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  1. Androda

    [2024-04-13] - Tinker Different Board Meeting Minutes

    April 13, 2024 Board Meeting Attendance: Kai Robinson, fogWraith (Christian), Jacob (Androda), Justin (jdmcs) Absent: Josh (Drake), Eric (eric), Bruce (Branchus) Agenda: Item 1: Governance Policies Notes: Board Governance Policies have been agreed upon and now they need to be presented to...
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    Exabyte Tape Drive Capacitor Plague

    As I just discovered this morning, the Exabyte 8505 tape drive (and likely others in this series such as 8500, 8200, 8205, 8700, 8705) are affected by the leaky SMD capacitor plague. These drives have a vertically mounted power converter section which naturally has leaky capacitors dumping...
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    [2024-03-02] - Tinker Different Board Meeting Minutes

    March 2, 2024 Board Meeting Attendance: Jacob (Androda), Justin (jdmcs), Kai Robinson, Bruce (Branchus) Absent: Josh (Drake), Ron (Ron’s Computer Videos), Christian (fogWraith), Eric (eric) Agenda: Item 1: Governance Documents Action Items: Androda to recompile all the notes and edits...
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    [2024-02-03] - Tinker Different Board Meeting Minutes

    February 3, 2024 Board Meeting Attendance: Christian (fogWraith), Jacob (Androda), Justin (jdmcs), Kai Robinson, Bruce (Branchus), Eric (eric) Absent: Josh (Drake), Ron (Ron’s Computer Videos) Agenda: Item 1: Forum and Board Governance Documents Notes: There have been many situations over...
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    Poll - Extending the term length of the board

    Hello everyone, we in the current Board have a proposal for the community. First, the proposal. And then the reasoning will follow: * We would like to extend the length of the current Board's term to 3 years. A more detailed post on reasoning from Kai will follow (Kai is ill right now, and...
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    [2023-12-16] - Tinker Different Board Meeting Minutes

    December 16, 2023 Board Meeting Attendance: Christian (fogWraith), Jacob (Androda), Justin (jdmcs), Kai Robinson, Bruce (Branchus) Absent: Eric (eric), Josh (Drake), Ron (Ron’s Computer Videos) Agenda: Item 1: Board Terms Notes: We are basically at the end of the 2023 Board Term, and there...
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    Merch Store Feedback

    In line with the announcement of the Tinker Different Merch Store, here's a thread for feedback.
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    Tinker Different Merch Store

    Announcing the Tinker Different Merch Store! The store URL is: https://shop.tinkerdifferent.com Here you will find: The Tinker Different 2024 Calendar, in two different form factors Hoodies with the Tinker Different logo Mugs emblazoned with the Tinker Different logo Mouse Pads with the SE...
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    [2023-11-11] - Tinker Different Board Meeting Minutes

    November 11 2023 Board Meeting Attendance: Christian (fogWraith), Jacob (Androda), Eric (eric), Justin (jdmcs), Kai Robinson Absent: Josh (Drake), Ron (Ron’s Computer Videos), Bruce (Branchus) Agenda: Item 1: Calendar Competition Notes: We've totally lagged behind schedule on this...
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    Tech by Androda Products

    With the Vendors section going away, this thread will serve several purposes: * Reference to my store's URL * New product announcements * Product Suggestions * Product Support Tech by Androda, LLC website link This is my side business / hobby company dedicated toward trying to solve problems...
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    [2023-10-07] - Tinker Different Board Meeting Minutes

    October 7 2023 Board Meeting Attendance: Bruce (Branchus), Christian (fogWraith), Jacob (Androda), Eric (eric), Justin (jdmcs) Absent: Kai Robinson, Josh (Drake), Ron (Ron’s Computer Videos) Agenda: Item 1: Access Control Considerations Notes: A Moderator had been granted more...
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    [2023-08-26] - Tinker Different Board Meeting Minutes

    Please note that there were no board meetings in June or July due to a lot of scheduling conflicts. August 26, 2023 Board Meeting Attendance: Kai Robinson, Christian (fogWraith), Jacob (Androda), Eric (eric), Ron (Ron’s Computer Videos), Justin (jdmcs) Absent: Bruce (Branchus), Josh (Drake)...
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    The SCSItron with BlinkyLights

    In order to assist the BlueSCSI sellers in testing their devices, I created this semi-monstrosity known as either the SCSItron or BlinkyTester or something along those lines. It's the SCSI-est thing I've ever made. It consists of a standard 50 pin SCSI input connector, and presents a bunch of...
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    [2023-05-13] - Tinker Different Board Meeting Minutes

    May 13, 2023 Board Meeting Attendance: Justin (jdmcs), Kai Robinson, Christian (fogWraith), Jacob (Androda), Bruce (Branchus) Absent: Ron (Ron’s Computer Videos), Josh (Drake), Eric (eric) Agenda: Item 1: Funds Remaining, and Donation Banner Notes: About 5 months of operational funds are...
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    Interest Poll: Macintosh Portable RAM Cards

    I am in process of working on a 7 megabyte Macintosh Portable RAM Card. It works in my test Portable, and I've sent one off to be tested in a Backlit portable. For me it has booted System 6.0.8, passed the Snooper RAM test, and plays games like Tetris and Risk with no issues. Why 7 megabytes...
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    [2023-03-11] - Tinker Different Board Meeting Minutes

    March 11, 2023 Board Meeting Attendance: Kai Robinson, Jacob (Androda), Eric (eric), Bruce (Branchus), Christian (fogWraith), Justin (jdmcs) Absent: Ron (Ron’s Computer Videos), Josh (Drake) Agenda: Item 1: Clarifications on Recycler / EWaste Guidelines Before Moving Forward Notes: There...
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    Staff Bio - Androda

    Age: 34 Height: 5'11'' Beard: Sort of Skills: PCB design, Reverse Engineering, Code Debugging, Being Severely Blunt Hello Everyone. I'm Androda, a collector of vintage Apple devices (including Newton/eMate), SNES and Dreamcast games, among random other things like the HP 200LX. A few years...
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    [2023-02-04] - Tinker Different Board Meeting Minutes

    February 4, 2023 Board Meeting Attendance: Kai Robinson, Jacob (Androda), Eric (eric), Josh (Drake), Justin (jdmcs), Bruce (Branchus), Christian (fogWraith) Absent: Ron (Ron's Computer Videos) Agenda: Item 1: Marketplace Guidelines in Discord and on Tinker Different for Recyclers Notes: * We...
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    TinkerDifferent announces the new Board of Directors for 2023

    TinkerDifferent announces new Board of Directors for 2023. The people of TinkerDifferent have completed the election of a Board of Directors to oversee the various functions required to administer and maintain the forums, Discord, and other related areas. See here for the election...
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    PS/2 to ADB Adapter PCB design for tashtrio by Tashtari

    This is a reference PCB design for the "tashtrio" project my lampmerchant / @Tashtari . PCB is licensed Creative Commons Non-Commercial, and Tashtrio is licensed GPL V3. Tashtrio allows you to use PS/2 keyboards and mice with your Macs. PS/2 peripherals may or may not be more available or...