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In 1980, Intel introduced the 8087 floating-point coprocessor chip. Plugging this chip into your IBM PC made math 100 times faster, good for CAD and spreadsheets. I opened up the chip to reverse-engineer exactly how it does complicated calculations. Let's take a look inside...

The integrated circuit is a black ceramic rectangle with 40 metal pins sticking out, in two rows. (This is known as a DIP, a Dual Inline Package.) It has three rows of text: "D8087-1", a cryptic version label, and then the copyright line with a big lower-case I, INTEL m c 1980 1984. The m and c are in circles for the mask-work symbol and the copyright symbol. The chip has a small semicircular notch on the left side, indicating its orientation. The package consists of two thin ceramic layers, bonded together with a gray substance; the metal pins stick out from this gray substance. The ceramic package is important to me because tapping the gray layer with a chisel will cause the two layers to separate, revealing the silicon die inside. In contrast, most chips are in epoxy packages, which are very difficult to open, usually requiring strong acids.

Robert Eliason | ᐰ | #SaveStargate #StargateNow_EU @eliasonrobert.pardalis.se · yesterday

Convenience breeds compliance. Be inconvenient.

Berin Szóka @berinszoka.bsky.social · 4d ago

Photo of the decade: AfD leader Alice Weidel

ascalaphid @ascalaphid.com · 5d ago

this is what counts as worldbuilding for me

Save Stargate @savestargatehq.bsky.social · 4d ago

#SaveStargate petition before and after Dragon Con. 2700 signatures were added over the weekend! Great job! Thank you, everyone who has signed the petition so far. If you haven't signed it yet, it's not too late to make an impact! www.change.org/p/sav...

Have Phaser - Won't Use Transporter @alfetta159.bsky.social · 5d ago

#Stargate #Camelot Judi said, 'Ooh, look, a castle.' Without hesitation, I said, 'It's only a model.'

Four people who have found a castle in the woods.

Save Stargate @savestargatehq.bsky.social · 6d ago

Stargate Cosplayers at Dragon Con 2026! #SaveStargate

Usili (Talia) 🏳️‍⚧️@usili.bsky.social · 6d ago

noctis-nova

Defeating capitalism can't be that hard. How much HP does it have?

communismhills

the World Boss Capitalism has 1,951,484 hp, but it also has a companion boss called The State and that boss has 2,487,313 hp and if you don't get them both to 0 at about the same time they just start spamming shields & heals on each other & The State starts using OHKO attacks on your entire group

noctis-nova

Damn, that must be why Marx recommends a party.

quendergeer

We'd have finished this by now if SOMEONE didn't keep splitting the party

transgender-garbabe-nova

Fourth International, rushing in alone: "LEEEEEEEOOOOOOON TRRROOOOOOTSSKKYYYYY!!!!!!!"

Save Stargate @savestargatehq.bsky.social · last wk.

Day Three of Dragon Con, and we have Claudia Black ( @TheClaudiaBlack ) signing the #SaveStargate banner! (Thank you, SecBeth for the photo) I also heard that Michael Shanks (Michael Shanks) and Ben Browder signed the banner yesterday, but we couldn't get photos.

The Spaceshipper 🚀@thespaceshipper.com · last wk.

Stargate (1994): Gate room, art by Oliver Scholl

Fluwijntjes ᐰ @fluwijntjes.bsky.social · last wk.

Have you signed it yet?? SaveStargate.com #SaveStargate ❤️

Save Stargate @savestargatehq.bsky.social · last wk.

#SaveStargate is back in the news thanks to all of you! www.cbr.com/stargate... BTW, the petition has gained almost another 300 signatures since we hit 120,000 earlier today. This is the kind of momentum that gets execs' attention. Keep spreading the word! www.change.org/p/sav...

Stargate Fan Campaign to Rescue Amazon's Canceled Revival Continues After New Milestone

Fans continue to rally for Amazon to reverse its decision to cancel a planned Stargate revival.

cbr.com

Jonathan Lundkvist @jonathanrl.bsky.social · last wk.

Den 15 September upphör min sjukskrivning och jag letar efter ett nytt jobb i Stockholmsområdet. Hör gärna av er om ni vet något ni tror skulle passa.

The Spaceshipper 🚀@thespaceshipper.com · 2w ago

"Citing anonymous sources inside MGM, Read said that the show would have been set in a parallel universe, with the Daniel Jackson we know from our reality showing up on board the Argo." If it's true, Daniel almost became Another Old Spock.

Spock's Iconic 'Good Luck' Message

Alt: Spock's Iconic 'Good Luck' Message

static.klipy.com

Save Stargate @savestargatehq.bsky.social · 2w ago

Here ya go Stargate fans! Michael Shanks and Lexa Doig have signed the #SaveStargate banner at Ascension!

Marina @marinainthesky.bsky.social · 2w ago

#IHaveADreamDay I have a dream that someday soon Amazon will #GiveGeroHisGateBack and we'll be able to change our hashtag to "Saved Stargate"! 🤞 #WeWantStargate #SaveStargate

EventGuide Today@eventguide.bsky.social · 2w ago

Today is Aug 28: #RedWineDay #ThoughtfulDay #RainbowBridgeRemembranceDay #ReadComicsInPublicDay #BowTieDay #WorldSanskritDay #PowerRangersDay #MountainRescueDay #RedheadDay #IHaveADreamDay #PositiveXDay #828Day #MakatonAwarenessDay #TanSuitDay

Marina @marinainthesky.bsky.social · 2w ago

#BowTieDay Technically, they're not all from the show(s), but I didn't think anyone would mind. 😉 #WeWantStargate #SaveStargate #GiveGeroHisGateBack

EventGuide Today@eventguide.bsky.social · 2w ago

Today is Aug 28: #RedWineDay #ThoughtfulDay #RainbowBridgeRemembranceDay #ReadComicsInPublicDay #BowTieDay #WorldSanskritDay #PowerRangersDay #MountainRescueDay #RedheadDay #IHaveADreamDay #PositiveXDay #828Day #MakatonAwarenessDay #TanSuitDay

Gᐰter_One 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿🇬🇧@gater-one.bsky.social · 2w ago

Wishing the happiest of birthdays to the multi-talented #AmandaTapping this Aug 28th! #SaveStargate

(Morgann’s Version) - transgender probably @morganngicquel.com · 2w ago

A tweet by @PerthshireMags : climate change will manifest as a series of disasters viewed through phones with footage that gets closer and closer to where you live until you're the one filming it

Gernot Wagner@gwagner.com · 2w ago

I'm old enough to remember when one @ipcc.bsky.social statement about Himalayan glaciers "disappearing" by 2035 was some major scandal. Meanwhile, this today, via @apnews.com. Yes, that's climate change; i.e. us dumping CO₂ into the atmospheric sewer. Hundreds dead.

Meg Frank @peripateticmeg.bsky.social · 2w ago

truth from Jenny Zigrino

A stacked set of two screenshots from a standup routine by Jenny Zigrino that say “I know the grim reaper is a white man because if anyone else was this bad at their job, they’d be fired”

(Morgann’s Version) - transgender probably @morganngicquel.com · 2w ago

We used to have genders…

Dolly Parton in a pink dress being all silly on a red carpet.

Tim Curry as Long John Silver with a muppet parrot on his shoulder in the Muppet’s treasure Island

Jonathan Lundkvist @jonathanrl.bsky.social · 3w ago

Vill du ha mina bilder på din vägg? Jag erbjuder prints på fotopapper för självkostnadspris + 150 kr. Bilder från helgens flygshow på Malmen finns på den här länken. Hör av dig via PM med beställning. www.flickr.com/photos/16754...

Arthur Snell @snellarthur.bsky.social · 3w ago

Fascism under the rule of law.

Phil Lewis@phillewis.bsky.social · 3w ago

“A 1-year-old baby appeared in immigration court without legal representation in Arizona and received an instruction: File an asylum application before the next hearing or face deportation.”

Jonathan Lundkvist @jonathanrl.bsky.social · 3w ago

Fyrgrupp Gripen i Motljus 🌍 Malmslätt, Linköping 📷 Canon EOS R6 + RF 200-800/6,3-9 IS USM (Lånad)

Robert Eliason | ᐰ | #SaveStargate #StargateNow_EU @eliasonrobert.pardalis.se · 3w ago

Mmmmmm, let's go thrifting! #retrocomputing