Ben's Background...?

BloodNess · Post by **BloodNess** » Mon Jan 01, 2007 6:05 am

hey guys, i was just reading old portables making of's on ben's site and i was just amazed at how much he knows about electronics and whatnot, i knew that he knew a lot but i rediscovered it and i just wanted to know, does ben have a background in electronics or can he just look at a motherboard and instantly program himself to decipher it automatically?

BTW it's a real question

PS. The new 2600p is awesome, different but awesome...

Post by **benheck** » Mon Jan 01, 2007 3:36 pm

I have no background in electronics, just graphic arts. But when you do this sort of thing for, wow, 7 years now you learn a lot via osmosis.

-Ben

Retromaster · Post by **Retromaster** » Mon Jan 01, 2007 4:11 pm

yeah, I wondered about this too.
You see, I thought ben was so good at eelectronics that I had thought he helped design Nano technological microprocessors, especialy after watching the trailer to echoes of the past in the 360 laptop making of. if you look closely in one part of the video, you see ben soldering a complex circuit board. Ben, what was that you were soldering? it looked like a computer made from scratch!

EDIT- Ben, is that a possum in your signiature?

Rototiller · Post by **Rototiller** » Mon Jan 01, 2007 4:18 pm

Retromaster wrote:yeah, I wondered about this too.
You see, I thought ben was so good at eelectronics that I had thought he helped design Nano technological microprocessors, especialy after watching the trailer to echoes of the past in the 360 laptop making of. if you look closely in one part of the video, you see ben soldering a complex circuit board. Ben, what was that you were soldering? it looked like a computer made from scratch!

EDIT- Ben, is that a possum in your signiature?

Yes, it is. I asked him in a pm and got served. TAKE THAT!

Turbo Tax 1.0 · Post by **Turbo Tax 1.0** » Mon Jan 01, 2007 4:45 pm

segasonic fan told me he has no background also and he can do some amazing stuff also. check out his neo-geo section

NiN^_^NiN · Post by **NiN^_^NiN** » Mon Jan 01, 2007 5:17 pm

From being on bens old forum pretty close to when he started most of us oldies (oh god im so old

) know he didn't have much knowledge he had a knack for soldering but didn't have the knowledge.

Like a true modder he learnt by ripping things apart and seeing how it works and trying things out.

Ahh the good old days on Classic Gaming where Black 6 was running around mad trying to keep the forum inline

Rototiller · Post by **Rototiller** » Mon Jan 01, 2007 5:44 pm

NiN^_^NiN wrote:From being on bens old forum pretty close to when he started most of us oldies (oh god im so old ) know he didn't have much knowledge he had a knack for soldering but didn't have the knowledge.

Like a true modder he learnt by ripping things apart and seeing how it works and trying things out.

Ahh the good old days on Classic Gaming where Black 6 was running around mad trying to keep the forum inline

You're not old... you're probably, What, 18? 20? If you got friends (us), you're not old

Retromaster · Post by **Retromaster** » Mon Jan 01, 2007 5:56 pm

Rototiller wrote:
NiN^_^NiN wrote:From being on bens old forum pretty close to when he started most of us oldies (oh god im so old ) know he didn't have much knowledge he had a knack for soldering but didn't have the knowledge.

Like a true modder he learnt by ripping things apart and seeing how it works and trying things out.

Ahh the good old days on Classic Gaming where Black 6 was running around mad trying to keep the forum inline
You're not old... you're probably, What, 18? 20? If you got friends (us), you're not old

well........I've got no friends in real life And i'm not too terribly old so does this in a cosmic sort of way mean i'm old?

NiN^_^NiN · Post by **NiN^_^NiN** » Mon Jan 01, 2007 6:11 pm

I'm 23

and i believe i was 17 when first on the classic gaming forums

Anyway i've been around close to day one and seen quite afew funny things in my time.

Did u guys know ben made a robot for doing his own Robot wars

Or how about on the old classic gaming forums some kid tried to say he built a PS2 portable and he made it smaller by "Cutting out the PS1 hardware" it was very funny and caused a huge flame way.

Post by **gannon** » Mon Jan 01, 2007 6:58 pm

Yep, it's a hands on learning experience, then again, google helps

Post by **marshallh** » Mon Jan 01, 2007 7:19 pm

NiN^_^NiN wrote: Anyway i've been around close to day one and seen quite afew funny things in my time.

Did u guys know ben made a robot for doing his own Robot wars

Hehehe, Bowlatron... I even saw the video! And Spongey's thread-spamming

Didn't realize I'd lurked for so long...

NiN^_^NiN · Post by **NiN^_^NiN** » Mon Jan 01, 2007 7:35 pm

Or what about the more dark days when id come in every 3 months and spongy try to hug me *shudders* shuch dark dark days lol

vskid · Post by **vskid** » Mon Jan 01, 2007 8:05 pm

NiN^_^NiN wrote:Did u guys know ben made a robot for doing his own Robot wars

Did he really?

Meh · Post by **Meh** » Mon Jan 01, 2007 8:22 pm

benheck wrote:I have no background in electronics, just graphic arts. But when you do this sort of thing for, wow, 7 years now you learn a lot via osmosis.

-Ben

Should be Diffusion, Osmosis only refers to the movement of Water from a substance of more negative water potential across a semi-permiable membrane to a substance of more positive water potential...

What, when what you know is science, you have to flaunt your stuff

Mr. Hawkins · Post by **Mr. Hawkins** » Mon Jan 01, 2007 8:54 pm

Meh wrote:
benheck wrote:I have no background in electronics, just graphic arts. But when you do this sort of thing for, wow, 7 years now you learn a lot via osmosis.

-Ben
Should be Diffusion, Osmosis only refers to the movement of Water from a substance of more negative water potential across a semi-permiable membrane to a substance of more positive water potential...

What, when what you know is science, you have to flaunt your stuff

OWN3D, sorry I just had to