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Dip Viscous posted:Someone with a TV would be able to switch to news or weather and look at the time there, or go by what programming was on. Maybe it's just "we've always had a no clock rule" and the people running the prisons have forgotten the reason to? Not allowing them makes sense if it's the year 1900 and a typical desk clock can be a lethal bludgeon. It's so inmates can't use the TV clocks to coordinate actions. E.g. at 5 til 9, cause a big problem on one end of the building that draws personnel away from my end of the building, etc.
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While we are on the topic, here is a great article in the New Yorker about the Sony SRF-39FP AM radio "The IPod of Prison": https://www.newyorker.com/tech/annals-of-technology/the-ipod-of-prison
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I finally got around to powering up the Compaq Portable III, and good news, it passes the smoke test. Bad news, the power and disk LEDs keep flashing and otherwise doesn't power up at all. A bit of cursory googling suggests this could be due to blown capacitors in the power supply triggering the short circuit protection. So, regrettably, that smell is most likely not piss but blown caps.
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Beve Stuscemi posted:Today’s tech relic, a Macintosh SE FDHD with a hard drive. Well, a quick pop open of the case reveals exactly why its beeping and not booting (frankly I'm surprised it still beeps). I have never in all of my days of loving with ancient electronics, seen a cap explode this badly    Even a random cap on the edge of the board is swollen hilariously huge  So this brings me to my next question. This being an SE FDHD with a hard drive, can you swap a normal SE motherboard in and have it work? I have an SE with a cracked CRT that otherwise works fine. Can I swap that motherboard in to this? Anyone know offhand?
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Beve Stuscemi posted:Well, a quick pop open of the case reveals exactly why its beeping and not booting (frankly I'm surprised it still beeps). I have never in all of my days of loving with ancient electronics, seen a cap explode this badly 
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Christ, i haven't seen anything like that ever, except for the literally sloshing, liquid filled electrolytics from the 1930s.
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where's the battery? i'm guessing varta battery bomb damage took out that cap when someone tried to power it up the good news is that you can order a new PCB with the gerbers from https://github.com/kr239/Macintosh-SE-Reloaded
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drat I wonder how does that taste like
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I’ll take it apart this weekend and assess the full damage. I’m hoping it’s salvageable.
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If the board isn't salvageable, that replacement board sounds like a fun project.
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https://roadrunnerelectronics.com/wiring-pencils-or-wiring-pens/ You might want to get one of these with solderable wire (i think one of the brand names is Posyn) to make the job of bridging destroyed tracks easier.
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Negostrike posted:drat I wonder how does that taste like it looks like citrus i bet it's delicious citrus
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I had a minute to take the SE FDHD apart last night and somehow its SO MUCH worse than I initially thought by just looking into the case. There are actually two spots on the board where things went wrong Note the random cap laying on the table. That was just rolling around in the case, completely detatched   People working on these old machines like to say "the battery exploded", or "it blew up", but this battery literally exploded. The guts of it are sticking out of one side, and the terminal is just hanging in the air on the other.  Other components besides the caps seem to have just puked their guts out onto the board as well   They're making their own stalagmites out of whatever is in them.   The actual caps that are left on the board are just completely destroyed  The damage also went upwards into the chassis. This big rust spot is right above the battery, implying that when it went, it went violently  At this point the damage is so bad, and the board is so destroyed, that I think I want to take a crack at repairing it just to say I did it. The amazing thing out of all of this is that the mac still chimes when you turn it on!! So some of the critical stuff in there is still working. If I fail at fixing it, well, the odds were stacked against me anyway. If I succeed, it might just be the most ridiculous electronics rescue short of the Gameboy that got bombed in the gulf war.
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Dear God in heaven. Start by giving us a post wash image, we can only imagine the damage under the crud.
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I went to the hardware store yesterday and bought a bunch of 99% IPA, so I’ll try to give it a bath tonight.
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thanks for the reminder that I never got around to opening the SE that was included in a big mac lot I bought a couple years back incredibly, it still looks pristine inside, I don't think it can have been used much  hi battery!  bye battery! 
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By popular demand posted:Dear God in heaven. I had a 386 laptop like that once, after I washed off the crud there was nothing left.
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Yeah I had an SE/30 with an exploded battery; several small components just came right off the board with a pretty gentle toothbrush scrub. Eventually gave it to a friend who pulled the ICs and installed them into one of those repro SE/30 boards you can get these days.
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Pham Nuwen posted:one of those repro SE/30 boards you can get these days. That's wild and I figure it's people who never had to actually use SE/30s buying them
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What’s wrong with se/30’s?
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Beve Stuscemi posted:What’s wrong with se/30’s? They're Apple products, OP.
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Here’s the thing about Apple products. They’re good.
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Bargearse posted:Here’s the thing about Apple products. My Classic II is the best writing machine I've ever owned even though the keyboard for it isn't as good as my PC's weirdo mechanical keyboard. Apple knew their poo poo in the 80s through the early 90s.
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Bargearse posted:Here’s the thing about Apple products. You're thinking of apples.
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Beve Stuscemi posted:I had a minute to take the SE FDHD apart last night and somehow its SO MUCH worse than I initially thought by just looking into the case. There are actually two spots on the board where things went wrong   SE logic board with the battery removed  SE/30 before I removed the battery and got it recapped Bargearse posted:Here’s the thing about Apple products.
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The corrosion on the SE logic board steel bits is pretty impressive, did someone store it in a sauna?
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It was pretty mistreated when I got it. Looks like it was used my a high school Maths teacher back in the day, as there were Hypercard maths apps created on it. However since then it must have been stored in fairly crappy shed or garage. I've cleaned it up a bit but there's marks in the case that won't come out without further damaging it
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You Am I posted:True that. Happy Belated New Year to you sir Hey, Happy New Year. I’ve finally gotten around to sorting out the stuff I brought over from my old place and I might have some more Mac stuff. I’ll PL you the details once I’ve sorted it out properly.
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For an update on the Toshiba T3100, I got myself a 3inOneder Toshiba bus card with CF/Ad Lib/Ethernet. Though I might have an plasma screen addiction now since I snagged a cheap T5200. That looks like a much easier system to mess with, two ISA slots and CPU/BIOS upgrade options, plus easier to disassemble. It's got these weirdo 40-pin SIMMs that will probably be impossible to upgrade, but it looks to have at least 4MB which is perfectly respectable for a 386.
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3 in O'neder
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Bargearse posted:Hey, Happy New Year. I’ve finally gotten around to sorting out the stuff I brought over from my old place and I might have some more Mac stuff. I’ll PL you the details once I’ve sorted it out properly. Ah nice, thanks. I'll keep an eye on PMs  Picked up this LCD TV recently. Some no name brand, but the connections on the back of it made it a worthy pick up:   (yes, I am using an Apple ADB cable as I didn't have a S-Video cable at the time)  I got this S-Video adapter for Amigas in a bag that had a ton of SCART cables and a SCART switch. As you see in the first picture, it works great
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Just picked up a flat earth shortwave station from the other side of the planet:
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I would blow Dane Cook posted:Just picked up a flat earth shortwave station from the other side of the planet: I know "heil Hitler" but what's the other number?
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73 is ham radio code for "best regards".
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Kazinsal posted:73 is ham radio code for "best regards". Is it normal to end your messages with heil Hitler, best regards in the ham world? Or is it just these guys.
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3D Megadoodoo posted:Is it normal to end your messages with heil Hitler, best regards in the ham world? Or is it just these guys. A quick google says that 88s in the ham world is the equivalent of signing off with XOXO, so I think you're diving a bit too deep into this one.
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