Big Mess o' Wires
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Wombat Game Controller Support – Call for Testers
ADB-USB Wombat firmware 3.24 introduces support for USB game controllers. Please give it a try and let me know: Does this make sense? Does it feel good? I’m especially interested in feedback on the way the firmware controls the mouse with the game controller’s stick. With this…
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Help Me Choose a Web Hosting Plan: Decoding the Marketing Speak
Dear readers, I need your advice on web hosting. For 22 years (yikes) I’ve lived on DreamHost’s Shared Unlimited plan, for which I currently pay $15.99 per month. DreamHost no longer offers Shared Unlimited to new customers, but legacy customers like me can keep it. True to its…
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Applying 10 Years of Server Updates in One Shot
The Big Mess o’ Wires website has a new foundation and updated look for 2026, cleaning out the cruft and junk. It’s a familiar story. Over the years, the site accumulated loads of customizations that tended to complicate updates. One day in 2016 an update broke the site. Lacking…
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The Mother of All USB Wombat Firmware Updates
For three years, the ADB-USB Wombat firmware sat quietly at version 0.3.9. Everything worked well for most people, most of the time, but the key word in that sentence is “most”. My customer support inbox had many stories describing specific models of keyboards that didn’t type,…
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Thoughts on implementing game controller support for the ADB-USB Wombat
The Wombat is great for adapting USB keyboards and mice to classic ADB Macintoshes, and ADB keyboards and mice to modern USB computers. But what about game controllers? They’re not supported. It’s an often-requested feature, but one that’s not as easy to implement as it might…
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ADB-USB Wombat firmware fix for unrecognized USB keyboards and mice
Mea culpa time here. Since the beginnings of the Wombat there have been reports that certain USB keyboards and mice weren’t recognized by the device. Nothing happened when typing or moving the mouse, and the Wombat’s activity LED didn’t blink. The affected devices were usually…