techknight
@thetechknight.bsky.social
39yo Aspie | He/Him | Single/looking | ISTJ | Electronics Technician and Engineer | Embedded Dev | Severe Weather nut | Originally from Ohio and now in NC | Discord: thetechknight
Here is what I came back with including what's sitting on the TV tray stand:
November 9, 2025 at 2:11 PM
Here is what I came back with including what's sitting on the TV tray stand:
First time going to the System Source swap meet. That was fun! Brought home so much free crap which is a bad idea as someone with poor impulse control😅 I did notice it primarily focused around them/their inventory versus the parking lot sellers
November 9, 2025 at 11:43 AM
First time going to the System Source swap meet. That was fun! Brought home so much free crap which is a bad idea as someone with poor impulse control😅 I did notice it primarily focused around them/their inventory versus the parking lot sellers
PCB Design... Oh how I missed ye
November 5, 2025 at 11:45 PM
PCB Design... Oh how I missed ye
My coworkers are hilarious
November 3, 2025 at 12:09 PM
My coworkers are hilarious
This DASDEC and FM Transmitter was also at the hamfest today. It went quickly, but i thought about getting that transmitter to sail the seven seas
November 1, 2025 at 10:54 PM
This DASDEC and FM Transmitter was also at the hamfest today. It went quickly, but i thought about getting that transmitter to sail the seven seas
Went to a local hamfest swap meet today, and i FINALLY got a decent score on a CRT tester
November 1, 2025 at 10:45 PM
Went to a local hamfest swap meet today, and i FINALLY got a decent score on a CRT tester
Time to get a capacitor list together. These particular Elna long life capacitors are notorious, along with the capxon crap, They all need to go
October 31, 2025 at 12:30 PM
Time to get a capacitor list together. These particular Elna long life capacitors are notorious, along with the capxon crap, They all need to go
Anyone want to take a guess of what the actual problem is? I promise it's not hard, and it's always synonymous with vintage
October 30, 2025 at 8:59 PM
Anyone want to take a guess of what the actual problem is? I promise it's not hard, and it's always synonymous with vintage
Oh this gets even more strange... Blue drops completely out when it saturates, Red is perfect and green is gone
October 30, 2025 at 8:44 PM
Oh this gets even more strange... Blue drops completely out when it saturates, Red is perfect and green is gone
Well that ain't good
October 30, 2025 at 8:21 PM
Well that ain't good
The next thing up on the bench for repair. Packard Bell Spectria
October 30, 2025 at 7:41 PM
The next thing up on the bench for repair. Packard Bell Spectria
FINALLY! I can wrap this project up. The seriously blown up Macintosh portable is now fully operational. All of the bad parts are in the bag
October 30, 2025 at 7:09 PM
FINALLY! I can wrap this project up. The seriously blown up Macintosh portable is now fully operational. All of the bad parts are in the bag
Repair of the century right here. The one part in my stash I've had since a kid has finally proved useful... Fixed the Macintosh portable inverter with a transformer from a scanner
October 29, 2025 at 10:11 PM
Repair of the century right here. The one part in my stash I've had since a kid has finally proved useful... Fixed the Macintosh portable inverter with a transformer from a scanner
I have never seen a floppy disk drive this worn out. Of course, it has inconsistent decoding of tracks beyond 50, and almost no capability of reading track 60+. Just look at that head wear. Epson SMD-1000.
October 28, 2025 at 8:37 PM
I have never seen a floppy disk drive this worn out. Of course, it has inconsistent decoding of tracks beyond 50, and almost no capability of reading track 60+. Just look at that head wear. Epson SMD-1000.
If the AI bubble could pop already, that would be greeaaattt.... dotcom all over again imho.
October 27, 2025 at 3:50 PM
If the AI bubble could pop already, that would be greeaaattt.... dotcom all over again imho.
And with all of that out of the way, it's actually running! The software is licensed to the same person as the invoice so it's a one owner machine. Backing up the hard drive. Uses stacker compression
October 27, 2025 at 1:41 AM
And with all of that out of the way, it's actually running! The software is licensed to the same person as the invoice so it's a one owner machine. Backing up the hard drive. Uses stacker compression
And lastly the Dallas battery needed attention as well
October 27, 2025 at 1:40 AM
And lastly the Dallas battery needed attention as well
The hard disk drive also needed attention for the same reasons
October 27, 2025 at 1:40 AM
The hard disk drive also needed attention for the same reasons
Similar story with the floppy drive. Epson SMD-1100 series
October 27, 2025 at 1:39 AM
Similar story with the floppy drive. Epson SMD-1100 series
Internal power supply to the system is also leaking which as of no surprise
October 27, 2025 at 1:39 AM
Internal power supply to the system is also leaking which as of no surprise
Here is the inside of the power supply. Looks to be built by Panasonic, and of course the output capacitors are leaking
October 27, 2025 at 1:38 AM
Here is the inside of the power supply. Looks to be built by Panasonic, and of course the output capacitors are leaking
Whoa this is rare. Original purchase receipt and warranty card for leisure suit Larry 😀
October 25, 2025 at 2:29 PM
Whoa this is rare. Original purchase receipt and warranty card for leisure suit Larry 😀
I think I'm going to focus on my own projects this weekend instead of customer repairs. Time to take a look at this guy I just picked up. CompuAdd 316SL
October 25, 2025 at 2:23 PM
I think I'm going to focus on my own projects this weekend instead of customer repairs. Time to take a look at this guy I just picked up. CompuAdd 316SL
This thing is in a lot better shape than I realized
October 25, 2025 at 12:30 AM
This thing is in a lot better shape than I realized