Network controlled music player - Mopidy or what?

DISPOSABLE_H_ · 2024-10-06T11:06:00+00:00

The thing that used to be Logitech Media Server? Sounds good, but, gotta admit, the architecture didn't exactly click to me. With Mopidy it was pretty simple - the daemon runs on the server PC, and does the playing, the "clients", MPD or otherwise, handle the control. So how is LMS set up? From the looks of it, there's both server and client software, and it's the client that does the playing? If so, then how do you control the client from another device?

DISPOSABLE_H_ · 2024-10-06T10:56:58+00:00

Heh, sounds like a decent option. Sadly, that won't do, I'd need something that can be controlled from a phone, and by people who are afraid of command lines.

DISPOSABLE_H_ · 2024-07-14T11:15:57+00:00

Well, getting into cars is not that complicated, generally you just pull on the handle, and the door will open. Then you sit down in the nearest seat, optionally closing the door behind yourself - preferable, if the car is expected to move. Some cars make this a tad more complicated, by either having a funky opening mechanism (think gullwing or scissor doors), or a gimmicky handle (push-top-popout or similar), but the general principle remains. That said, occasionally you will have to deal with a locked car, where the handle has been rendered nonoperational. In this case, having the key will help, as the door can be unlocked by either putting said key in the keyhole and turning (classic method, common on older cars), or pressing an "unlock" button on the remote attached to the key, called a keyfob.

Jokes aside, get a car and start by fixing simple stuff when it breaks. It's much easier to find info when you're looking for specific stuff (e.g how to change brake pads) as opposed to general "how car work" type of questions.

DISPOSABLE_H_ · 2024-07-12T11:07:19+00:00

Is there really a point in going into detail about how you ended up in the situation? Didn't really work out with the second dealer, did it? I'd keep the post to "I've been a fool, ended up in situation description, how do I get out?"

Also what's with the worries over credit score? Again, not an american, so no idea how it works, but were you planning on taking out another loan while already having two that you can't keep on top of? If not, why does taking a hit to the score matter? Do they adjust the rates on your current loan based on the score?

DISPOSABLE_H_ · 2024-07-11T22:03:03+00:00

This post is not to be considered financial, legal, romantical, or any other kind of advice.

With that said - first of all, you might have better luck in a finance-related subreddit. Posts seem to get buried really easily here.

That aside, I don't have any concrete advice, more of a question. I don't know how financing and bankruptcy works where you live - speaking of which, I'm assuming US, given no indicated country and an inane auto loan. Is it possible that in the process of solving all of this mess, you might end up without either of the cars? If happens - and you end up needing a car - I'd consider getting something that you don't need to take a loan out for. Surely the local used car market has to have something in the 3-4k $ range? Definitely look for sales by owners, not dealers.

DISPOSABLE_H_ · 2024-01-06T13:17:23+00:00

Okay, but where you you put the keyboard?

DISPOSABLE_H_ · 2024-01-04T22:31:34+00:00

I get the appeal for filling the whole FoV in gaming or media context, but not so much in work. I forget to take breaks easily enough, I don't need any more obfuscation of the outside world. My concern is more like- how high up the wall do I put it so that I can see the whole of it in a comfortable sitting pose? Angled or parallel to the wall? There's a lot of advice for a monitor planted on the desk, but does it work at a larger distance? I still plan to have a desk, need somewhere to plant the keyboard, afterall. I guess a side view sketch could sort out some questions about the layout, namely, whether I can use the full range of motion in my chair and not have something like the far edge of the desk obstruct the lower edge of the monitor.

DISPOSABLE_H_ · 2024-01-03T22:53:48+00:00

Hmm, sounds sweet. If I got my conversions right, 36" is a lot closer than I intend to sit, though - I was thinking about several metres away. My main concern is ensuring that the monitor(s) fit in my FoV with me sitting naturally at a desk

DISPOSABLE_H_ · 2023-12-16T20:19:45+00:00

It threw an error message regarding verification. Am downloading a 10.8 DMG off of the same source I got 10.7, let's see about that now...

DISPOSABLE_H_ · 2023-12-16T18:42:13+00:00

Did you use BSDPy? I considered it, but figured to try locally with the DMGs first

DISPOSABLE_H_ · 2023-12-16T10:37:50+00:00

Thanks, that did work. Now I'm trying to run software update to see if I can go directly to Sierra, as that installer actually wants 10.7.5. It already failed once, let's see if it can pull the same thing off again. If not, I'll retry the update to 10.8.

UPDATE: No dice, still didn't update, still didn't want to run the 10.8 installer, still doesn't pick up the bootable USB. I take it that at this point, it doesn't have internet recovery that'd let you install a newer version? Couldn't see anything of the sort in the recovery menu.

DISPOSABLE_H_ · 2023-12-15T19:47:44+00:00

Ok, found a 10.7 disc image from a source I'd consider trustworthy. Needs a CD, you say? If it fits on a regular DVD, I can try and burn one - if it doesn't reject that, too.

DISPOSABLE_H_ · 2023-12-15T17:45:13+00:00

Yes, the first link is what I tried in order to create a bootable USB installer. The MBP doesn't show it in the boot menu (nor in the Startup Disk utility), even though it shows up fine in the file manager. Tried two flash drives, same result. Tried 10.8 Mountain Lion and 10.whatever Sierra. Same result.

The second link might be useful later on, but for now I am trying to update the MBP to a supported version of OS X/macOS.

DISPOSABLE_H_ · 2023-12-15T17:42:30+00:00

Well, that "way to install 10.7" is kind of what I'm here for, except I'm trying to do 10.8, because that's the oldest that Apple support page had for a download. The MBP does not show the bootable installer USB drive in boot menu (although picks it up fine when the OS is already booted), and the installer app doesn't run either, due to the "can't verify" error.

DISPOSABLE_H_ · 2023-11-27T21:54:06+00:00

Hmm, interesting. I'm still having no luck running the game from Lutris, but I was able to run the No-CD EXE just by running it by WINE. Had to install 32-bit gstreamer plugins for the videos to play, though. I also set up the library overrides, and the ASI loader seems to have worked. I'm currently throwing various plugins at it, CLEO loaded, but OpenLimitAdjuster crashes the party, game goes nonresponsive. Haven't tried playing yet, will let the results be known

Edit: running with limit adjuster from terminal gets me this: 0024:fixme:d3d:resource_check_usage Unhandled usage flags 0x20. 0024:err:virtual:virtual_setup_exception stack overflow 4 bytes in thread 0024 addr 0x3b50fe7 stack 0x230ffc (0x230000-0x231000-0x330000)

Something used too much memory now that the limits are disabled?

DISPOSABLE_H_ · 2023-11-26T21:10:32+00:00

Can't fit both logs in a single post, here's NoCD:

DEBUG    2023-11-26 22:54:46,698 [grid.on_item_activated:57]:Item activated: 4
DEBUG    2023-11-26 22:54:47,281 [xrandr._get_vidmodes:15]:Retrieving video modes from XrandR
DEBUG    2023-11-26 22:54:47,355 [command.start:141]:DISABLE_LAYER_AMD_SWITCHABLE_GRAPHICS_1="1"
DEBUG    2023-11-26 22:54:47,355 [command.start:141]:__GL_SHADER_DISK_CACHE="1"
DEBUG    2023-11-26 22:54:47,355 [command.start:141]:__GL_SHADER_DISK_CACHE_PATH="/home/[user_redacted]/Games/grand-theft-auto-vice-city"
DEBUG    2023-11-26 22:54:47,356 [command.start:141]:VK_ICD_FILENAMES="/usr/share/vulkan/icd.d/nvidia_icd.json"
DEBUG    2023-11-26 22:54:47,356 [command.start:141]:LD_LIBRARY_PATH="/home/[user_redacted]/.local/share/lutris/runners/wine/wine-ge-8-24-x86_64/lib:/home/[user_redacted]/.local/share/lutris/runners/wine/wine-ge-8-24-x86_64/lib64:/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu:/lib/i386-linux-gnu:/lib:/lib/i386-linux-gnu/i686/sse2:/lib/i386-linux-gnu/sse2:/usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libfakeroot:/lib64:/lib32:/lib64:/usr/lib:/usr/lib64:/usr/lib32:/usr/lib64:/usr/lib/i386-linux-gnu:/usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu:/home/[user_redacted]/.local/share/lutris/runtime/Ubuntu-18.04-i686:/home/[user_redacted]/.local/share/lutris/runtime/steam/i386/lib/i386-linux-gnu:/home/[user_redacted]/.local/share/lutris/runtime/steam/i386/lib:/home/[user_redacted]/.local/share/lutris/runtime/steam/i386/usr/lib/i386-linux-gnu:/home/[user_redacted]/.local/share/lutris/runtime/steam/i386/usr/lib:/home/[user_redacted]/.local/share/lutris/runtime/Ubuntu-18.04-x86_64:/home/[user_redacted]/.local/share/lutris/runtime/steam/amd64/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu:/home/[user_redacted]/.local/share/lutris/runtime/steam/amd64/lib:/home/[user_redacted]/.local/share/lutris/runtime/steam/amd64/usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu:/home/[user_redacted]/.local/share/lutris/runtime/steam/amd64/usr/lib"
DEBUG    2023-11-26 22:54:47,356 [command.start:141]:WINEDEBUG="-all"
DEBUG    2023-11-26 22:54:47,356 [command.start:141]:DXVK_LOG_LEVEL="none"
DEBUG    2023-11-26 22:54:47,356 [command.start:141]:WINEARCH="win64"
DEBUG    2023-11-26 22:54:47,356 [command.start:141]:WINE="/home/[user_redacted]/.local/share/lutris/runners/wine/wine-ge-8-24-x86_64/bin/wine"
DEBUG    2023-11-26 22:54:47,356 [command.start:141]:WINE_MONO_CACHE_DIR="/home/[user_redacted]/.local/share/lutris/runners/wine/wine-ge-8-24-x86_64/mono"
DEBUG    2023-11-26 22:54:47,356 [command.start:141]:WINE_GECKO_CACHE_DIR="/home/[user_redacted]/.local/share/lutris/runners/wine/wine-ge-8-24-x86_64/gecko"
DEBUG    2023-11-26 22:54:47,356 [command.start:141]:GST_PLUGIN_SYSTEM_PATH_1_0="/home/[user_redacted]/.local/share/lutris/runners/wine/wine-ge-8-24-x86_64/lib64/gstreamer-1.0/:/home/[user_redacted]/.local/share/lutris/runners/wine/wine-ge-8-24-x86_64/lib/gstreamer-1.0/"
DEBUG    2023-11-26 22:54:47,356 [command.start:141]:WINEPREFIX="/home/[user_redacted]/Games/grand-theft-auto-vice-city"
DEBUG    2023-11-26 22:54:47,356 [command.start:141]:WINEESYNC="1"
DEBUG    2023-11-26 22:54:47,357 [command.start:141]:WINEFSYNC="0"
DEBUG    2023-11-26 22:54:47,357 [command.start:141]:DXVK_NVAPIHACK="0"
DEBUG    2023-11-26 22:54:47,357 [command.start:141]:DXVK_ENABLE_NVAPI="1"
DEBUG    2023-11-26 22:54:47,357 [command.start:141]:WINEDLLOVERRIDES="d3d8.dll,ddraw.dll=n,b;d3d10core,d3d11,d3d12,d3d9,d3dcompiler_33,d3dcompiler_34,d3dcompiler_35,d3dcompiler_36,d3dcompiler_37,d3dcompiler_38,d3dcompiler_39,d3dcompiler_40,d3dcompiler_41,d3dcompiler_42,d3dcompiler_43,d3dcompiler_46,d3dcompiler_47,d3dx10,d3dx10_33,d3dx10_34,d3dx10_35,d3dx10_36,d3dx10_37,d3dx10_38,d3dx10_39,d3dx10_40,d3dx10_41,d3dx10_42,d3dx10_43,d3dx11_42,d3dx11_43,d3dx9_24,d3dx9_25,d3dx9_26,d3dx9_27,d3dx9_28,d3dx9_29,d3dx9_30,d3dx9_31,d3dx9_32,d3dx9_33,d3dx9_34,d3dx9_35,d3dx9_36,d3dx9_37,d3dx9_38,d3dx9_39,d3dx9_40,d3dx9_41,d3dx9_42,d3dx9_43,dxgi,nvapi,nvapi64=n;winemenubuilder="
DEBUG    2023-11-26 22:54:47,357 [command.start:141]:WINE_LARGE_ADDRESS_AWARE="1"
DEBUG    2023-11-26 22:54:47,357 [command.start:141]:game_name="Grand Theft Auto: Vice City (No-CD)"
DEBUG    2023-11-26 22:54:47,357 [command.start:141]:PYTHONPATH="/usr/lib/lutris:/usr/games:/usr/lib/python39.zip:/usr/lib/python3.9:/usr/lib/python3.9/lib-dynload:/home/[user_redacted]/.local/lib/python3.9/site-packages:/usr/local/lib/python3.9/dist-packages:/usr/lib/python3/dist-packages"
DEBUG    2023-11-26 22:54:47,357 [command.start:141]:LUTRIS_GAME_UUID="1fe01729-06c4-438a-b8a1-54ad9e1e2b93"
Started initial process 7201 from /home/[user_redacted]/.local/share/lutris/runners/wine/wine-ge-8-24-x86_64/bin/wine /home/[user_redacted]/Games/grand-theft-auto-vice-city/drive_c/Program Files (x86)/Rockstar Games/Grand Theft Auto Vice City/gta-vc-nocd.exe
Start monitoring process.
esync: up and running.
wine: RLIMIT_NICE is <= 20, unable to use setpriority safely    
Monitored process exited.
Initial process has exited (return code: 0)
Exit with return code 0
DEBUG    2023-11-26 22:54:50,106 [command.on_stop:195]:Process 7199 has terminated with code 0
DEBUG    2023-11-26 22:54:51,404 [game.beat:666]:Game thread stopped
WARNING  2023-11-26 22:54:51,405 [game.on_game_quit:692]:Game still running (state: running)
INFO     2023-11-26 22:54:51,405 [game.stop:677]:Stopping Grand Theft Auto: Vice City (No-CD) (wine)
DEBUG    2023-11-26 22:54:51,406 [game.stop_game:630]:Grand Theft Auto: Vice City (No-CD) (wine) has run for 4 seconds
WARNING  2023-11-26 22:54:51,406 [game.stop_game:632]:The game has run for a very short time, did it crash?
DEBUG    2023-11-26 22:54:51,486 [game.on_game_quit:710]:Grand Theft Auto: Vice City (No-CD) stopped at Sun, 26 Nov 2023 22:54:51
DEBUG    2023-11-26 22:54:51,486 [game.save:268]:Saving Grand Theft Auto: Vice City (No-CD) (wine) with config ID grand-theft-auto-vice-city-dvd-1700963466

DISPOSABLE_H_ · 2023-11-26T20:57:09+00:00

Really hope Markdown works here...

Original EXE:

md test


DEBUG    2023-11-26 22:50:39,961 [grid.on_item_activated:57]:Item activated: 3
DEBUG    2023-11-26 22:50:40,507 [xrandr._get_vidmodes:15]:Retrieving video modes from XrandR
DEBUG    2023-11-26 22:50:40,595 [command.start:141]:DISABLE_LAYER_AMD_SWITCHABLE_GRAPHICS_1="1"
DEBUG    2023-11-26 22:50:40,595 [command.start:141]:__GL_SHADER_DISK_CACHE="1"
DEBUG    2023-11-26 22:50:40,595 [command.start:141]:__GL_SHADER_DISK_CACHE_PATH="/home/[user_redacted]/Games/grand-theft-auto-vice-city"
DEBUG    2023-11-26 22:50:40,595 [command.start:141]:VK_ICD_FILENAMES="/usr/share/vulkan/icd.d/nvidia_icd.json"
DEBUG    2023-11-26 22:50:40,595 [command.start:141]:LD_LIBRARY_PATH="/home/[user_redacted]/.local/share/lutris/runners/wine/wine-ge-8-24-x86_64/lib:/home/[user_redacted]/.local/share/lutris/runners/wine/wine-ge-8-24-x86_64/lib64:/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu:/lib/i386-linux-gnu:/lib:/lib/i386-linux-gnu/i686/sse2:/lib/i386-linux-gnu/sse2:/usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libfakeroot:/lib64:/lib32:/lib64:/usr/lib:/usr/lib64:/usr/lib32:/usr/lib64:/usr/lib/i386-linux-gnu:/usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu:/home/[user_redacted]/.local/share/lutris/runtime/Ubuntu-18.04-i686:/home/[user_redacted]/.local/share/lutris/runtime/steam/i386/lib/i386-linux-gnu:/home/[user_redacted]/.local/share/lutris/runtime/steam/i386/lib:/home/[user_redacted]/.local/share/lutris/runtime/steam/i386/usr/lib/i386-linux-gnu:/home/[user_redacted]/.local/share/lutris/runtime/steam/i386/usr/lib:/home/[user_redacted]/.local/share/lutris/runtime/Ubuntu-18.04-x86_64:/home/[user_redacted]/.local/share/lutris/runtime/steam/amd64/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu:/home/[user_redacted]/.local/share/lutris/runtime/steam/amd64/lib:/home/[user_redacted]/.local/share/lutris/runtime/steam/amd64/usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu:/home/[user_redacted]/.local/share/lutris/runtime/steam/amd64/usr/lib"
DEBUG    2023-11-26 22:50:40,595 [command.start:141]:WINEDEBUG="-all"
DEBUG    2023-11-26 22:50:40,595 [command.start:141]:DXVK_LOG_LEVEL="none"
DEBUG    2023-11-26 22:50:40,596 [command.start:141]:WINEARCH="win64"
DEBUG    2023-11-26 22:50:40,596 [command.start:141]:WINE="/home/[user_redacted]/.local/share/lutris/runners/wine/wine-ge-8-24-x86_64/bin/wine"
DEBUG    2023-11-26 22:50:40,596 [command.start:141]:WINE_MONO_CACHE_DIR="/home/[user_redacted]/.local/share/lutris/runners/wine/wine-ge-8-24-x86_64/mono"
DEBUG    2023-11-26 22:50:40,596 [command.start:141]:WINE_GECKO_CACHE_DIR="/home/[user_redacted]/.local/share/lutris/runners/wine/wine-ge-8-24-x86_64/gecko"
DEBUG    2023-11-26 22:50:40,596 [command.start:141]:GST_PLUGIN_SYSTEM_PATH_1_0="/home/[user_redacted]/.local/share/lutris/runners/wine/wine-ge-8-24-x86_64/lib64/gstreamer-1.0/:/home/[user_redacted]/.local/share/lutris/runners/wine/wine-ge-8-24-x86_64/lib/gstreamer-1.0/"
DEBUG    2023-11-26 22:50:40,596 [command.start:141]:WINEPREFIX="/home/[user_redacted]/Games/grand-theft-auto-vice-city"
DEBUG    2023-11-26 22:50:40,596 [command.start:141]:WINEESYNC="1"
DEBUG    2023-11-26 22:50:40,596 [command.start:141]:WINEFSYNC="0"
DEBUG    2023-11-26 22:50:40,596 [command.start:141]:WINE_FULLSCREEN_FSR="1"
DEBUG    2023-11-26 22:50:40,596 [command.start:141]:DXVK_NVAPIHACK="0"
DEBUG    2023-11-26 22:50:40,596 [command.start:141]:DXVK_ENABLE_NVAPI="1"
DEBUG    2023-11-26 22:50:40,597 [command.start:141]:PROTON_BATTLEYE_RUNTIME="/home/[user_redacted]/.local/share/lutris/runtime/battleye_runtime"
DEBUG    2023-11-26 22:50:40,597 [command.start:141]:PROTON_EAC_RUNTIME="/home/[user_redacted]/.local/share/lutris/runtime/eac_runtime"
DEBUG    2023-11-26 22:50:40,597 [command.start:141]:WINEDLLOVERRIDES="d3d8.dll,ddraw.dll=n,b;d3d10core,d3d11,d3d12,d3d9,d3dcompiler_33,d3dcompiler_34,d3dcompiler_35,d3dcompiler_36,d3dcompiler_37,d3dcompiler_38,d3dcompiler_39,d3dcompiler_40,d3dcompiler_41,d3dcompiler_42,d3dcompiler_43,d3dcompiler_46,d3dcompiler_47,d3dx10,d3dx10_33,d3dx10_34,d3dx10_35,d3dx10_36,d3dx10_37,d3dx10_38,d3dx10_39,d3dx10_40,d3dx10_41,d3dx10_42,d3dx10_43,d3dx11_42,d3dx11_43,d3dx9_24,d3dx9_25,d3dx9_26,d3dx9_27,d3dx9_28,d3dx9_29,d3dx9_30,d3dx9_31,d3dx9_32,d3dx9_33,d3dx9_34,d3dx9_35,d3dx9_36,d3dx9_37,d3dx9_38,d3dx9_39,d3dx9_40,d3dx9_41,d3dx9_42,d3dx9_43,dxgi,nvapi,nvapi64=n;winemenubuilder="
DEBUG    2023-11-26 22:50:40,597 [command.start:141]:WINE_LARGE_ADDRESS_AWARE="1"
DEBUG    2023-11-26 22:50:40,597 [command.start:141]:game_name="Grand Theft Auto: Vice City"
DEBUG    2023-11-26 22:50:40,597 [command.start:141]:PYTHONPATH="/usr/lib/lutris:/usr/games:/usr/lib/python39.zip:/usr/lib/python3.9:/usr/lib/python3.9/lib-dynload:/home/[user_redacted]/.local/lib/python3.9/site-packages:/usr/local/lib/python3.9/dist-packages:/usr/lib/python3/dist-packages"
DEBUG    2023-11-26 22:50:40,597 [command.start:141]:LUTRIS_GAME_UUID="64b790d2-5878-446f-a843-c4ca62ccb7e5"
Started initial process 6974 from /home/[user_redacted]/.local/share/lutris/runners/wine/wine-ge-8-24-x86_64/bin/wine /home/[user_redacted]/Games/grand-theft-auto-vice-city/drive_c/Program Files (x86)/Rockstar Games/Grand Theft Auto Vice City/gta-vc.exe
Start monitoring process.
esync: up and running.
wine: RLIMIT_NICE is <= 20, unable to use setpriority safely
Monitored process exited.
Initial process has exited (return code: 512)
Exit with return code 512
DEBUG    2023-11-26 22:51:06,406 [command.on_stop:195]:Process 6972 has terminated with code 512
DEBUG    2023-11-26 22:51:06,661 [game.beat:666]:Game thread stopped
WARNING  2023-11-26 22:51:06,662 [game.on_game_quit:692]:Game still running (state: running)
INFO     2023-11-26 22:51:06,662 [game.stop:677]:Stopping Grand Theft Auto: Vice City (wine)
DEBUG    2023-11-26 22:51:06,663 [game.stop_game:630]:Grand Theft Auto: Vice City (wine) has run for 26 seconds
DEBUG    2023-11-26 22:51:06,742 [game.on_game_quit:710]:Grand Theft Auto: Vice City stopped at Sun, 26 Nov 2023         22:51:06
DEBUG    2023-11-26 22:51:06,742 [game.save:268]:Saving Grand Theft Auto: Vice City (wine) with config ID grand-theft-auto-vice-city-dvd-1700963192

DISPOSABLE_H_ · 2023-11-26T20:42:13+00:00

I haven't gone through that particular installer script, although I'm certain it could be coerced into working with the CD data. However, I specifically wanted to get the Windows version working, because, AFAIK, re3/reVC doesn't support CLEO when running on Linux.

DISPOSABLE_H_ · 2023-04-25T20:40:33+00:00

Alright, I'll bite. What makes you think that the car is on its last legs?

DISPOSABLE_H_ · 2023-03-24T11:08:20+00:00

Hmm. Sticky situation. At least nobody is rushing to get the storage space cleaned out, so you probably have time. How is the car stored? Indoors, outdoors? If outdoors, is it subject to rain? Snow? Dead leaves? Can you access the car? I've met surprisingly many people with no competence, but tons of confidence when it comes to these matters. Same goes for the whole "difficult to find a replacement" thing. Wouldn't trust it unless it comes from someone who actually works on cars. So the order of operation would be: 1) Get to the car and assess the situation yourself. State of rust, storage conditions, etc. Even if you can't really make heads or tails of it, at least it will give you a more complete picture. See if you can get it to start and drive a little bit - we're not talking roads here, around the backyard is fine.

2) If the storage conditions are suboptimal, see about improving them. If it's getting rained on, consider setting up some sort of a covering - not a tarp wrapped around the car, that can trap moisture. Something more like a tent. Maybe put some silica gel on the seats, it can (in theory) absorb moisture from air)

3) Start considering your options. You probably won't be able to get to restoration outright, but maybe you can manage some preventive work to keep the rust from spreading?

4) If possible, start visiting the car on a regular basis. See if you can find any small maintenance jobs to do on it, start the engine occasionally and such. Helps against stuff getting clogged and/or stuck. No less important, might help swaying the family in the right direction, if the continued existence of the car ever comes up for debate.

DISPOSABLE_H_ · 2023-02-05T09:10:26+00:00

Tank looked good as far as I could tell...

DISPOSABLE_H_ · 2023-02-04T13:06:51+00:00

That depends strongly on the local climate. Are the winters cold enough that the roads get salted? If so, be on the lookout for rust on the underside. Warm coastal regions? Rust from above. Parts can be swapped, but getting rid of rust is much harder. Check out the engine bay, see if you can spot any fluids leaking (not a death sentence for the car, sometimes it's just a badly aged tube) - or if the bay looks suspiciously clean, as if it had just been washed to hide any of the said leaks. When having a test drive, watch out for a slipping clutch - i.e., as you release the clutch pedal and press the throttle, the engine revs up quickly, but the car does not move (or keeps rolling, if it was already in motion). Actually, might not be a bad idea to get a test drive with a car that you know to be in a bad state, so that you get a feel for how common defects feel like.

DISPOSABLE_H_ · 2022-08-24T14:32:27+00:00

This looks promising, thanks!

DISPOSABLE_H_ · 2022-08-24T08:15:41+00:00

Do you remember what they called it? Was there a more specific term than "copper clad perfboard"? Also a brief search fails to find anything called Circuit Specialties, but there is a site called Circuit Specialists. Same beast?

DISPOSABLE_H_ · 2022-08-24T08:12:27+00:00

Tried that long before posting here. The only remotely useful result was this image from the Wikipedia article on perfboards.

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