That lines up with it being right next to the MCU. I greatly appreciate the assistance! I’ll get this into my notes in case it comes in handy.

Greatly appreciate the help! I will add that to my documentation list. I think i’ll give dumping the ROM a shot if nothing else winds up working.

So I think the answer was found by a couple of the others, but I will still follow through with other photos.

Here’s a (if only slightly) clearer image of the IC code

And here is a zoomed-out shot of the entire board. You can see the tiny IC in question to the left of the MCU with the ‘56/1.10’ sticker on it.

We call this hyperbolic dark humor. It’s meant to be irrational and to sound unhinged. That’s where the humor lies.

I will grab a better photo when I get home in 12-ish hours.

The code is 4A081 8444QC as far as I can tell. I didn’t get any matches for an 8-pin IC of that code unfortunately.

Algorism outpaced the abacus for a reason, and the slide rule outpaced algorism for a reason as well, but they’re all good skills to have some practice with. Have you ever had to do long division on an abacus? It ain’t pretty.

Buy used, compensate for the loss in power with algorithmic ingenuity, yadda yadda.

Also, if you can do the thing the app does on paper, you should just do it on paper and can save the computer for more difficult tasks like the old-timers that paved the way for our modern-day laziness.

Use the public library, also.

I dunno, man. Seems like all the convenient options at this point require you to capitulate to some asshole trying to jack up prices and deny payouts, and the only option now is to take high roads that are unpaved.

Sweet bike path, don’t wear headphones.

I dunno, I don’t think women want this as much nowadays. Alot of women I know do seem to be into k-pop dudes, though. The slender, aerodynamic, and chic vibe seems pretty in.