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| From | Ahem A Rivet's Shot <steveo@eircom.net> |
|---|---|
| Newsgroups | alt.folklore.computers |
| Subject | Re: An Xmyth stack overflow ? |
| Date | 2020-12-08 22:28 +0000 |
| Organization | A noiseless patient Spider |
| Message-ID | <20201208222841.f19e8df17f601bb6b0bdf7e8@eircom.net> (permalink) |
| References | <rql47u$13v$1@dont-email.me> <5fcfc118.376050@news.dslextreme.com> <20201208185326.7bb792e79f1d363fba290d26@eircom.net> <rqopj0$quc$1@dont-email.me> |
On Tue, 8 Dec 2020 21:01:07 +0000 gareth evans <headstone255@yahoo.com> wrote: > On 08/12/2020 18:53, Ahem A Rivet's Shot wrote: > > On Tue, 08 Dec 2020 18:08:56 GMT > > usenet@only.tnx (Questor) wrote: > > > >> On Mon, 7 Dec 2020 11:38:30 +0000, gareth evans > >> <headstone255@yahoo.com> wrote: > >>> For Xmyth this year, I have 4 strings of multi-coloured LEDs > >>> spread out over the front garden, with a total of about 1000 LEDs > >>> for a total outlay of about £100. > >>> > >>> Stack overflow possibly? After one of the strings of LEDs has cycled > >>> through its repertoire a number of times, they all extinguish and > >>> stay dark, but if I cycle the power, they all return, so it isn't > >>> an overheating problem. > >> > >> Pop open the controller, > > > > Replace with a RPi Zero running a PDP-11 emulator (this is > > a.f.c!) and write your own. > > > > It raises a question about the integration inside the LEDs themselves, > because only two wires come out of the controller / wall wart and yet > the string sequencing drives the LEDs into two distinct groups. The D in LED may be significant here, perhaps half of them are one way round and half the other with the supply reversing polarity[1] to switch sets. [1] of the electron flow. -- Steve O'Hara-Smith | Directable Mirror Arrays C:\>WIN | A better way to focus the sun The computer obeys and wins. | licences available see You lose and Bill collects. | http://www.sohara.org/
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An Xmyth stack overflow ? gareth evans <headstone255@yahoo.com> - 2020-12-07 11:38 +0000
Re: An Xmyth stack overflow ? gareth evans <headstone255@yahoo.com> - 2020-12-07 11:41 +0000
Re: An Xmyth stack overflow ? maus <maus@dmaus.org> - 2020-12-08 15:08 +0000
Re: An Xmyth stack overflow ? maus <maus@dmaus.org> - 2020-12-10 17:52 +0000
Re: An Xmyth stack overflow ? Dave Garland <dave.garland@wizinfo.com> - 2020-12-10 22:46 -0600
Re: An Xmyth stack overflow ? Mike Spencer <mds@bogus.nodomain.nowhere> - 2020-12-11 01:47 -0400
Re: An Xmyth stack overflow ? Ahem A Rivet's Shot <steveo@eircom.net> - 2020-12-11 06:54 +0000
Re: An Xmyth stack overflow ? Bob Eager <news0073@eager.cx> - 2020-12-11 09:46 +0000
Re: An Xmyth stack overflow ? John Levine <johnl@taugh.com> - 2020-12-11 18:13 +0000
Re: An Xmyth stack overflow ? Gerard Schildberger <gerard46@rrt.net> - 2020-12-11 11:29 -0800
Re: An Xmyth stack overflow ? Charlie Gibbs <cgibbs@kltpzyxm.invalid> - 2020-12-12 01:37 +0000
Re: IBM 1620 and its successors, not An Xmyth stack overflow ? John Levine <johnl@taugh.com> - 2020-12-12 02:22 +0000
Re: IBM 1620 and its successors, not An Xmyth stack overflow ? Peter Flass <peter_flass@yahoo.com> - 2020-12-12 06:58 -0700
Re: 360/44, was IBM 1620 and its successors, not An Xmyth stack overflow ? John Levine <johnl@taugh.com> - 2020-12-12 19:16 +0000
Re: 360/44, was IBM 1620 and its successors, not An Xmyth stack overflow ? Peter Flass <peter_flass@yahoo.com> - 2020-12-12 19:57 -0700
Re: An Xmyth stack overflow ? J. Clarke <jclarke.873638@gmail.com> - 2020-12-11 21:44 -0500
Re: An Xmyth stack overflow ? Dave Garland <dave.garland@wizinfo.com> - 2020-12-11 23:11 -0600
Re: An Xmyth stack overflow ? Peter Flass <peter_flass@yahoo.com> - 2020-12-12 06:58 -0700
Re: An Xmyth stack overflow ? J. Clarke <jclarke.873638@gmail.com> - 2020-12-12 09:43 -0500
Re: An Xmyth stack overflow ? Dan Espen <dan1espen@gmail.com> - 2020-12-12 10:31 -0500
Re: An Xmyth stack overflow ? Ahem A Rivet's Shot <steveo@eircom.net> - 2020-12-12 17:40 +0000
Re: An Xmyth stack overflow ? Charlie Gibbs <cgibbs@kltpzyxm.invalid> - 2020-12-12 19:28 +0000
Re: An Xmyth stack overflow ? J. Clarke <jclarke.873638@gmail.com> - 2020-12-12 13:12 -0500
Re: An Xmyth stack overflow ? Dan Espen <dan1espen@gmail.com> - 2020-12-12 13:28 -0500
Re: An Xmyth stack overflow ? J. Clarke <jclarke.873638@gmail.com> - 2020-12-12 17:35 -0500
Re: An Xmyth stack overflow ? Dan Espen <dan1espen@gmail.com> - 2020-12-12 17:49 -0500
Re: An Xmyth stack overflow ? J. Clarke <jclarke.873638@gmail.com> - 2020-12-12 19:31 -0500
Re: An Xmyth stack overflow ? Dan Espen <dan1espen@gmail.com> - 2020-12-12 19:54 -0500
Re: An Xmyth stack overflow ? Dan Espen <dan1espen@gmail.com> - 2020-12-12 20:08 -0500
Re: An Xmyth stack overflow ? Peter Flass <peter_flass@yahoo.com> - 2020-12-12 19:58 -0700
Re: An Xmyth stack overflow ? Dan Espen <dan1espen@gmail.com> - 2020-12-12 22:13 -0500
Re: An Xmyth stack overflow ? J. Clarke <jclarke.873638@gmail.com> - 2020-12-12 23:07 -0500
Re: An Xmyth stack overflow ? Dan Espen <dan1espen@gmail.com> - 2020-12-12 23:28 -0500
Re: An Xmyth stack overflow ? maus <maus@dmaus.org> - 2020-12-14 19:13 +0000
Re: An Xmyth stack overflow ? J. Clarke <jclarke.873638@gmail.com> - 2020-12-12 23:04 -0500
Re: An Xmyth stack overflow ? Peter Flass <peter_flass@yahoo.com> - 2020-12-12 19:57 -0700
Re: An Xmyth stack overflow ? Charlie Gibbs <cgibbs@kltpzyxm.invalid> - 2020-12-13 16:23 +0000
Re: An Xmyth stack overflow ? J. Clarke <jclarke.873638@gmail.com> - 2020-12-13 11:47 -0500
Re: An Xmyth stack overflow ? Ahem A Rivet's Shot <steveo@eircom.net> - 2020-12-13 19:18 +0000
Re: An Xmyth stack overflow ? Peter Flass <peter_flass@yahoo.com> - 2020-12-13 15:11 -0700
Re: An Xmyth stack overflow ? cb@elaine.df.lth.se (Christian Brunschen) - 2020-12-13 23:28 +0000
Re: An Xmyth stack overflow ? Ahem A Rivet's Shot <steveo@eircom.net> - 2020-12-13 23:23 +0000
Re: An Xmyth stack overflow ? Niklas Karlsson <anksil@yahoo.se> - 2020-12-13 09:05 +0000
Re: An Xmyth stack overflow ? Peter Flass <peter_flass@yahoo.com> - 2020-12-12 19:57 -0700
Re: An Xmyth stack overflow ? Dave Garland <dave.garland@wizinfo.com> - 2020-12-13 11:22 -0600
Re: An Xmyth stack overflow ? Mike Spencer <mds@bogus.nodomain.nowhere> - 2020-12-12 01:55 -0400
Re: An Xmyth stack overflow ? gareth evans <headstone255@yahoo.com> - 2020-12-11 11:46 +0000
Re: An Xmyth stack overflow ? Peter Flass <peter_flass@yahoo.com> - 2020-12-11 17:22 -0700
Re: An Xmyth stack overflow ? John Levine <johnl@taugh.com> - 2020-12-12 02:24 +0000
Re: An Xmyth stack overflow ? Bob Eager <news0073@eager.cx> - 2020-12-12 10:16 +0000
Re: An Xmyth stack overflow ? Mike Spencer <mds@bogus.nodomain.nowhere> - 2020-12-10 16:28 -0400
Re: An Xmyth stack overflow ? usenet@only.tnx (Questor) - 2020-12-08 18:08 +0000
Re: An Xmyth stack overflow ? Ahem A Rivet's Shot <steveo@eircom.net> - 2020-12-08 18:53 +0000
Re: An Xmyth stack overflow ? gareth evans <headstone255@yahoo.com> - 2020-12-08 21:01 +0000
Re: An Xmyth stack overflow ? Ahem A Rivet's Shot <steveo@eircom.net> - 2020-12-08 22:28 +0000
Re: An Xmyth stack overflow ? Charlie Gibbs <cgibbs@kltpzyxm.invalid> - 2020-12-09 01:12 +0000
Re: An Xmyth stack overflow ? gareth evans <headstone255@yahoo.com> - 2020-12-09 11:43 +0000
Re: An Xmyth stack overflow ? drb@ihatespam.msu.edu (Dennis Boone) - 2020-12-08 20:57 -0600
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