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  1. Kai Robinson

    Random eBay pickups

    Couldn't resist picking up one of these for just £9! I recently got an InWin case I've been after for 24 years, courtesy of @Stinkerton18 so I have the idea to do the build I had before project Middlesex and what better place to start? Project Letchworth is a go, too! Of course this was...
  2. Kai Robinson

    OMG😱 (satire)

    I have a bridge to sell you...
  3. Kai Robinson

    Last finds of August 2024

    I'd buy the one from FG, but shipping it might be out of the question for them! After an IPX, an Ultra 5 and...a monitor.
  4. Kai Robinson

    Last finds of August 2024

    OMG I WANT THAT ULTRA5! :(
  5. Kai Robinson

    SIMCheck II Exploration

    Those long dip20's may very well be SRAM as my original SIMCHECK I used two SRAM chips for main system memory. Either that or 20V8 GAL chips. I bet the retro chip tester dould identify them. Also looks like the SOIC packages next to the CPU are 74 Series logic, 74xx245 or similar
  6. Kai Robinson

    Question(s) with my first brand used SE/30, hopefully a restoration story...

    Sounds like we need to get @techknight onto this thread seeing as he's the person with all the CRT knowledge here!
  7. Kai Robinson

    Maxintosh II What is this resistor for?

    It is, i can see a sea of PAL's under the NUBUS slots.
  8. Kai Robinson

    Maxintosh II What is this resistor for?

    As in it uses PAL's for the Nubus logic rather than dedicated ASICs - meaning, it can be potentially reverse engineered ;)
  9. Kai Robinson

    Maxintosh II What is this resistor for?

    Is that a nubus pal board? If so...
  10. Kai Robinson

    Steelseries Rival 310 repair

    That's for hardcore scrolling, yo! 😂
  11. Kai Robinson

    Steelseries Rival 310 repair

    A rather odd thing happened between 2023 and 2024 - before Christmas, the mouse I used at work, a Steelseries Rival 310 worked just fine. After Christmas, in the new year when I came back to work, the mouse had stopped working except for the button click. This was very odd, nothing in the...
  12. Kai Robinson

    Simple garden table refurbishment

    We purchased a 20 year old ex-pub bench from a couple that lived around the corner, shortly after we moved in. Despite being 20 years old, it was in fairly good condition. However, the elements started to take its toll over the last year or so, what with it being the wettest year ever...
  13. Kai Robinson

    It's curious the level of vitriol and hate directed towards TD sometimes - with no clear reason...

    It's curious the level of vitriol and hate directed towards TD sometimes - with no clear reason as to why. We seem to live rent free in some people's heads...
  14. Kai Robinson

    Thoughts On The Global Tech Outage?

    To sum up my day working at an msp: AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAHHHHHHHHHH!!!! *inhales* ... AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAHHHHHHHHHH!!!!
  15. Kai Robinson

    I Need Advice-What's A Good Temperature Sensor For My M3 MacBook Pro?

    Ideally, this: https://crystalidea.com/macs-fan-control
  16. Kai Robinson

    Dell R520 - The expansion continues...

    I came across a Juniper EX2200 although saw some comments that the CPU was slow, i'll have a look at the range to see what's available...also being that i work for an MSP it's entirely possible thatI might end up finding a suitable switch bound for e-waste. The NAS VM was binned off - getting...
  17. Kai Robinson

    Dell R520 - The expansion continues...

    Update time! I ended up indeed getting some Mellanox ConnectX-3's from eBay - not bad for about £19 each. One in the R520, one in my desktop. A single 5M DAC from FS links the two together. I created a test iSCSI share that ran solely over the Mellanox on the R520 (2TB) using the primary RAID0...
  18. Kai Robinson

    Macintosh Quadra 700 Expansion Slot Covers

    The '040 can get a bit toasty as they were the original 800nm mask versions - but still doesn't need a fan at stock speeds - the fan in the PSU keeps a steady, quiet flow of air through it. You're not going to wreck anything by not having anything in the expansion slots, or by not having an...
  19. Kai Robinson

    Mac Plus Radius Accelerator Plus help

    "What size capacitor goes there?" "...YES."
  20. Kai Robinson

    Quadra 950 Chassis

    I have a Quadra 950 case that i can take measurements of - not sure if i can 3D scan anything though, but i can certainly try.