SanguineBrah
@SanguineBrah@lemmy.sdf.org
- Comment on Purchased an Osborne MPV1024 monitor and it just works 3 weeks ago:
Ragebutt’s advice is good RE: maintenance. I would take the back off, make sure it’s discharged then clean around the anode cap and in general make sure there is not excessive dust/soot that could form a path for electrical discharge. Clean the anode cap with alcohol, apply a little dialectric grease to the cup and put everything back together. There is a decent chance that will help, just make sure not to wipe off the black paint on the tube - this is called “aquadag” and it is important to the operation of the monitor.
- Comment on Purchased an Osborne MPV1024 monitor and it just works 3 weeks ago:
This monitor has no OSD or button to trigger a degauss. The coil will be wired directly to AC via a posistor, so it’s entirely passive and will only trigger again when the monitor cools down.
The distortion is caused by the high voltage arcing over, which droops and interrupts beam deflection for a moment. I wouldn’t want to run it this way for very long, because it can damage the flyback transformer over time (although the flyback could itself be arcing anyway).
- Comment on Raspberry Pi4 continuous selfhosted server operations 1 month ago:
I had multiple fan failures which brought down my system, so instead I picked up one of these heatsink cases and it’s been running mostly uninterrupted for years.
- Comment on I saved a bunch of floppies and drives from the landfill: what's it worth? 1 month ago:
I disagree with this. New old stock blank floppies that have been stored properly are becoming increasingly difficult to find, especially 5.25" media. There are a lot of hobbyists out there that would love to get a hold of them for use with their retro systems. You should sell them on, not throw them away.
- Comment on Someone ported Discord to Windows 95, because why wouldn't you 2 months ago:
Network effects mean you can’t switch without losing all those communities.
When I left Reddit, I left behind the only active mental health community on the internet supporting those with my specific condition. I had the choice to leave, sure, but what did it cost me?
- Comment on Post your setup. no matter how uggo 4 months ago:
It’s a GPO 706, which is a classic British bakelite phone from the '60s. I have it hooked up to a SIP trunk through an OBi 100. Right now it can receive calls but not make them because I haven’t gotten around to sorting out a pulse-to-tone dialing converter yet.
- Comment on Post your setup. no matter how uggo 4 months ago:
