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I often find myself to be the caretaker of things forgotten or lost. Tube Radios 📻 CRTs 📺 Retro games 🕹️ Vintage Computers 💾 Dead Media 📼 Drinks 🍺 Etaoin shrdlu 🦤 Vintage Watches ⌚ Talking Machines https://linktr.ee/RetroZo

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Zoe @retrozo.bsky.social · Sep 9

New video it up!

Getting an early start on Halloween

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The Monkey's Paw By W. W. Jacobs. Read by Patrick Waddington - 1972

YouTube video by RetroZo

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Zoe @retrozo.bsky.social · 2h

Most retailers already bought their 4th quarter inventory the moment tariffs were announced, so that's not going to be much difference.

But their, already meager, Q1 sales are going to flatline and that's really going to hurt them and, subsequently, us.

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Zoe @retrozo.bsky.social · 2h

This is going to be rough

Most retailers likely already bought their Q4 inventory, probably the moment tariffs were announced (to keep Q4 prices down), but this will drastically destroy what little Q1 income there were expecting.

This will wreck retail

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 2h

Trump announces he's putting a bajillion percent tariff on China

It has just been learned that China has taken an extraordinarily aggressive position on Trade in sending an extremely hostile letter to the World, stating that they were going to, effective November 1st, 2025, impose large scale Export Controls on virtually every product they make, and some not even made by them. This affects ALL Countries, without exception, and was obviously a plan devised by them years ago. It is absolutely unheard of in International Trade, and a moral disgrace in dealing with other Nations.

Based on the fact that China has taken this unprecedented position, and speaking only for the U.S.A., and not other Nations who were similarly threatened, starting November 1st, 2025 (or sooner, depending on any further actions or changes taken by China), the United States of America will impose a Tariff of 100% on China, over and above any Tariff that they are currently paying. Also on November 1st, we will impose Export Controls on any and all critical software.

It is impossible to believe that China would have taken such an action, but they have, and the rest is History. Thank you for your attention to this matter!

DONALD J. TRUMP
PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

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Zoe @retrozo.bsky.social · 1d

I once read that files are getting bigger because devs are no longer storage-conscious

They get sloppy because there's no need to conserve space. Which equates to sloppy coding

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Zoe @retrozo.bsky.social · 1d

Yeah, there's no issues with the turntable

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Zoe @retrozo.bsky.social · 1d

Oh that's tough

Ma Vie En Rose is great
Nobody Knows is such a good movie
Tetsuo The Iron Man and Tokyo Gore Police are both excellent
Body Melt is a fun one
The Skin I'm In and Rec both great Spanish movies

Sophia_Nyx 🏳️‍⚧️ @sophianyx.bsky.social · 1d

Name your Fav Non-American Film.

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Zoe @retrozo.bsky.social · 1d

The other ones I've seen don't do this, it's honestly over-engineered but cool

Zoe @retrozo.bsky.social · 1d

From what I've read, they use different chips

Zoe @retrozo.bsky.social · 1d

Okay I found one from China that's salvage so they're legit, for $7

Zoe @retrozo.bsky.social · 1d

So
Before I spend like $20 on one, do any of my fellow tech folk have a spare 6532?

Zoe @retrozo.bsky.social · 1d

Well
It was not the TIA
Now confirmed that it's the 6532/RIOT chip

Zoe @retrozo.bsky.social · 1d

No this would actually taste better

Zoe @retrozo.bsky.social · 1d

Funny

30 watt bulbs are expensive, 25 watt are super cheap but all cost like $12 to ship

I did find a NOS one on eBay for $7 so I'll just replace it with that probably

Zoe @retrozo.bsky.social · 1d

Another item for repair

This View Master 30 projector

Nothing wrong with it, just needs a new bulb

Takes a 30 watt but I only have a 50 on hand. Should be fine, right?

Zoe @retrozo.bsky.social · 1d

It'll run warmer but it's in a metal cage and not close to the plastic and it's not metal and lens between it and the View Master thingies

If not, I'll buy a bulb and charge him for it anyway

Zoe @retrozo.bsky.social · 1d

And this Sony turntable

He said it had a hum and was slow

Speed is fine and no hum on my setup so probably just his amp

I'll open it up and make sure everything is grounded properly but I think it's fine

Zoe @retrozo.bsky.social · 1d

Another item for repair

This View Master 30 projector

Nothing wrong with it, just needs a new bulb

Takes a 30 watt but I only have a 50 on hand. Should be fine, right?

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Zoe @retrozo.bsky.social · 1d

I'm going to take a gamble on a $6 one from China. The reviews say that they're salvaged chips but they're legit

Zoe @retrozo.bsky.social · 1d

Yeah, all symptoms pointed to the TIA but who knows?

So you have a cheap source for one? I'm either seeing China chips with minimum orders or 20 plus on eBay?

Zoe @retrozo.bsky.social · 1d

So
Before I spend like $20 on one, do any of my fellow tech folk have a spare 6532?

Zoe @retrozo.bsky.social · 1d

Well
It was not the TIA
Now confirmed that it's the 6532/RIOT chip

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Zoe @retrozo.bsky.social · 1d

Well
It was not the TIA
Now confirmed that it's the 6532/RIOT chip

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Zoe @retrozo.bsky.social · 1d

Dang. That model doesn't have the chip I would need. Thank you though

Zoe @retrozo.bsky.social · 1d

Ah dang, that's a good price.

A lot on Facebook marketplace are pretty overpriced around me but I've seen some for 20 ish. I'll keep an eye out

Zoe @retrozo.bsky.social · 1d

Later as in the Jr model?

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Zoe @retrozo.bsky.social · 1d

Which model?

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Zoe @retrozo.bsky.social · 1d

I fucking hate AI

Just tell me what the fuck is wrong with it

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Zoe @retrozo.bsky.social · 1d

And half of them come from Brazil. Even if they were legit, not PAL, and cheaper, they would still cost a fortune to import now

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Zoe @retrozo.bsky.social · 1d

So looking likely it's the TIA

Anyone got a spare UMC6526N I could buy from them?
Or a junky 2600 for cheap?

Zoe @retrozo.bsky.social · 2d

How another round of stuff to work on, including this heavy sixer

I get video it but it's kind of scrambled. Haven't seen that before. Honestly never saw a "bad" 2600/VCS

Bad TIA, maybe?

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