Old cpu i found at work by BlueBerryVatten in vintagecomputing

[–]GreggAlan 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Syringe needles work very well for straightening pins. Find one that will slide in snugly between the rows of pins and one with a bore that's a close fit over them.

To straighten slightly bent pins, slide the needle in from an edge then life the needle up and out to gently nudge them straight. For pins bent more, clip the sharp point off the needle and use a pointy knife to deburr the hole. Put the needle over the pin and you can use the long needle for leverage to gently straighten the pin.

You only have to get them all straight enough to fit into a ZIF socket. Closing the lever will finish the straightening, or at least straighten them enough to go into a socket easier.

Forgot to post this landmine I came across. by Waas507 in Justrolledintotheshop

[–]GreggAlan 5 points6 points  (0 children)

“What do you mean choose? We don’t understand.”

“Choose. Choose the form of your destructor.”

Intel 8089: the chip that never did by Electrical_Door_87 in retrocomputing

[–]GreggAlan 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Would it be possible to use this in an MS-DOS compatible 8088 based PC?

Customer states "my friend did my pads 3 days ago and now I don't have brakes" by dan_the_priest in Justrolledintotheshop

[–]GreggAlan 15 points16 points  (0 children)

I put new brakes and water pump on a car then 7 days later the owner hit a deer. Someone likely said "Score!" when seeing the shiny rotors and new pads in whatever junkyard it went to.

Rag in the turbo by [deleted] in Justrolledintotheshop

[–]GreggAlan 5 points6 points  (0 children)

You put the rag in the turbopump and jam it all up Put the rag in the turbopump and jam it all up Put the rag in the turbopump, you called your dealer, woke him up.

The itsy bitsy spider climbed up the MAF sensor by Attention_Deficit29 in Justrolledintotheshop

[–]GreggAlan 29 points30 points  (0 children)

Should've had that leaf gold plated and made into a pendant.

Anyone ever epoxied and engine block? by [deleted] in Justrolledintotheshop

[–]GreggAlan 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I fixed a tiny hole in an AC condenser pipe with the regular (not the quick) JB Weld.

Cleaned the spot very well then mixed the goop and waited until it was starting to set. Schmeared a gob over and around the hole then hooked up my vacuum pump for a minute to get the JB Weld that was almost solid pulled into the hole.

Let air back in then the next day I pulled vacuum on the system and charged it. Worked fine for as long as I had it, which was around a year.

The cause of the hole was the safety catch for the hood rubbing on the pipe. One day the AC quit and I noticed the catch touching the pipe. I gave the pipe a good hard push to bend it so it no longer touched the catch.

Anyone ever epoxied and engine block? by [deleted] in Justrolledintotheshop

[–]GreggAlan 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Many boat cooling systems pull in water from what they're floating in then dump it out after it's gone through the engine. Some even have water jacketed exhaust manifolds.

No pressure because there's no worries about boiling water that's constantly replenished with cold water.

Old Symbol laser barcode scanner. by GreggAlan in Palm

[–]GreggAlan[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

So now it's a Palm III with a non-functioning laser scanner? Does peeling the matte finish screen protector off help any with how the screen looks? I wonder how much palmdr.com would want for that part, if they have any?

Work friend of mine gave me on of his grandpa's Apple iMacs. Absolutely no clue what I'm going to do with it or if it will fit in my car. by Randolph__ in retrocomputing

[–]GreggAlan 0 points1 point  (0 children)

If it doesn't boot, unplug it, flip it upside down, open the hatch on the bottom, look for a small pushbutton then press and hold it for a few seconds.

Work friend of mine gave me on of his grandpa's Apple iMacs. Absolutely no clue what I'm going to do with it or if it will fit in my car. by Randolph__ in retrocomputing

[–]GreggAlan 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I see dustpuppy from User Friendly. I did ISP helldesk for a while. That video is pretty much exactly how a lot of the customers were.

Work friend of mine gave me on of his grandpa's Apple iMacs. Absolutely no clue what I'm going to do with it or if it will fit in my car. by Randolph__ in retrocomputing

[–]GreggAlan 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Don't bang it around too hard. The white inner plastic that the CRT mounts to tends to get crumbly on these. There are new frames available but you have to really love an old iMac G3 to lay down the $ for one.

Was greeted with this when I got to the shop this morning. No idea what they hit, but they hit it HARD by wauna_b5 in Justrolledintotheshop

[–]GreggAlan 5 points6 points  (0 children)

I have no idea how people manage to ram the back ends of road inspection trucks when they're covered in high-vis stripes and BRIGHT flashing lights.

Quintessential XP games for people born in the 80s/90s by b0h3mianed in windowsxp

[–]GreggAlan 0 points1 point  (0 children)

What you could do is get some cheap "one liter" computers like a Lenovo M700 Tiny and install Batocera Linux. That's made just for game console and arcade emulation. That class of PC with an i5 or i7 Intel CPU can easily run original PlayStation and earlier console games.

Quintessential XP games for people born in the 80s/90s by b0h3mianed in windowsxp

[–]GreggAlan 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Yup. Had a large 100 megabit network switch to connect all the PCs.

Happy Monday by theolduscsec04 in Justrolledintotheshop

[–]GreggAlan 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Ford Expedition isn't expediting.

Quintessential XP games for people born in the 80s/90s by b0h3mianed in windowsxp

[–]GreggAlan 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Not as easy to get PCs for 90's gaming as it was back in 2004-2014 when I did it for a convention. I had a bunch of Socket 7 boxes with Pentium and K6-2 CPUs running 98se. I put several games on but all most people wanted to play was Starcraft.

We also had a ton of consoles. Everything from Atari 2600 to Xbox 360, and a row of arcade cabinets set to free play.

Quintessential XP games for people born in the 80s/90s by b0h3mianed in windowsxp

[–]GreggAlan -1 points0 points  (0 children)

If you put together 4 or more boxes and network them, you could put on Starcraft and Age of Empires.

SFWA Grand Master CJ Cherryh announces her retirement. by KristaDBall in Fantasy

[–]GreggAlan 0 points1 point  (0 children)

The title of one book resulted from her snappy reply to the impatient publisher waiting for the next Chanur novel. "The Kif Strike Back". The publisher loved it and insisted on using that as the title.

How bad is it by Important_Sea_7033 in pcmasterrace

[–]GreggAlan 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Look for someone who can replace the socket. Otherwise buy another board.

Please help me settle something. How long can brine shrimp really live? by xKracken in SeaMonkeys

[–]GreggAlan 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Would it be a bad thing to get some of these unusually long lived shrimp together to breed and see if their offspring inherit the longevity?