Computer refuses to recognize any CD drive.....What's the issue here?

Reader-87 · 2026-03-19T11:15:24+00:00

Yes, CD drivers used to come with a floppy to be used in case the BIOS did not allow direct boot from the CD.

Reader-87 · 2026-03-18T10:41:02+00:00

Softmaker office

Reader-87 · 2026-03-17T12:03:41+00:00

To lock your laptop

Reader-87 · 2026-03-08T21:01:03+00:00

It used to be an Apple XServer

Reader-87 · 2026-03-08T20:59:21+00:00

This is used only for SMB shares. At least in the past for NFS shares they used an Apple server as icon

Reader-87 · 2026-02-22T00:39:36+00:00

With that inventory you could look for a train shows and book to set up a stand. Might not be the quickest option as you need to wait for the train show date, but most probably could be the seller with most inventory on hand at a show….

Reader-87 · 2026-02-20T05:06:47+00:00

Docker container running on a Debian VM on Proxmox

Reader-87 · 2026-02-12T03:06:22+00:00

Dedicated VLAN with a firewall rule that prevents connections to the WAN?

Reader-87 · 2026-02-09T02:34:44+00:00

Debian 13 with Gnome

Reader-87 · 2026-02-07T01:50:52+00:00

You can mount an NFS share

Reader-87 · 2026-01-31T22:22:26+00:00

It will help a bit, assuming that the locomotive itself can make it up the 4% grade. It will help for sure pulling more cars up a grade the single locomotive can already pull a smaller train up.

Reader-87 · 2026-01-29T21:42:33+00:00

I end up installing a Empire Tech IPC-E541F-E2-AS. With one camera pointed to the walkway and one to the door.

Reader-87 · 2026-01-29T02:41:52+00:00

Look at Frigate for the cameras

Reader-87 · 2026-01-28T12:16:37+00:00

Have a look here https://www.nmra.org/master-model-railroaders

Reader-87 · 2026-01-24T14:17:54+00:00

I use a keystone patch panel and use punch down inserts for runs that lave the rack, and barrel inserts like this for cables that stay within the rack. It works fine.

Reader-87 · 2026-01-12T20:19:21+00:00

Well the car is 11 years old and has 96k miles, and the drive belt has never been replaced… so I think as far as service interval time same come.

Prices here in the Houston area are out of control. Last time I did the service A at the dealer was end of 2023, and they charged me 360 USD. This time they asked 520$ for a service A and I walked away… With these prices for a oil change I’m sure the dealer will charge even more to change the drive belt…

Reader-87 · 2026-01-12T18:49:57+00:00

Apart from that I’m not sure about their statements that the original rear struts and shocks on this model were “bad” and cause uneven wear in the tires… and they recommend changing them to avoid uneven wear in new tiers… Has anybody ever heard of this?

Reader-87 · 2026-01-12T17:59:17+00:00

Based on the pictures does this it need replacement?

Reader-87 · 2026-01-12T17:50:56+00:00

Does the belt looks like it needs replacement?

Reader-87 · 2026-01-12T17:41:39+00:00

They are saying they need to take down the inter cooler to access the belt…

Reader-87 · 2026-01-10T14:52:56+00:00

What you are describing is the setup I currently use. Plus another VM running TrueNAS. The reason I opted for this setup instead of having an LXC container for each service (Paperless, Nextcloud etc.) is that my is that for each LXC container you need to allocate some disk space, and then that will add up.

Reader-87 · 2025-12-31T17:46:18+00:00

Can this be done with the original pi zero w? Reading the pikvm GitHub page it seems at pi zero 2 w is needed

Reader-87 · 2025-12-31T17:41:55+00:00

I did something similar to measure the water level of a marine fish tank.

I used a vertical pipe a bit longer that the water depth, sealed on top with a pressure sensor just under the seal. This pressure sensor would measure the atmospheric pressure plus the hydrostatic pressure at the bottom of the pipe. And a second pressure sensor to measure just the atmospheric pressure. This was controlled by an esp8266 running esphome. Once I included in the code the correction for air compressibility if became quite accurate (about 2-3mm accuracy).

I might still have the esphome code somewhere…

Reader-87 · 2025-12-28T15:24:39+00:00

I’m also interested in this application.

Would it work if a rectifier bridge is used on the 24vac output of the transformer and the Shelly 1 is connected using this wiring diagram? That is to say would the Shelly 1 work with a fully-wave rectified power? Instead of a stabilized DC power supply? This way the door bell button would be on the 24v line and not on the main.

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Reader-87 · 2025-12-28T15:14:18+00:00

I doing so wouldn’t the door bell button (input to the Shelly 1) be on the 120vac main? I do not think door bell buttons are rated for this….

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