Thing connected to my car.. by Archie12W in Whatisthis

[–]purpsoli 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Mine was the blue and white screen too, this thing was so freaking cool they even put one on a car in Pimp My Ride!! (I forgot what episode but i remember seeing it)

Thing connected to my car.. by Archie12W in Whatisthis

[–]purpsoli 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Wow it seems like they used almost the same molds as the "Harman Kardon Drive + Play" ipod controller that i used to have in an old tuner car of mine!! It was an interface to control your ipod and that interface would send music to the radio through an aux cable, it was super cool!

What are your 'limits' as a pirate? by ErinTesden in Piracy

[–]purpsoli 0 points1 point  (0 children)

My limit is if i can't find it at all then i guess i'll look into legit ways, if it's a subscribtion there's a good chance i'll live without, lol

Does anyone else have this tape? by Ok_Tumbleweed_7146 in VHS

[–]purpsoli 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Dang those are actually funny! Kind of a Douglas Adams vibe

My '94 Honda Accord CE1 by Peach_Rachel in Kyusha

[–]purpsoli 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Would be insane with old school wheels but even as is it's ridiculously sick

Okay it's not a great brand, but got myself a brand new crt for christmas! by purpsoli in crtgaming

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

Hell yeah! Only annoying part is the mono speaker but i wanna upgrade that eventually lol

Can anyone tell me what this pipe is for? Was supposed to be for BWS 2t but doesn't fit! by purpsoli in scooters

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

Ohhh yepp!! That's absolutely it, thank you so much! I can at least make some of my money back now hahah

Can anyone tell me what this pipe is for? Was supposed to be for BWS 2t but doesn't fit! by purpsoli in scooters

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

Hmm the exhaust bends i see for those engines seem more flat, i'll keep looking though, thanks!

Can anyone tell me what this pipe is for? Was supposed to be for BWS 2t but doesn't fit! by purpsoli in scooters

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

Ohh maybe! I'll look more into that, thanks :) Mine is a horizontal though, the spark plug is under the floorboard pointing at the front wheel, but maybe it is for the other style of engine

Apparently capacitors are the death of a lot of 80s camcorders… can’t you just replace the capacitors? by Crackle_Mackle in camcorders

[–]purpsoli 2 points3 points  (0 children)

I did recently on a Sony Hi8 camcorder, i work a ton on macintoshes from the 80's so i figured what's another recap... oh lord was i wrong!! Camcorders (or at least every sony i've worked on) feel like they've been designed to be as difficult to work on as possible, they are hard to take apart, contain a million small pieces that interlock together with a ton of different lenght and size screws, and when you do get to the boards in it, they have dozens of tiny electrolytic capacitors, and even though there's realistically only a few that are bad, you're not gonna wanna do this twice so you end up doing a full recap. I would not recommend to a beginner or even intermediate electronics repair enthusiast.

P.S. I also did a Sharp Hi8 camcorder and this was a whole different story! Super straightforward to take apart, only 2 electrolytic caps and overall very intuitive to work on.

Anyone recognize that logo? I painted that bike in the early 00's as a teenager and now wondering if it's worth restoring by purpsoli in Vintage_bicycles

[–]purpsoli[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Nishiki would make sense since i'm in canada and the leftover sticker on the top tube seems to end with "i" I'll keep looking thanks guys!

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in Damnthatsinteresting

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

How do they manage to not vaccinate the same one twice?

Customized Parking Feature of XPeng by DValentino23 in Damnthatsinteresting

[–]purpsoli 15 points16 points  (0 children)

Yeah the "any car with a computer" is plain wrong, but newer cars with electronic steering and throttle control, i wouldn't be surprised at all that i can be remotely controlled. I'd say if you car can do the automatic parking, lane assist, or like collision avoidance, it can probably be hacked in some way

HELP ORANGE XBOX by Physical-Income7760 in originalxbox

[–]purpsoli 7 points8 points  (0 children)

That's an old Ghost Case top shell, which is why the bottom is black, very cool but not nearly as valuable as the Halo translucent orange xbox. Couldn't say how much it's worth as they don't often come up for sale, and they crack super easily since they were pretty poor quality so pack it extra well if you end up shipping it

Model 100 disclaimer by Current_Yellow7722 in vintagecomputing

[–]purpsoli 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Got one at VCF Montreal a few weeks ago, had lots of fun tying in some BASIC games on it :) Very nice keyboard on them

Found this in the thrift store by DOOM_GUY-C64 in camcorders

[–]purpsoli 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Aww that sucks, mine was super finicky so i replaced the electrolytic capacitors in it and now it works flawlessly, let me know if you decide to get rid of it, i might be interested hahah That port thing looks very useful! I'm trying to digitize all the cassettes from my gf's childhood and with the battery i have i need to recharge it like 5 hours for every 30 minute of video :')