Alex
@devopslimeyninja.bsky.social
Technology nerd, DevOps and Platform Engineering ninja, maker of things, aerospace and science fiction fan. Los Alamos National Laboratory. Opinions my own. 🇬🇧🇺🇸
That’s what I was thinking.
January 17, 2026 at 12:42 AM
That’s what I was thinking.
They weren’t particularly rude about you.
January 17, 2026 at 12:41 AM
They weren’t particularly rude about you.
Hey @jeriellsworth.bsky.social nice work getting the shout out on #353 of the hackaday podcast.
Jeri Ellsworth (@jeriellsworth.bsky.social)
Big nerd. Building things
Trump voters: History won’t be kind to you. Neither will I
Progress isn’t about making you comfortable
jeriellsworth.bsky.social
January 17, 2026 at 12:32 AM
Hey @jeriellsworth.bsky.social nice work getting the shout out on #353 of the hackaday podcast.
I see.
Wait.
No. No I don't.
Wait.
No. No I don't.
January 16, 2026 at 2:58 AM
I see.
Wait.
No. No I don't.
Wait.
No. No I don't.
How did you get your car through the wardrobe?
January 16, 2026 at 12:20 AM
How did you get your car through the wardrobe?
Whoops, replied out of line @hrrzi.com
January 14, 2026 at 4:20 PM
Whoops, replied out of line @hrrzi.com
I’d never thought of it like that! So my BBC micro makes a good Emacs keyboard?
Here’s the full keyboard.
Here’s the full keyboard.
January 14, 2026 at 4:17 PM
I’d never thought of it like that! So my BBC micro makes a good Emacs keyboard?
Here’s the full keyboard.
Here’s the full keyboard.
Need tech support. I don’t see the redacted text when I copy that out to notepad.
January 13, 2026 at 3:11 AM
Need tech support. I don’t see the redacted text when I copy that out to notepad.
That is amazing. How do I get a copy?
January 12, 2026 at 8:39 PM
That is amazing. How do I get a copy?
And it runs the hotjava browser.
January 10, 2026 at 2:02 AM
And it runs the hotjava browser.
@graffias79.bsky.social that was the encouragement I needed, thank you. I pushed on the grippy things and it became obvious (eventually) that I can put the pointy end of a spudger in the square holes of the front bit and push.
January 9, 2026 at 11:03 PM
@graffias79.bsky.social that was the encouragement I needed, thank you. I pushed on the grippy things and it became obvious (eventually) that I can put the pointy end of a spudger in the square holes of the front bit and push.
Ok. Now I’m stuck and a little scared. I need to work on the voyager’s LCD panel and have connectors to remove.
Do I need to release the snaps at the end, or rotate the far side of the connector out?
Get it wrong, and it’s broken 😬
Help!
Do I need to release the snaps at the end, or rotate the far side of the connector out?
Get it wrong, and it’s broken 😬
Help!
January 9, 2026 at 3:54 PM
Ok. Now I’m stuck and a little scared. I need to work on the voyager’s LCD panel and have connectors to remove.
Do I need to release the snaps at the end, or rotate the far side of the connector out?
Get it wrong, and it’s broken 😬
Help!
Do I need to release the snaps at the end, or rotate the far side of the connector out?
Get it wrong, and it’s broken 😬
Help!
Look at that cheeky 32MB memory card!
January 9, 2026 at 1:38 AM
Look at that cheeky 32MB memory card!
ChatGPT tells me that those weird crystals on the outside are not uncommon, and likely the way that rosin flux migrated over the past 35 years. I'm going to take it for its word and step away, closing the case as I go. Will pretend I saw nothing.
January 9, 2026 at 1:37 AM
ChatGPT tells me that those weird crystals on the outside are not uncommon, and likely the way that rosin flux migrated over the past 35 years. I'm going to take it for its word and step away, closing the case as I go. Will pretend I saw nothing.
I noticed this. These (red) potted components are likely pulse transformers made by VAC (a German company that Sun used for high-tolerance magnetic components).
January 9, 2026 at 1:37 AM
I noticed this. These (red) potted components are likely pulse transformers made by VAC (a German company that Sun used for high-tolerance magnetic components).
Dirty close ups of the GX (graphics accelerator) and microSPARC
January 9, 2026 at 1:34 AM
Dirty close ups of the GX (graphics accelerator) and microSPARC
Here's the front. The graphics connector and floppy are disconnected in order to remove the bottom rear cover.
January 9, 2026 at 1:33 AM
Here's the front. The graphics connector and floppy are disconnected in order to remove the bottom rear cover.
Here's the back looking down
January 9, 2026 at 1:32 AM
Here's the back looking down
So side-side quest is to remove the case of the voyager to replace the NVRAM, which is an adventure. While I'm there, I might as well take pictures of the innards, right?
January 9, 2026 at 1:16 AM
So side-side quest is to remove the case of the voyager to replace the NVRAM, which is an adventure. While I'm there, I might as well take pictures of the innards, right?
This week's side quest is checking to see if this Sun-branded Sony monitor that I just bought on eBay still works.
So I need a Sun workstation. I haven't turned on the SPARCstation Voyager for about five years, and anyway need to replace the NVRAM chip.
So I need a Sun workstation. I haven't turned on the SPARCstation Voyager for about five years, and anyway need to replace the NVRAM chip.
January 9, 2026 at 1:15 AM
This week's side quest is checking to see if this Sun-branded Sony monitor that I just bought on eBay still works.
So I need a Sun workstation. I haven't turned on the SPARCstation Voyager for about five years, and anyway need to replace the NVRAM chip.
So I need a Sun workstation. I haven't turned on the SPARCstation Voyager for about five years, and anyway need to replace the NVRAM chip.
