I think some folks here are reading this speech through the lens of their own narratives. I didn’t get that from this at all. It seems to me like he’s saying they need to uphold the Constitution and act like professionals, even if they disagree that they should be deployed or if Portlanders are angry with them.
When Read refused to provide the federal justice department with Oregon voter details, he also informed its lawyers that they, like “any person,” could simply fill out an online request form, pay $500 and get an electronic copy of public records showing the name, year of birth, address, political party and voting history of every registered Oregon voter along with data on many Oregonians whose voter registrations have lapsed.
Wait, why is this legal?
If you actually just need a replacement PS/2 cable, it looks like eBay has them for sale.
Monoprice sells PS/2 to USB dongles.
If you have little to no experience with programming at all, I suggest trying the assembly game TIS-100 first to wrap your head around the concepts, rather than trying to learn 6502 right away.
I would pair it with this tutorial, which is really just a bottom-up programming course.
Python is very different from assembly, but assembly isn’t hard to learn if you apply yourself and take it slow. It will seem kind of abstract without something like the game above to challenge your understanding.
How many chip collectors exist on the entire planet, I wonder?
Any reason to continue using plain old Dosbox instead of this release?