| daftykins | good morning gang | 07:44 |
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| daftykins | wowee check out what my Dad finally uncovered in storage - https://imgur.com/a/599aWtH | 07:45 |
| zxmpi | wow! | 07:46 |
| zxmpi | hope it finds a good home | 07:46 |
| daftykins | well i want to fix up the PSU, get the dangerous rifa capacitor out of there and see if i can bring it back to life :D | 07:48 |
| daftykins | there's the expected floppy controller, a RAMworks III card and a printer card | 07:49 |
| daftykins | the RAMworks isn't fully populated | 07:50 |
| zxmpi | i can count the time i spent at an apple ii to about an hour of use :-) | 07:51 |
| daftykins | :O | 07:53 |
| daftykins | i can't remember much from my youth, just the dung beetles game, typing 'CATALOG' and of course the green phosphor CRT | 07:54 |
| daftykins | it was still there with it, not sure on the safety of just plugging in and firing that up though hah | 07:54 |
| zxmpi | yeah... firing up would be right :-/ | 07:55 |
| zxmpi | nearby hackerspace with geeks who would know how to test it? | 07:55 |
| daftykins | nah | 07:55 |
| daftykins | or at least i'm not aware of any such thing | 07:55 |
| daftykins | quite happy to take time and learn though, reading about the PSU restoration steps at the moment | 07:56 |
| zxmpi | i think i saw a video in last month or so of ancient apple been fired up for first time in decades and fire was involved when monitor noped out | 07:56 |
| daftykins | :D | 07:58 |
| daftykins | yeah i wouldn't dare plug the thing in | 07:58 |
| daftykins | LGR on youtube just got an Apple IIe and cockily fired it up straight away, during his video the rifa cap blew xD | 07:59 |
| daftykins | oh i was quite pleased to see he's also hoarding the 'dan' brand Pentium 1 still :D | 07:59 |
| daftykins | i thought he'd thrown it out after it stopped booting many moons ago | 08:00 |
| zxmpi | might like a big empty case to stash things :-P | 08:02 |
| zxmpi | no one will steal a pentium :-) | 08:03 |
| daftykins | lol | 08:04 |
| daftykins | i did a really stupid thing a bit ago, i had my first decent 3D card - a PCI 3dfx Voodoo Banshee, i considered it dead because it didn't POST in a more modern system - but i suspect that was due to the voltage differences of the slot :( | 08:05 |
| daftykins | ooh a guy just delivered a Dell laptop i've been waiting on | 08:05 |
| zxmpi | a new laptop. smells like a monday | 08:06 |
| daftykins | yip yip | 08:08 |
| daftykins | it's my cat's 18th birthday today! | 08:08 |
| daftykins | happy birthday Mischief! | 08:08 |
| daftykins | sweet, super cheap capacitor kit :) https://console5.com/store/apple-2-power-supply-cap-kit-astec-aa11042c-aa11042-c-240v.html | 08:18 |
| zxmpi | it pleases me that there are still enough apple ii's out there to market replacement parts to them | 08:34 |
| daftykins | yeah, looking forward to cracking the PSU out of the case and removing the cover to see what kind of state it's in | 08:36 |
| daftykins | i see they sell kits for the floppy drives too, so i wonder if that's necessary | 08:36 |
| daftykins | best to make maximum use of the shipping really, heh | 08:36 |
| zxmpi | make sure you have a hat and whip for full indiana jones opening ancient tomb vibe :-P | 08:36 |
| daftykins | cap kit - $11, shipping: $18-20 | 08:36 |
| daftykins | hahaha | 08:36 |
| daftykins | i hope i don't have to spell any words in foreign alphabets | 08:37 |
| zxmpi | could be filled with deadly spiders | 08:37 |
| daftykins | well i better pop up to this clients place and begin the ~25 network cable termination and telephone socket prodding i suppose | 09:07 |
| daftykins | he's gone and had a chippy put a large shelf surround around some of them, such that the surface i'm meant to terminate into requires delving your arms fully into the back of this narrow unit - gonna be hell to do those :( | 09:08 |
| daftykins | such a lack of consideration for the task at hand | 09:08 |
| daftykins | ttfn! | 09:10 |
| zxmpi | o/ | 09:11 |
| daftykins | wow i did the thing, but now my whole body aches | 16:38 |
| daftykins | https://imgur.com/a/r2jxwcV | 16:38 |
| zxmpi | ah yes, the poxy cupboard that contains a rats nest of cables, spiders and the occasional rats nest :-P | 16:40 |
| zxmpi | i like the discarded coffee mug. nice touch | 16:40 |
| daftykins | heh yeah, electrician left that on a previous visit i think | 16:41 |
| daftykins | pretty warm today and there's no air movement in that house at all, truly horrible | 16:41 |
| zxmpi | your install was done by //reads name on cup// 'bob' | 16:41 |
| zxmpi | one of the reasons my bag contains a paper fan. so much time waiting in an airless server room waiting for a process to complete | 16:42 |
| daftykins | process: cooking zxmpi slowly | 16:43 |
| zxmpi | they do seem the most awkward uncomfortable spots the server space to make it more uncomfortable for i.t. staff | 16:44 |
| daftykins | hehe | 16:44 |
| daftykins | this clown was trying to pick a roof level room that bakes even more to put the kit in | 16:45 |
| zxmpi | i remember my bosses looking for a new office and found a 'great place really suitable' and after i looked at the pic i asked how many servers/printers did they expect to drop down the 3 flights of steps leading to it | 16:47 |
| daftykins | :D | 16:47 |
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