Recent content by ScarletSwordfish

Did you ever make any more progress with this machine?

I did not recap or do any work on the analog board; it showed no sign of any issues before so I didn't bother. Thank you for affirming that I should try reflowing the solder joints on it. I'll get around to that... eventually.

I just made my first attempt at recapping and it's not gone well. I bought this SE/30 in November 2020 and it was in good working order except that the sound was very faint, a sign that the capacitors were failing. I hadn't used it much since then because I kept putting off recapping it. Fast...

Gorgeous! I love the 80s C3s, they look so long and aggressive.

Just a USB power cable for a Garmin.

[I wrote this review a year ago but never got around to taking pictures for it until now. I was inspired to write it by Drake's DataDesk TrackBoard review.] Datadesk was a company in the 90s who made some pretty interesting keyboards such as the SwitchBoard which had three sections you could...

A couple weekends ago I took my '89 Corvette to my first track day. It was at Nelson Ledges Road Course in Garrettsville, OH, just a few miles from where I live. The event was hosted by Reed Kryder and his team KRYDERACING. My dad came along with me as my "crew" and moral support. We brought a...

Here's my fun car, my 1989 Corvette. I bought it last Summer after my Chevy Cruze was totaled in an accident. The previous owner took great care of it. I believe the only modifications he made were a Hypertech ECU chip that does something?, and a 160º thermostat that also does something?. He...

I remember seeing a this board as a contest prize in an issue of MacAddict. The design really stands out, especially with Datadesk's signature round purple function keys. I love it.

Yeow... the base price is a lot more than I expected. Unfortunately I think $80.70 for 1kg of filament is too expensive for me.

I may be interested.

Would this work with a 400k M0130 floppy drive? The procedure sounds fascinating, but I am having trouble visualizing it.

Well if no one thinks it's a bad idea, I'm gonna go ahead and order some Noctua fans.

Someone has already done so, they've designed a PCB that will accept modern mechanical switches, and designed modified stems for Kailh BOX switches that the keycaps will fit on to. It would be quite the luxury, but I'm willing to suffer with the membrane for now.

The 130's keyboard really feels terrible, possibly the worst keyboard I own. Unfortunately it still works perfectly so I can't justify making a mechanical replacement 😅 I finally got the composite cable for mine yesterday and started out typing out a few simple BASIC games from here...