[07:44] <daftykins> good morning gang
[07:45] <daftykins> wowee check out what my Dad finally uncovered in storage - https://imgur.com/a/599aWtH
[07:46] <zxmpi> wow!
[07:46] <zxmpi> hope it finds a good home
[07:48] <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
[07:49] <daftykins> there's the expected floppy controller, a RAMworks III card and a printer card
[07:50] <daftykins> the RAMworks isn't fully populated 
[07:51] <zxmpi> i can count the time i spent at an apple ii to about an hour of use :-)
[07:53] <daftykins> :O
[07:54] <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
[07:55] <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
[07:56] <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
[07:58] <daftykins> :D
[07:58] <daftykins> yeah i wouldn't dare plug the thing in
[07:59] <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 
[08:00] <daftykins> i thought he'd thrown it out after it stopped booting many moons ago
[08:02] <zxmpi> might like a big empty case to stash things :-P
[08:03] <zxmpi> no one will steal a pentium :-)
[08:04] <daftykins> lol
[08:05] <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
[08:06] <zxmpi> a new laptop. smells like a monday
[08:08] <daftykins> yip yip
[08:08] <daftykins> it's my cat's 18th birthday today!
[08:08] <daftykins> happy birthday Mischief!
[08:18] <daftykins> sweet, super cheap capacitor kit :) https://console5.com/store/apple-2-power-supply-cap-kit-astec-aa11042c-aa11042-c-240v.html
[08:34] <zxmpi> it pleases me that there are still enough apple ii's out there to market replacement parts to them
[08:36] <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
[08:37] <daftykins> i hope i don't have to spell any words in foreign alphabets
[08:37] <zxmpi> could be filled with deadly spiders
[09:07] <daftykins> well i better pop up to this clients place and begin the ~25 network cable termination and telephone socket prodding i suppose
[09:08] <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
[09:10] <daftykins> ttfn!
[09:11] <zxmpi> o/
[16:38] <daftykins> wow i did the thing, but now my whole body aches
[16:38] <daftykins> https://imgur.com/a/r2jxwcV
[16:40] <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
[16:41] <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'
[16:42] <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
[16:43] <daftykins> process: cooking zxmpi slowly
[16:44] <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
[16:45] <daftykins> this clown was trying to pick a roof level room that bakes even more to put the kit in
[16:47] <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