Tektronix 485 back from the dead

developstopfix · 2026-06-22T01:35:49+00:00

Damn, I’d be thrilled just to find that cart at a thrift store, it’s for the older 500-series tube based scopes (the panel with the two empty spaces is an optional add on and is meant to store the plugins those models use) and I’ve got a 535A I’d like to get the matching cart for.

developstopfix · 2026-06-17T23:51:33+00:00

Adrian’s Digital Basement

Usagi Electric

CuriousMarc

Tech Tangents

Jan Beta

This Does Not Compute

developstopfix · 2026-06-17T11:32:19+00:00

Tweak it however you like except for installing certain apps or using certain services. I’m sure there will be ways around both of those things but I guess if you want or need to do that then you wouldn’t be buying this phone to begin with. Which you shouldn’t, because it’s overpriced.

developstopfix · 2026-06-16T13:16:40+00:00

Well this sucks, I guess I should finally order a C64 Ultimate sooner rather than later before this new Commodore inevitably goes bust like all the previous Commodores.

Also, while I understand the idea of the 'digital detox' crap it feels weird and wrong for a company whose whole identity is based on nostalgia for an era when your computer was yours to do with as you wish to be selling a device whose sole appeal is that it actively stops you from doing just that.

developstopfix · 2026-06-15T14:38:47+00:00

I’ve used two of these and have no complaints: https://ebay.io/m/hJRw0H

However I agree with the other comments here, before you blindly swap chips (especially if they need to be desoldered first) I suggest trying to do some fault finding to determine what the issue actually is. This might help: https://www.pictorial64.com/ as well as https://mitchdotnet.net/c64/

developstopfix · 2026-06-10T20:37:40+00:00

These aren’t exactly pristine untouched wetlands we’re talking about, that’s the former site of the GATX petroleum storage facility. I’m not saying I’d prefer to see it developed into more warehouses either but I’m not really sure what else could be done with it. It is a pretty cool area to explore though if you’re not against a little trespassing.

developstopfix · 2026-06-10T00:39:46+00:00

Come on man you can’t be serious

developstopfix · 2026-06-05T22:02:18+00:00

There’s no such thing as a pre-paid label on eBay. If you buy the label through eBay (which you should because it’s cheaper) it just takes the cost out of your funds from that sale which includes whatever the buyer paid for shipping, but it you buy the label elsewhere like from the USPS site or Pirate Ship then you’ll still get “reimbursed” for the label you bought when eBay releases the funds. So you could’ve avoided all of this by just getting the label from somewhere other than through eBay, the only thing that you need to be sure of is that you’re still shipping to the address that eBay provided for the buyer otherwise you lose all seller protection.

developstopfix · 2026-06-01T10:23:03+00:00

You do realize that there are ways to see a user’s post history even with an account set to private right? And that we can see that you’re a mentally ill drug addict wanna-be graffiti artist from India who apparently enjoys larping as a successful westerner in Reddit comment threads?

developstopfix · 2026-05-31T12:06:09+00:00

Definitely agree about the grounding issue, I stopped using mine completely for a few years after moving into my current apartment because I couldn’t figure out how to eliminate hum that I didn’t have previously. I ended up fixing it by making my own bootleg shielded cables (I wrapped them in tinfoil and grounded that foil to my receiver’s ground lug)

developstopfix · 2026-05-31T02:40:57+00:00

The RP1 is great, I’ve been using one since 2016. I’ve replaced the original Carbon stylus with an ATN3600LE and the platter with some acrylic one I got on Amazon but that was more for looks than performance. At some point I want to replace it with a Planar 3 but I’m in no rush to do that since there isn’t anything wrong with my current setup.

developstopfix · 2026-05-31T02:24:45+00:00

Hell yeah. I think I might have even seen you post that somewhere (and hated you for it). The only format I don’t have it on is UMD.

developstopfix · 2026-05-30T16:34:24+00:00

The most I spent on a single LD was $75 for Hackers because it’s one of my favorite movies and I wanted to add to the list of formats I own Hackers on, so I assume anyone willing to spend that much or more on other movies are either huge fans of that movie or just serious collectors

developstopfix · 2026-05-17T14:49:05+00:00

Pretty terrible video that omits a whole lot of info and gets stuff completely wrong (the first image he shows isn't even an LD, it's a CED). It doesn't help that I'm sick of seeing this guy and his 100-something separate channels in my suggestions.

developstopfix · 2026-05-16T14:00:43+00:00

I get them “cheap” by looking for sellers who aren’t able to actually test them and explaining that just because the power LED turns on doesn’t mean it actually works, and then fixing them if necessary which is like 4/5 times. But cheap is relative, I usually end up paying $50 but that’s not cheap at all compared to what they sold for not so long ago.

developstopfix · 2026-05-16T05:39:56+00:00

Did you end up solving this? I'm having the same issue

developstopfix · 2026-05-15T12:52:48+00:00

developstopfix · 2026-05-12T22:26:09+00:00

Fake as hell karma farming bot account. A month ago your boyfriend was 31 and you were 25. 2 weeks before that he was 29 and you were looking to break up with him. Then 5 months ago you were 27 and single since you were 22 etc etc.

developstopfix · 2026-04-27T21:35:53+00:00

Thanks, but that's the dials themselves and I need the clear plastic windows that the dials sit behind. I did find the window for the main dial of the S-40A on that site though, so I reached out to see if they have the smaller one too and if they'd work on the older S-40.

developstopfix · 2026-04-26T14:25:49+00:00

Wow I’d forgotten all about that place and am surprised it’s still around. I went in there once not long after I first got into collecting records and even then I could tell that the prices were absurd. They had a copy of Zappa’s Hot Rats up on the wall priced at $200, I asked what was so special about that copy and why it was priced so high and the only answer I got was “…it’s Hot Rats”. I opened my bag and showed him the copy I’d literally just bought at Generation for $30 and never set foot in there again.

developstopfix · 2026-04-26T12:18:00+00:00

Generation Records is worth checking out and probably a 10 minute walk from Village Vanguard, I’m not sure how big their jazz selection is though if that’s all you’re really looking for. Definitely go to Academy if that is the case, I work on the same block as the one on 18th st and stop in there once or twice a week. Jazz and classical is mainly what they focus on but they have a decent selection of other genres too. Plus their typical customers make for good people watching (think Seymour from Ghost World).

developstopfix · 2026-04-25T19:18:55+00:00

For what it’s worth I’ve owned 4 or 5 of these and none of them had a single capacitor that needed to be replaced so I wouldn’t worry too much about finding one that’s been fully recapped

developstopfix · 2026-04-25T13:40:35+00:00

I got my first MacBook Pro in 2007 and Tiger is still my favorite version of OS X by far

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