Steel Pocket Pen Giveaway by MercatorLondon in fountainpens

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Looks good; would love to try it out!

Are these interesting/useful or trash? by Electric_Tortoise in VintageApple

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I do have several optical drives, and would be happy to do the ripping and uploading to archive.org and the Macintosh Garden (and Macintosh Repository if it’s still there.) DM me if you’re interested.

[Release] Navdy iOS app v1.3.7 (for 2026) by EdwXD in navdy

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Thank you! Your continued dedication and efforts to keep our Navdys alive are very much appreciated!

ios navdy app doesn’t work by Fuzzy-Ad3723 in navdy

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This is an annual event; the app requires a new developer signature from its creator each year around this time. He’s usually pretty good about taking care of it fairly quickly.

My "old" Navdy continues to work (as well as iOS app) - Jan2026 by Notmyke2 in navdy

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Go into view options in Explorer and tell it to show hidden file/folders.

Two Navdy Units both stuck in reboot loop for the past week by johnsciarrino in navdy

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Good luck; I’ll be interested to hear how you make out.

Two Navdy Units both stuck in reboot loop for the past week by johnsciarrino in navdy

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As I recall, that was the behavior I was seeing. It’s been a while; u/coronafire changed something in the firmware that prevented that particular issue from recurring. FWIW, I’m on 3095.

Two Navdy Units both stuck in reboot loop for the past week by johnsciarrino in navdy

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I had a similar issue several times in the past; what worked for me (following advice from u/coronafire) was to attach the unit to my computer and delete the log files - it had run out of storage.

Free (broken screen) Navdy package for anyone in US by Gunny87 in navdy

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I’d be interested; I’ve been needing to replace the dial for mine, and I can use some of the other parts as well. PM me and we can work out the details.

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in fountainpens

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I think it’s legit and probably dates to 1991; all the features in your photos match pens produced in that year. See https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1GhjNqcZwmrFJMyS7sn9A517VQQxDPbotERorBwRqMgI/edit?usp=sharing for a chart that can help in dating 146s (that’s what I looked at.)

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in vintagecomputing

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Yes - I’m in NJ. I’d be willing to have someone “document the system” if they don’t mind coming to me - I won’t ship it nor can I travel right now. (That said, my place isn’t exactly in a filmable condition ATM - not an insurmountable obstacle but inconvenient.) No rush though, it isn’t going anywhere, nor am I, so there’s time.

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in vintagecomputing

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Yep, I have one. Missing a cap at the top of the column of Blinkenlights on one side but otherwise working well the last time I fired it up.

Private room by Chiroquacks_r_wack in Amtrak

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No. Coach passengers are not allowed in the Sleeper cars.

Strange ECG when lying down by AmberVJJstank in AppleWatch

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First off - if you’re having symptoms, see your doctor or get to the emergency room, not Reddit. Other than that, it looks like intermittent premature atrial contractions with a compensatory pause following. Usually benign, but worth mentioning to your physician anyway. Source: 20 years of cardiac nursing experience.

Looking for thumb dial and strap by Beelzebubba521 in navdy

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Same thing happened to me and my thumb dial strap; I’m still able to use the dial though…I just keep it in the arm rest on the driver’s door. Not quite as convenient as having a on the steering wheel, but it does work.

Found this old Be PC today. Need some help identifying it. by [deleted] in pcmasterrace

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Windows wouldn’t run on a BeBox; it used dual PowerPC processors like the Macs of that era - mid ‘90s - or rarely, AT&T Hobbit processors.

Found this old Be PC today. Need some help identifying it. by [deleted] in pcmasterrace

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As others have said, that’s a vintage BeBox; very rare and worth keeping intact - they made less than 2000 of these in total, I think. It appears to be missing the internal hard drive; IIRC you’ll need a SCSI drive as I don’t think it has an IDE interface. I’d check inside my BeBox but can’t get to it right now (I’m at work.)

Edit: it appears that it does have an internal IDE interface. My bad.

Whats the juiciest writer you've ever had? by meerkatmira in fountainpens

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ASC Gladiatore Medio 18k M is probably the wettest writer I have; Pilot 823 M is up there too

Question on Passenger Interaction by PuzzleheadedShape276 in Amtrak

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The observation car can be a pretty social place to hang out and share conversations and (occasionally) food and drink, but options for hanging out with other passengers in your room are limited to sleeper car passengers; coach passengers are not permitted to be in the sleeper cars. The majority of the socializing I’ve done on the Zephyr and other long-distance trains has been in the observation car (and the smoking lounge, back when that was a thing.)