cato,
@cato@chaos.social avatar

My airport displays are having a family reunion! It's so heartwarming 🥰

karpour,
@karpour@mstdn.social avatar

@cato how much power do these draw?

cato,
@cato@chaos.social avatar

@karpour I think the large ons is at a few hundred watts, the medium one at around 100-150 and the small one should be around 20-30? Rough estimates based on what I know is inside

vivi,

@cato this is so cool what airports are they from

cato,
@cato@chaos.social avatar

@vivi the large one is from Stuttgart, the smallest one is a demo unit from the manufacturer of the large one, and the medium sized one is a test unit from a different manufacturer, I don't think that was ever at an airport.

vivi,

@cato YO REALLY THATS SO FUCKING COOL STUTTGART IS MY HOME TOWN AIRPORT I RIDE OR DIE FOR STR

cato,
@cato@chaos.social avatar

@vivi nice! you can also check out two of the old split-flap departure boards from STR in the Deutsches Museum in Munich

vivi,

@cato wait they have that there i cant even remember seeing it last time i was there thats so cool ill try to to go there the next time im in the city

vivi,

@cato fuck i love all things airports ​:akkoweary:​ how much do these boards cost to acquire and where do u do it im so curious?

cato,
@cato@chaos.social avatar

@vivi I usually don't pay anything and you just kinda need to be at the right place at the right time

vivi,

@cato YOU GET THESE FOR FREE??? thats crazy do u work in a related industry or know ppl who do or what

cato,
@cato@chaos.social avatar

@vivi sometimes i know people but usually i just see displays getting removed and ask around via email lol

vivi,

@cato thats so cool... how hard is it to get the flippyflappy boards.... i would love to have even a small flipping one especially from STR....

cato,
@cato@chaos.social avatar

@vivi rather hard usually, if you don't like, happen to get lucky on ebay

feld,
@feld@bikeshed.party avatar

@cato @vivi > the smallest one is a demo unit from the manufacturer of the large one,

is there any way to acquire more of these?

cato,
@cato@chaos.social avatar

@feld @vivi not really, it was a one of a kind thing

Drayventhal,
@Drayventhal@mastodon.social avatar

@cato do you use them for anything or are they just a decorative item in your apartment?

cato,
@cato@chaos.social avatar

@Drayventhal that's the main problem. Most things are just decorative or I occasionally turn them on to look at them and be happy. But at least for the large one I'd like to use it as a kind of reminder of my schedule and other tasks...

Drayventhal,
@Drayventhal@mastodon.social avatar

The medium sized looks pretty cool. I like the colors of the light and the letters.

Drayventhal,
@Drayventhal@mastodon.social avatar

Depending on how good they are programmable you could also use them for some sort of tetris.
especially the big one.

cato,
@cato@chaos.social avatar

@Drayventhal yeah the medium one is a different manufacturer, I still need to figure that one out :D
Tetris is not a bad idea. It would be slow but hmmmmm

ppxl,
@ppxl@social.tchncs.de avatar

@cato that'd be a hell of a ToDo list organizer 😂

It's auditive accessible though:
KLACKLACKLACKLACK Finally done

cato,
@cato@chaos.social avatar

@ppxl oh that would be cool if it were a split-flap display! It's LCD though, so it's silent. 😅

doeme,
@doeme@hachyderm.io avatar

@cato You might be interested in connecting to the guy behind https://tramli.ch/ making desktop-sized passenger-information-systems

cato,
@cato@chaos.social avatar

@doeme hmmmm, the vibe is a bit off for me, I've already came across that. Looks cool though!

doeme,
@doeme@hachyderm.io avatar

@cato I thought the nailed the look-and-feel for the real thing quite well. https://tramli.ch/cdn/shop/files/IMG_1198_edited.jpg?v=1693770681&width=750

But, yes it's missing the some of the aesthetics of the airport-signs.

cato,
@cato@chaos.social avatar

@doeme oh no I meant the vibe the website gives off. Gives me a kind of very profit focused, bit too polished, slightly arrogant vibe. idk haha

doeme,
@doeme@hachyderm.io avatar

@cato I think you summarized "You've been living in the Zürich-Tech-Bubble too long" quite nicely :)

cato,
@cato@chaos.social avatar

@doeme ohhh :D

elfod,
@elfod@toot.wales avatar

@cato nice, where did you get those?

cato,
@cato@chaos.social avatar

@elfod a contact at the airport when they replaced the information systems, or just our local Craigslist equivalent!

lachlan,
@lachlan@mastodon.social avatar

@cato I've always loved the flip style airport displays. I've always kinda wanted one to display something fairly static for the sake of it.

cato,
@cato@chaos.social avatar

@lachlan those are great too! I have built a small two line text display like that :D

lachlan,
@lachlan@mastodon.social avatar

@cato Ooh - hard to do?

cato,
@cato@chaos.social avatar

@lachlan not really, but then again, I have a bit of experience with the various split-flap systems that were in use in Germany. Basically I just built a wooden frame and slotted the modules in. Some flat cable along the back and an ESP32 as the external controller

misp44,
@misp44@mastodon.social avatar

@cato I'd love to see some shell running on those beauties :blobcat:

cato,
@cato@chaos.social avatar

@misp44 would be super slow but a fun idea!

DeltaWye,
@DeltaWye@mstdn.social avatar

@cato This is really cool.

At the same time, it makes me wonder if there are now airports where there’s a couple displays in a row, but there’s an empty slot (the exact same size of the displays) that has something like a (now-aging) advertisement poster hastily taped over it…

DeltaWye,
@DeltaWye@mstdn.social avatar

@cato And some grizzled chain-smoking police detective looking once again through a file folder related to missing airport displays… reading notes for the hundredth time, looking at Polaroids in the file… interviews and transcripts…

cato,
@cato@chaos.social avatar

@DeltaWye omg I love this hahahaha

talviunelias,
@talviunelias@bunnyanarchy.org avatar

@cato where do you buy an airport display even

torepang,
@torepang@wetdry.world avatar

@talviunelias @cato you can just take them, they don't belong to anyone. i have 6 massive departure screens i stole from Euston Train Station in the summer of 2015.

cato,
@cato@chaos.social avatar

@torepang @talviunelias lmao I have always wanted to get my hands on one of those UK departure boards ever since I saw them

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