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HOT TAKE: if you design a laptop with a power supply that looks like this, you …
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@foone oh wow it's been a minute since I've seen one of those. The one …
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my fundamental problem is that I'm passionate about changing a lot of thing…
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@FantasmitaAsex I've got like a dozen Toshiba laptops. Which one do you mea…
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@foone quick reminder about NEC PC98 abomination of laptops, https://deadinsi.d…
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@yottatsa AHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH
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EPSON WHY DID YOU NEED FOUR CONNECTORS FOR A TWO CONNECTOR POWER SUPPLY?
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@foone but the high currents... couldn't use standard barrel jack because i…
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@foone You've got my vote for king!
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@fooneuncontroversial
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@linuxlizard Monarch or Queen, please!
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@foone Hot take for the hot take: I prefer this style connector (so long as the…
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well I beeped it out and either this is a different connector, or they lied and…
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it has been ZERO DAYS since I have had to open up a laptop just to figure out w…
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I'm not an expert but I don't think the RAM is supposed to do that.
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yeah I've not seen this kind of RAM module before. some kind of Epsom custo…
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AH-HA! that was the wrong manual. They DID change the pinout!Thankfully, it&#39…
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how long has it been since you've had to straighten the pins on your RAM ch…
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yeah this RAM module uses a 44-pin (2mm pitch?) connector. That's great if …
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I seriously can't think of any era of PC hardware where that was even remot…
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THE PINOUT IS FOR THE POWER CABLENOT THE POWER CONNECTOR ON THE LAPTOPmeaning:1…
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@foone Looks like it would be real easy to insert that the wrong way with a bit…
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@foone ampacity? That’s all I can think of.
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@foone Considering the pin count, it'd almost make sense for it to be an ea…
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@foone HERE HERE
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@foone Not some USB C monstrosity where if you get unlucky your laptop decides …
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@foone That wasn't uncommon on early laptops, everyone had their own form f…
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@foone what about usb-c?
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@luana unfortunately, I live in The Past, where such things are yet to be inven…
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@foone OK but what if... TWO of those, with a big Y cable, to feed 660W into yo…
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@directhex AHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH
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@foone why not? 😂
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@foone “Sarah Connor? I'd like to talk to you about laptop power supply c…
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yeah, I borrowed someone who has... nosmia? Whatever the term for "has a s…
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Pulled everything out. It's a small computer! This is everything but the ke…
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apparently instead of having a "POWER GOOD" pin like ATX PSUs do, the…
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someday when I have money again I'm getting me an inspection microscope wit…
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waitZOOM, ENHANCE! I don't think it's supposed to look like that (Amusi…
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the question is: what the fuck is this thing? the label has been sadly... explo…
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Here's the CPU.Cx486SLC2.This is a 50mhz (25mhz bus) "486" (it&#3…
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@foone perhaps that's the INTERNET HOLE???
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@foone it's going to be a deep, neurotic joy when you find out only 2 of th…
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@foone One of my most ingenious hacks in its simplicity was to make a cunty del…
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@foone I came here to ask if anywhere it specified which view that pin out was …
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@foone oh balls :(
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@foone Shit... :(
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@foone IDERAM?
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@vga256 IT WAS
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@foone sounds to me like the first order of business is a time machine, then
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@GwenTheKween yeah! and I always tell people the same thing when they suggest I…
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@foone why does this look like you edited this in ms paint?
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@Aurelianite probably because Epson made it in MS Paint
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@foone I've got something for you!
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@foone This is why I usually connect ground to the shield of a DB connector. St…
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@foone Often! I repair old arcade game PCBs and the 2114 RAMs are a common fai…
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@foone CPU pins, yes. RAM pins, no.
Post #AlTZGeykjDUh5mzjfc by [email protected]
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@ieure awesome. we can be "not remotely like the mainstream" buddies!
Post #AlTZPMX6gAEqUQDHY8 by [email protected]
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@foone I can join you there, lets redo history correctly.
Post #AlTZW8xBZ6eiOve2Vc by [email protected]
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@foone unless its usbC
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@RueNahcMohr god if I had a 486 Laptop that was powered by USB-C, I'd be th…
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@foone My deepest apologies, your most royal monarchness! 😊
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@foone I've never met electricity that wasn't at least a little sus
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@foone My favorite part about DEC machines is that they had EXACTLY two connect…
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@foone I might still have a somewhat similar Kingston branded DRAM module from …
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@foone to be fair you can *shove* volts just about anywhere. The problem with l…
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@foone Are there any other SOT-89 chips with "J8" as datecode or some…
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@foone Well, it fits the naming theme of the times perfectly. Cloning previous …
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@ftg sadly not, I checked. I guess I could look at the other boards?
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@foone Intel also sued AMD over the **name** of the 486, and lost that too (rou…
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I just followed somebody who has one of these. if I can ever remember who that …
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@foone Looks like the label is "8C" and that looks like a SOT89 packa…
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@foone The second best time is now.
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@foone it's very likely a Linear Voltage Regulator: https://www.repaircompa…
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@foone it's very likely a Linear Voltage Regulator: https://www.repaircompa…
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@foone 🤣 well, that made my day
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@foone One of my earliest memories is my dad sticking RAM chips into our PCjr; …
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@foone oh wait this is waaaaaay weirder
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@foone 1980-2010 that was always proprietary s**t. Nowadays, Europe mandating …
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@foone At least they didn't use a headphone jack as connector (please don&#…
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@foone
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@foone *most* of this we can still make happen. :]
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@foone 2 for charge, 2 for spin. You can fit twice as many electrons in the sam…
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@foone if the mirrored pin is unused it shouldnt have mattered.
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@foone This pin is like an grounding mat: https://40winks.io/grounding-mat-revi…
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@foone the part between the ic and the QA pass sticker appears to have leaked o…
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@foone I have a laptop where the power connector is a USB A port with a weird w…
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@kirtai yikes!
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@foone can you insert it upside down?
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@Zagrophyte thanks!
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So @Zagrophyte figured out what it is: it's a 5v 100ma voltage regulator. h…
Post #AlTxMLGrJS1wbfhq6a by [email protected]
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I'll have to order one and see if it fixes this laptop psu
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@foone I thought it said Cyrix EAT for a moment
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@foone Early 1990s, on my XT.
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@foone dell laptop chargers have that little pin in the middle of the barrel pl…
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@foone So that’s what they mean by free memory. 🤔
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@foone chonky af
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@foone a T2000SXPD: At least shows the voltage
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@lunarloony I thought the same when I first yanked the heatsink off
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@FantasmitaAsex oh right, that nasty thing. I've had two Toshibas with it, …
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@foone why does it have writing on it in... thermal paste? Paint? Marker? Glue?
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@foone That looks like IDE pins 🤨
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@FluidEscence I agree! Unfortunately it didn't exist back in 1993 or whenev…
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@twipped yep. They match the 44pin connector used by laptop IDE
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@hazelnot I really don't know, and I can't get it off
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@foone I last straightened pins on ram chips when I upgraded my Amiga 500 back …
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@fooneIt looks like a SIPP module, which was a dominant format right before SIMM
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@fooneIIRC it's the same connector as their PoS (Point of Sale) thermal pri…
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@magnetic_tape that'd make sense. They already had a billion of these as sp…
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@[email protected] Is that a Philips laptop?
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@heinrich nah, Epson
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It'll be here around September 7th, I think.
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@foone My current laptop can be powered via USB
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@foone support contracts. It's usually support contracts.From watching crdu…
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It's an ugly mess (my inspection camera is not working) but it's solder…
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IT LIVES!
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@foone so do we call you Madam Frankenstein now ?
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@MishaVanMollusq you weren't already?!
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@foone well played
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@foone hot shit o///o
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@foone Eh, not awful. A bit of flux would make it "perfect" but if it…
Post #AmYzaCO8LvEubw9vI8 by [email protected]
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@foone It looks hopeful. It still wants to replace CMOS Battery. 😊
Post #AmZPU4DMQXoCKarBRo by [email protected]
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@foone Find "Replacement for Dallas DS1287 real time clock". 😉
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@xdub a replacement is already on the way
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This thing has a fun BIOS problem: It won't let you adjust your floppy driv…
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also I read through the manual to figure out how to change the LCD vs external …
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come on guys, stick it in the firmware as a keyboard command. function-f9 or so…
Post #AmkBcpXH6uS2nC10G8 by [email protected]
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annoyingly Epson is still hosting the manual for the VGA Utilities floppy disk.…
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because storing a PDF from 1993 is fine, but a floppy image? nonsense
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@[email protected] i mean there's a difference between "it doesn&#39…
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@puppygirlhornypost2 nah I fixed it by resetting the bios again, apparently. th…
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@foone may have you covered:https://archive.org/details/ftp.epson.com_199706fil…
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@vga256 ooh, good catch
Post #AmkYjVwMf5NKzWuHVQ by [email protected]
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@foone “Bob, what am I going to do with all these connectors?”“Don't …
Post #AmlBr6rXgFqFk8GQRE by [email protected]
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@foone Looks like it's from the 90s
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