supply in it. Well I've been having an attack of the can't sleeps so instead of rolling around in bed, I got up and did something useful. Washed the dishes, folded the washing, put the lot away and cobbled together an ATX power supply for Clone+ as repairing the existing one is well beyond my meager skills.
On 03-17-20 05:47, Spectre wrote to Nobody <=-
A little while back I came home with a II+ clone, to keep CloneE
company, and despite being pretty clean and tidy it had a dead power supply in it. Well I've
been having an attack of the can't sleeps so instead of rolling around
in bed,
I got up and did something useful. Washed the dishes, folded the washing, put
the lot away and cobbled together an ATX power supply for Clone+ as repairing the existing one is well beyond my meager skills.
end I popped old Amber on there and found a nasty looking picture. It still bucked and wobbled so the signal is wonky, and the image instead
of being Apple // is in fact a big white screen with a ! about 5 chars
in on the top row.
Bugger. I'd been living in hopes it was just going to work. Well aside from running around puling all the chips giving them a clean, and
banging some contact cleaner in the sockets. Usually one of the first things to try is pulling all but the first 16k of ram and see if it'll boot. Luckily its got a good supply of 4116's in it. 48k on the motherboard and an extra 16k on a memory card. Well it looks like that might be later todays job. Clean up and memory check. I finally feel like going back to bed.... nearly 6 hrs later..
On 03-16-20 13:53, Phoobar wrote to Spectre <=-
Doing the domestic work took time away from your repairing the Clone+.
The dishes/washing will always be there...but you will never recapture that time in working on the Clone+. In terms of COVID-19...even I'm resetting my priorities on working on the Lenovo...rather than doing housework. Hope I was able to help you reassess your priorities. ;D On the other hand...I'm not married or have a family...so not doing
housework isn't going to get me chewed out. ;)
COVID may give me an opportunity to working on projects that have been shelved for a while. If I have to stay in, I will need to do something useful, and building projects/playing ham radio will be good candidates. :)
On 03-16-20 18:24, ryan wrote to Vk3jed <=-
COVID may give me an opportunity to working on projects that have been shelved for a while. If I have to stay in, I will need to do something useful, and building projects/playing ham radio will be good candidates. :)
I've noticed FTN has been rather lively the past couple weeks. That's a positive!
It's also given me enough of an excuse to work on my BBS and hopefully actually open it up soon.
Lenovo...rather than doing housework. Hope I was able to help you
reassess your priorities. ;D On the other hand...I'm not married
or have a family...so not doing housework isn't going to get me
chewed out. ;)
COVID may give me an opportunity to working on projects that have been shelved for a while. If I have to stay in, I will need to do something useful, and building projects/playing ham radio will be good candidates.
Not doing them doesn't get me chewed out, but its quite often the case
of if you want it done right, do it yourself and you know they've done
it. I ended up washing someone elses idea of washed dishes in the dish rack :/
had the same +1.5 prescription since highschool, I'm suddenly finding I can't read small and low contrast text very well. So doing something
else like the dishes gives the peepers a break when they start to feel
the strain.
I didn't feel like starting to pull all the chips out of Clone+ and then play jigsaw and put them back at ~4:30am.. I sat down and read the last messages for the night, put the dishes away and had a crack at going to bed about 5:30am..no sleep, SWMBO arrived home about 7, dropped #1 son
On 03-17-20 00:23, Phoobar wrote to Vk3jed <=-
Very good. Above all...make sure you try to keep in shape. Don't become like me. Keg won't look good on you. ;D
Very good. Above all...make sure you try to keep in shape. Don't become like me. Keg won't look good on you. ;D
Have found using paper plates/plastic utensils that I wash over & over
Exactly how it started with me in my mid-40's. Thought I was actually
Hate it when life does this to me. I can get to sleep...but wake up needing to do something...then try to go back to sleep.
like me. Keg won't look good on you. ;DWell, I still have regular track training for now. :)
Chuckle, you're a Boonie? David Boone, Australian cricketer, nom de guerre "The Keg on Legs" also holds the record for most beer consumed on
a flight.
Have found using paper plates/plastic utensils that I wash over & oveGah I hate plastic utensils... at different times I have actually
removed ALL the utensils though.
Exactly how it started with me in my mid-40's. Thought I was actuallyNot doing to bad then, I got an extra 10 yrs out of mine :)
Hate it when life does this to me. I can get to sleep...but wake up needing to do something...then try to go back to sleep.I think I might disassemble Clone+ but leave the chip pulling to the next sleepless night.
On 03-18-20 18:19, Phoobar wrote to Vk3jed <=-
like me. Keg won't look good on you. ;DWell, I still have regular track training for now. :)
Remember to put your smoke stack on & say "Choo-Choo" as you move your arms like the wheels are turning. ;D
Remember to put your smoke stack on & say "Choo-Choo" as you move you arms like the wheels are turning. ;DHaha and sing Kylie Minogue lyrics? :P
On 03-18-20 19:46, Phoobar wrote to Vk3jed <=-
Remember to put your smoke stack on & say "Choo-Choo" as you move you arms like the wheels are turning. ;DHaha and sing Kylie Minogue lyrics? :P
Nice figure/legs/voice...but I would go more for Grand Funk Railroad.
Nice figure/legs/voice...but I would go more for Grand Funk Railroad.
but...
"Everybody's doing a brand new dance now... Come on baby, do the Locomotion..."
On 03-19-20 17:39, Spectre wrote to Vk3jed <=-
Nice figure/legs/voice...but I would go more for Grand Funk Railroad.
but...
"Everybody's doing a brand new dance now... Come on baby, do the Locomotion..."
You'll just have to reimagine the locomotion by Grand Funky Railroaders
Nice figure/legs/voice...but I would go more for Grand Funk Railroad.but...
"Everybody's doing a brand new dance now...
Come on baby, do the Locomotion..."
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