IT elements in the animation (Part IV)–Evangelion Q

(Part II & Part III are missing. They will be completed in the coming weeks)

Evangelion: 3.0 You Can (Not) Redo. (ヱヴァンゲリヲン新劇場版：Q)

A new organization, WILLE, which is NERV’s rival. Start-up its new battleship called “WUNDER” when it encountered the angel.

As an IT guy, it is interesting to inspect the booting screen~

 

Boot up screen with POST

Here is what on the screen

SYSTEM SETUP ( STARTUP )	KhaOS version = 3.00
CONFIGURATION *Device Config = All Devices	HDD CONTROLLER HDD Controller Mode = Auto-Selected
I/O PORTS *Serial = COM1(HBK33/BD310) *Parallel = LPT1(RB338/TR9/TB3) *Sound = Enabled	HDD I/O Build-in HDD = Primary ID(1FH000L/IRQ14) = Secondary ID(B1005/IRQ21) = Preliminary ID(CD666/DUMMY SYS.)
DISPLAY *Holograph Segment Address = C000HF
KDB BUS *KDB BUS = IRQ	ARCHITECT *Main = Ver.3.10 *3.22Build. *Sub = Ver.3.22 *3.10Build. *Dummy = Ver.6.66 *6.66Build.

 

Wait… COM1 LPT1 ?

I haven’t seen them for a long long time

IRQ14 is normally reserved for PATA (IDE) controller

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The next scene is the rolling code on the screen.

System is BUSY

Question:
What’s the programing language on the screen?

struct
comment style /* */
code block { }

 

for [element] in [collection] do {…}

 

if [condition] then {…}

 

define a new function by using ‘fn’ keyword
and
local ret = #()

 

However,
C, C++, C#, Java, JavaScript, VB, BVScript, VBA, python
can not satisfy this coding style

What the hell is that?

New let me try to find out some other keywords.

For example, “EmptyModifier”

Bingo!

It’s MaxScript, from 3ds max.

Completed

All green

Ignite main engine.

Weekend Project: Miscellaneous

Headphone + Joystick repair.

Both of the equipment is left by former roommate.

Some buttons on panel have no reaction unless you press them firmly. It seems Conductive Rubber under the buttons are dirty.

Teardown the device.

Water wash the buttons/rubber and clean the PCB by using eraser.

Finally, reassemble the joystick and do a test.

 

=================HeadPhone=============

Logitech headphone.

The volume controller has problem. Even very tiny touch on the controller will mute the right hand side speaker.

Teardown.

At first, I thought just the right-pass of variable resistor is open circuit. Soldering three new ‘Bridge’ will cross the problem.

The Bridge (from another headphone dead body~)

Done. Bridges connected the end-points of tuner

Unfortunately, annoying buzz and mute problem still exists.

I realized it was not a open circuit, but a short circuit. There is an unexpected connection between Right and Ground cable.

Plan B:

Direct connection, no tuner.

Tested, all green.

Mission accomplished.