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>As you can see, it’s… quite large! In fact, I can not! The photo in question has no reference objects. (scroll down to see photos that actually demonstrate it
by happytoexplain 5y ago
>As you can see, it’s… quite large!
In fact, I can not! The photo in question has no reference objects. (scroll down to see photos that actually demonstrate its size)
- electroly 5y agoTwo references in all of the photos are the JTAG connector on the side (a standard pin header with 0.1" spacing) and the standard headphone jack.
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- tantalor 5y agoThose are poor/obscure references.
- happytoexplain 5y agoYes, but that's not useful if you don't know that one is a headphone jack (from the side), or that the other is a JTAG connector, or you do know but don't know what sizes JTAG connectors come in. And even allowing for all that, visual size analogies provide very poor information when the common element is relatively small in both cases.
- electroly 5y agoThe article mentions it, that's the only reason I knew it was JTAG. I agree -- a banana for scale would have been appropriate here.
- peterburkimsher 5y agoI'd be very interested to know where the JTAG connector is routed to on the other side... iPodLinux and Rockbox never did figure out some features, and to finally have a real dev kit means that we might finish it! Actually I was just using my iPod 5.5G with Rockbox on 2021-10-05, doing a demo of iPod clickwheel -> USB -> Mac -> Arduino -> Rotary encoder -> (commercial product) I wanted to use my old iPod 1G too, but serial-over-FireWire is a little complicated to set up. Repairing iPods is what got me into embedded systems engineering in the first place! From a cassette player (age 9) to a 32 MB Rio 600 (age 10) to a MiniDisc player (age 11) to a 1st gen iPod (age 12, Feb 2002), then 3rd gen iPod (age 13, Sep 2003). After that, I was repairing friends' iPods, moderating the iPodLinux forum, reading the Bible as Notes, or Shakespeare for English class... good memories. And I still use an iPod now! With an SSD, and adaptors stashed in the back. https://www.flickr.com/photos/150180606@N08/49613276321/ https://www.flickr.com/photos/150180606@N08/49613276321/
- ubermonkey 5y agoOne of the photos literally shows an actual 1st-gen iPod on top of it.
- happytoexplain 5y agoDid you read my entire comment?
- ubermonkey 5y agoYes.
- happytoexplain 5y agoYour comment (especially the colloquial use of the word "literally" as emphasis) implies that I didn't address the existence of that photo, but I did when I said "scroll down to see photos that actually demonstrate its size". Your comment and subsequent lack of clarification ("Yes.") is confusing and has the appearance of rudeness, but I can't guess why you would want to use that tone (if it's on purpose).
- IncRnd 5y agoWhen something is shown literally as a picture of an object that is in contrast to a figurative drawing of a concept.
- ubermonkey 5y agoK.
- happytoexplain 5y agoAlways try to either engage or not engage, rather than falling for the temptation of trolling.
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- marcellus23 5y agoBased on the size of the barcodes, screen, various ports, the scrolling control + buttons (presumably sized for human fingers) I think it's pretty obvious it's rather large.
- llimos 5y agoI thought the same, until I twigged that the screen is an actual size iPod screen.