGrIP #GravisGamePad

Ask your doctor today if Bowl O' Plastic is right for you! The next step in my #Thrixels madness is seamlessly joining multiple panels together to support larger mosaics. Here's a test with no extra clearance - not only is there a gap, it's exacerbated by the tiles pushing the thin substrate walls outwards, so those will have to be cut away in the next attempt.

That metal pin is from the #GravisGamePad project - I will need to find a different "dowel" material.

#3DPrinting @3dprinting

Ask your doctor today if Bowl O' Plastic is right for you! The next step in my #Thrixels madness is seamlessly joining multiple panels together to support larger mosaics. Here's a test with no extra clearance - not only is there a gap, it's exacerbated by the tiles pushing the thin substrate walls outwards, so those will have to be cut away in the next attempt.

That metal pin is from the #GravisGamePad project - I will need to find a different "dowel" material.

#3DPrinting @3dprinting

Ask your doctor today if Bowl O' Plastic is right for you! The next step in my #Thrixels madness is seamlessly joining multiple panels together to support larger mosaics. Here's a test with no extra clearance - not only is there a gap, it's exacerbated by the tiles pushing the thin substrate walls outwards, so those will have to be cut away in the next attempt.

That metal pin is from the #GravisGamePad project - I will need to find a different "dowel" material.

#3DPrinting @3dprinting

Ask your doctor today if Bowl O' Plastic is right for you! The next step in my #Thrixels madness is seamlessly joining multiple panels together to support larger mosaics. Here's a test with no extra clearance - not only is there a gap, it's exacerbated by the tiles pushing the thin substrate walls outwards, so those will have to be cut away in the next attempt.

That metal pin is from the #GravisGamePad project - I will need to find a different "dowel" material.

#3DPrinting @3dprinting

Ask your doctor today if Bowl O' Plastic is right for you! The next step in my #Thrixels madness is seamlessly joining multiple panels together to support larger mosaics. Here's a test with no extra clearance - not only is there a gap, it's exacerbated by the tiles pushing the thin substrate walls outwards, so those will have to be cut away in the next attempt.

That metal pin is from the #GravisGamePad project - I will need to find a different "dowel" material.

#3DPrinting @3dprinting

I just wanted a nice place to safely store the Giant #GravisGamePad, but I guess a travel case implies the existence of... travel? Are there any upcoming #retrocomputing gatherings in Sydney, Canberra or maybe Melbourne that might like to see this thing make an appearance in the flesh?

I just wanted a nice place to safely store the Giant #GravisGamePad, but I guess a travel case implies the existence of... travel? Are there any upcoming #retrocomputing gatherings in Sydney, Canberra or maybe Melbourne that might like to see this thing make an appearance in the flesh?

I just wanted a nice place to safely store the Giant #GravisGamePad, but I guess a travel case implies the existence of... travel? Are there any upcoming #retrocomputing gatherings in Sydney, Canberra or maybe Melbourne that might like to see this thing make an appearance in the flesh?

I just wanted a nice place to safely store the Giant #GravisGamePad, but I guess a travel case implies the existence of... travel? Are there any upcoming #retrocomputing gatherings in Sydney, Canberra or maybe Melbourne that might like to see this thing make an appearance in the flesh?

I just wanted a nice place to safely store the Giant #GravisGamePad, but I guess a travel case implies the existence of... travel? Are there any upcoming #retrocomputing gatherings in Sydney, Canberra or maybe Melbourne that might like to see this thing make an appearance in the flesh?

My #Necroware prototype has passed its first test! My old #GravisGamePad works perfectly on it. (The DIP switches aren't set correctly, I'm bypassing them manually in software for the moment.)

Now that I have a solid testbed that isn't a rat's nest of jumper wires, I can start implementing PS/2 keyboard support on top.

The time I spent designing and #3dprinting my own soldering station was well worth it - that's the quickest I've ever been able to throw a working thing together.

My #Necroware prototype has passed its first test! My old #GravisGamePad works perfectly on it. (The DIP switches aren't set correctly, I'm bypassing them manually in software for the moment.)

Now that I have a solid testbed that isn't a rat's nest of jumper wires, I can start implementing PS/2 keyboard support on top.

The time I spent designing and #3dprinting my own soldering station was well worth it - that's the quickest I've ever been able to throw a working thing together.

My #Necroware prototype has passed its first test! My old #GravisGamePad works perfectly on it. (The DIP switches aren't set correctly, I'm bypassing them manually in software for the moment.)

Now that I have a solid testbed that isn't a rat's nest of jumper wires, I can start implementing PS/2 keyboard support on top.

The time I spent designing and #3dprinting my own soldering station was well worth it - that's the quickest I've ever been able to throw a working thing together.

My #Necroware prototype has passed its first test! My old #GravisGamePad works perfectly on it. (The DIP switches aren't set correctly, I'm bypassing them manually in software for the moment.)

Now that I have a solid testbed that isn't a rat's nest of jumper wires, I can start implementing PS/2 keyboard support on top.

The time I spent designing and #3dprinting my own soldering station was well worth it - that's the quickest I've ever been able to throw a working thing together.

@timixretroplays My first real Arduino project was an adapter for my father's #GravisGamePad Pro.

That particular gamepad only had a gamepad port and the adapter made it USB-compatible. (At least for the single-player mode of the gamepad.)

Being new to the platform (and being a cheapo), I realised only after ordering that the Arduino Nano required me to have USB implemented software-side, with some additional electronics around the GPIOs used as USB data pins. It was an adventure. :)

@timixretroplays My first real Arduino project was an adapter for my father's #GravisGamePad Pro.

That particular gamepad only had a gamepad port and the adapter made it USB-compatible. (At least for the single-player mode of the gamepad.)

Being new to the platform (and being a cheapo), I realised only after ordering that the Arduino Nano required me to have USB implemented software-side, with some additional electronics around the GPIOs used as USB data pins. It was an adventure. :)

@timixretroplays My first real Arduino project was an adapter for my father's #GravisGamePad Pro.

That particular gamepad only had a gamepad port and the adapter made it USB-compatible. (At least for the single-player mode of the gamepad.)

Being new to the platform (and being a cheapo), I realised only after ordering that the Arduino Nano required me to have USB implemented software-side, with some additional electronics around the GPIOs used as USB data pins. It was an adventure. :)

@timixretroplays My first real Arduino project was an adapter for my father's #GravisGamePad Pro.

That particular gamepad only had a gamepad port and the adapter made it USB-compatible. (At least for the single-player mode of the gamepad.)

Being new to the platform (and being a cheapo), I realised only after ordering that the Arduino Nano required me to have USB implemented software-side, with some additional electronics around the GPIOs used as USB data pins. It was an adventure. :)

@timixretroplays My first real Arduino project was an adapter for my father's #GravisGamePad Pro.

That particular gamepad only had a gamepad port and the adapter made it USB-compatible. (At least for the single-player mode of the gamepad.)

Being new to the platform (and being a cheapo), I realised only after ordering that the Arduino Nano required me to have USB implemented software-side, with some additional electronics around the GPIOs used as USB data pins. It was an adventure. :)

@fcktheworld587 @0xabad1dea I made the big one! You can see some past work on it via #GravisGamePad but there's a video of me actually playing on it here: https://fosstodon.org/@timixretroplays/110224865601352535

@fcktheworld587 @0xabad1dea I made the big one! You can see some past work on it via #GravisGamePad but there's a video of me actually playing on it here: https://fosstodon.org/@timixretroplays/110224865601352535

@fcktheworld587 @0xabad1dea I made the big one! You can see some past work on it via #GravisGamePad but there's a video of me actually playing on it here: https://fosstodon.org/@timixretroplays/110224865601352535

@fcktheworld587 @0xabad1dea I made the big one! You can see some past work on it via #GravisGamePad but there's a video of me actually playing on it here: https://fosstodon.org/@timixretroplays/110224865601352535

Don't ever talk to me or my son ever again.

#GravisGamePad #3dprinting #Arduino

Don't ever talk to me or my son ever again.

#GravisGamePad #3dprinting #Arduino

Don't ever talk to me or my son ever again.

#GravisGamePad #3dprinting #Arduino

Don't ever talk to me or my son ever again.

#GravisGamePad #3dprinting #Arduino

Don't ever talk to me or my son ever again.

#GravisGamePad #3dprinting #Arduino

Next up was to stop the ominous red glow from the interior. The #Arduino Pro Micro's red LED served neatly as a power light during development, but the original #GravisGamePad had no such light anywhere, so behind a couple of layers of self-adhesive rubber it went (a couple, because apparently one wasn't enough!). #retrogaming

Next up was to stop the ominous red glow from the interior. The #Arduino Pro Micro's red LED served neatly as a power light during development, but the original #GravisGamePad had no such light anywhere, so behind a couple of layers of self-adhesive rubber it went (a couple, because apparently one wasn't enough!). #retrogaming

Next up was to stop the ominous red glow from the interior. The #Arduino Pro Micro's red LED served neatly as a power light during development, but the original #GravisGamePad had no such light anywhere, so behind a couple of layers of self-adhesive rubber it went (a couple, because apparently one wasn't enough!). #retrogaming

Next up was to stop the ominous red glow from the interior. The #Arduino Pro Micro's red LED served neatly as a power light during development, but the original #GravisGamePad had no such light anywhere, so behind a couple of layers of self-adhesive rubber it went (a couple, because apparently one wasn't enough!). #retrogaming

Taking some time this weekend to finish work on the giant #GravisGamePad. Top of the list was the cable.

To be faithful but practical, I've made it to *spec*, not to *scale* - five metres of this stuff would have weighed like half a kilo by itself and been useful to nobody. This one's two metres long, no bigger than a womp rat, just like the original. #retrogaming

Taking some time this weekend to finish work on the giant #GravisGamePad. Top of the list was the cable.

To be faithful but practical, I've made it to *spec*, not to *scale* - five metres of this stuff would have weighed like half a kilo by itself and been useful to nobody. This one's two metres long, no bigger than a womp rat, just like the original. #retrogaming

Taking some time this weekend to finish work on the giant #GravisGamePad. Top of the list was the cable.

To be faithful but practical, I've made it to *spec*, not to *scale* - five metres of this stuff would have weighed like half a kilo by itself and been useful to nobody. This one's two metres long, no bigger than a womp rat, just like the original. #retrogaming

Taking some time this weekend to finish work on the giant #GravisGamePad. Top of the list was the cable.

To be faithful but practical, I've made it to *spec*, not to *scale* - five metres of this stuff would have weighed like half a kilo by itself and been useful to nobody. This one's two metres long, no bigger than a womp rat, just like the original. #retrogaming

Taking some time this weekend to finish work on the giant #GravisGamePad. Top of the list was the cable.

To be faithful but practical, I've made it to *spec*, not to *scale* - five metres of this stuff would have weighed like half a kilo by itself and been useful to nobody. This one's two metres long, no bigger than a womp rat, just like the original. #retrogaming

Here's a short video to give an idea of scale and what it sounds like in action: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MRrprExgZtY

#3dprinting #Arduino #retrogaming #GravisGamePad

Here's a short video to give an idea of scale and what it sounds like in action: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MRrprExgZtY

#3dprinting #Arduino #retrogaming #GravisGamePad

Here's a short video to give an idea of scale and what it sounds like in action: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MRrprExgZtY

#3dprinting #Arduino #retrogaming #GravisGamePad

Here's a short video to give an idea of scale and what it sounds like in action: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MRrprExgZtY

#3dprinting #Arduino #retrogaming #GravisGamePad

Here's a short video to give an idea of scale and what it sounds like in action: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MRrprExgZtY

#3dprinting #Arduino #retrogaming #GravisGamePad

We do these things not because they are easy, but because we thought they would be easy. #3dprinting #Arduino #retrogaming #GravisGamePad

Question for everyone: with the giant gamepad nearly done (there's still a few little touches, some project housekeeping to do), what would you want to see in a video about it? What questions would you like answered? I won't be sharing STLs or a BOM, but I will share the Arduino code and would love to talk about the design and problem-solving along the way.

We do these things not because they are easy, but because we thought they would be easy. #3dprinting #Arduino #retrogaming #GravisGamePad

Question for everyone: with the giant gamepad nearly done (there's still a few little touches, some project housekeeping to do), what would you want to see in a video about it? What questions would you like answered? I won't be sharing STLs or a BOM, but I will share the Arduino code and would love to talk about the design and problem-solving along the way.

We do these things not because they are easy, but because we thought they would be easy. #3dprinting #Arduino #retrogaming #GravisGamePad

Question for everyone: with the giant gamepad nearly done (there's still a few little touches, some project housekeeping to do), what would you want to see in a video about it? What questions would you like answered? I won't be sharing STLs or a BOM, but I will share the Arduino code and would love to talk about the design and problem-solving along the way.