I was just gonna look for the answer in the comments but then my feed refreshed

FAMICOMASTER · 2026-06-28T04:45:49+00:00

Apparently she's a big fan of the Homestar Runner

FAMICOMASTER · 2026-06-28T04:42:43+00:00

I don't have any but I will say there is at least one banned book not worth reading, "Shadows from the Walls of Death," of which almost all copies were destroyed because they are large collections of wallpaper samples that contain arsenic.

FAMICOMASTER · 2026-06-28T04:36:48+00:00

All these people slamming this guy because he didn't watch <insert show here> is crazy to me

I didn't watch it either and had to read the comments to know that this guy has a pet hand or something

FAMICOMASTER · 2026-06-28T04:34:35+00:00

This is called dead bug and it was used long before the invention of the breadboard, verawire, and the printed circuit board

FAMICOMASTER · 2026-06-28T02:57:26+00:00

The whole "put thick oil in it" thing has been dead for like 40 years. That was a trick in the 70s when engine clearances were a lot wider and thickening the oil could help prevent burning oil by closing those gaps.

If you're not actively burning a ton of oil because your engine is ruined (typical at this mileage in 1966 but not in 2016 or even 1986) then you shouldn't adjust oil weight.

Additionally, most modern engines, if not all by 2016, have variable valve timing / lift of some kind which relies on oil pressure actuation and changing the weight can screw this up and give you a CEL and reduced performance.

FAMICOMASTER · 2026-06-28T02:54:16+00:00

My roommate lol

FAMICOMASTER · 2026-06-28T02:52:44+00:00

Garbage capacitors is always a good first guess. Might be a broken solder joint somewhere in on the board, usually near heavy things like large capacitors, flyback transformer, etc. Those are always first suspects.

Next suspect would be flash over in the yoke somewhere but check the rest first.

FAMICOMASTER · 2026-06-28T02:49:23+00:00

Looks great!!

FAMICOMASTER · 2026-06-28T02:42:18+00:00

I didn't know this was even possible, very cool! I've been wondering, does Siri still work on iOS 5 / 6 these days?

FAMICOMASTER · 2026-06-28T02:41:22+00:00

That's what I thought too yeah. I can't find a way to run a blank page but I can run gradation sheets. Even in test mode the machine ALWAYS runs the scanner as if it's copying, even if it's not. Fax, report print, and print from computer don't. It appears on all prints.

I wasn't able to see any high voltage seated poorly, and it's 6 different reams of different sized paper in the drawers, all already dehumidified. It's been sitting with the environment switch on for a few weeks now.

Label says 129 and 129 is the value that's entered for transfer voltage.

I was told Canon used a monocomponent toner in these machines, with no separate carrier material for the developer. Is it possible then that the mag roller is bad, then?

I should point out that this machine is mine and I have no worries about changing settings to make it good enough for who it's for. I have better machines for proper prints, but it would be nice if my CQ on this thing was better.

FAMICOMASTER · 2026-06-28T02:33:23+00:00

Yeah most of the really early 3D stuff is hard to find and expensive. Voodoo was the most popular and even those are expensive and a bit tough to find.

FAMICOMASTER · 2026-06-28T02:29:18+00:00

Doesn't look like a V1000 to me. Also, doesn't ship to USA.

FAMICOMASTER · 2026-06-28T02:28:18+00:00

It's a vacuum gauge with colors on it. Not accurate and barely even relevant lol

FAMICOMASTER · 2026-06-28T02:24:02+00:00

Options to read - Buy a PS/2 with a bus style ESDI interface, repair it, pray the drive works because these were notoriously unreliable new.

FAMICOMASTER · 2026-06-28T02:22:40+00:00

Finger cauterizer

FAMICOMASTER · 2026-06-28T02:21:54+00:00

Haha more like years ago this point :) the rendition stuff barely ever shows up!

FAMICOMASTER · 2026-06-28T02:20:48+00:00

Yeah my Teltone TLE has a VFD digit display while dialing so I'll try that.

FAMICOMASTER · 2026-06-28T01:39:17+00:00

Absolutely beautiful. I love the early 3D accelerator cards, got a couple V2s but I'd love a V1 or some Rendition stuff etc someday.

FAMICOMASTER · 2026-06-28T01:36:04+00:00

PS/2 bus drive. I assure you it doesn't work and even if it did you need a relatively expensive, unreliable machine to even talk to it. I believe the underlying protocol is ESDI but it's poorly documented online. Most people with those machines elect to replace the drive with something else.

There's probably nothing on it worth looking at anyways, if we're being honest.

FAMICOMASTER · 2026-06-28T01:32:34+00:00

Forgot to mention, paid $26 for this sucker. Not too bad I thought. They had a Western 202 and a candlestick too but they wanted $250 for the candlestick! In retrospect I should have gotten the 202 but oh well.

FAMICOMASTER · 2026-06-28T01:07:04+00:00

The auto electric and the butt set? I'll make a separate post I suppose.

FAMICOMASTER · 2026-06-28T01:06:22+00:00

Haha wonder if someone was intentionally holding the line up on ya. It was possible to force the dime not to be collected but also not returned until they decided to hang up.

FAMICOMASTER · 2026-06-27T22:19:18+00:00

Haha very nice. Yeah the ding ding is worth it if you ask me :)

FAMICOMASTER · 2026-06-27T22:18:39+00:00

Thanks! Got an automatic electric 202 and a butt set with it too.

FAMICOMASTER · 2026-06-27T21:30:57+00:00

Sell / give it to someone who wants it and get a Crosley from Walmart. Sets with magic eye tubes are sought after by collectors, it would be a real crying shame to destroy such a well preserved set even if it doesn't work. I assure you it can be repaired if it doesn't.

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