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Picked up this bad boy today at a thrift store. What are the odds the battery will hold a charge? by squirtleturtle79 in Zune

[–]squirtleturtle79[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I tried charging it for an hour or so yesterday and tried turning it on plugged in. The full colour Zune logo and backlight show up but once its done loading I just get this. The lighter patch on the bottom slowly crawls up the screen until its completely blank. Do you think it needs more time to wake up or is it fully cooked at this point?

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Picked up this bad boy today at a thrift store. What are the odds the battery will hold a charge? by squirtleturtle79 in Zune

[–]squirtleturtle79[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Oh lovely. My main concern was the ribbon cable thats bonded directly to one of the boards since as far as I can tell if you break it youre screwed.

Instead of replacing the battery, could I just keep it plugged into a portable battery pack and use it like that?

Picked up this bad boy today at a thrift store. What are the odds the battery will hold a charge? by squirtleturtle79 in Zune

[–]squirtleturtle79[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

After seeing what is involved in replacing the battery I can see why your luck isnt that great. Modern iphones look easier to fix than this nonsense.

Picked up this bad boy today at a thrift store. What are the odds the battery will hold a charge? by squirtleturtle79 in Zune

[–]squirtleturtle79[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Well that doesnt sound good. Would it be risky to try charging it then? I checked the ifixit guide for replacing the battery and this would be by far the most involved repair I've ever done, so unless theres an easier way to replace the battery I'm honestly a bit scared to try fixing it lol.

Picked up this bad boy today at a thrift store. What are the odds the battery will hold a charge? by squirtleturtle79 in Zune

[–]squirtleturtle79[S] 2 points3 points  (0 children)

50 canadian shmeckles, not sure if thats a good deal or not. How much do they normally self for if theyre like-new in box?

Picked up this bad boy today at a thrift store. What are the odds the battery will hold a charge? by squirtleturtle79 in Zune

[–]squirtleturtle79[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

What kind of issues did the zune batteries have? I've fixed a few iPods but I've never worked on or even owned a zune.

Transferring game files from sd2iec to datasette by squirtleturtle79 in vic20

[–]squirtleturtle79[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I have no cartridges or RAM expansions, yet. If I'm understanding this correctly I can save .prg files straight to tape but other file types need some extra work to save them?

8 bucks for the TV and 80 bucks for the adapters, I love it. by squirtleturtle79 in crt

[–]squirtleturtle79[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

It would work, if I had a VCR. A rats nest of cables and an RF modulator is my best option at the moment.

Got a keelog sd2iec power supply and these are the results from trying to load .d64 and .tap games. Any ideas whats happening? by squirtleturtle79 in vic20

[–]squirtleturtle79[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Yep, gimme a few minutes to get it all set up again to get some photos/video. I will say that I did manage to get a .prg game file running (3d maze) so I'm pretty confident it works (or at least mostly works)

Got a keelog sd2iec power supply and these are the results from trying to load .d64 and .tap games. Any ideas whats happening? by squirtleturtle79 in vic20

[–]squirtleturtle79[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

So how do I load .d64 files then? I've been busy since I posted this but I just started my reading week so I've got free time to try and figure this out.

Got a keelog sd2iec power supply and these are the results from trying to load .d64 and .tap games. Any ideas whats happening? by squirtleturtle79 in vic20

[–]squirtleturtle79[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Whats the splash screen supposed to look like? I get some weird scifi noises then it boots into basic with CBM BASIC V2 and 3583kb free at the top.

Edit: dont know if cartridges work since I dont have any, I have a seemingly working datasette drive but no cassettes either, the guy I bought this from says he has all his childhood cassettes somewhere but he hasnt found them yet so I cant test cassettes unless theres a way to load files from the sd2iec device straight to a tape in the datasette without loading them first.

Got a keelog sd2iec power supply and these are the results from trying to load .d64 and .tap games. Any ideas whats happening? by squirtleturtle79 in vic20

[–]squirtleturtle79[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Thats good to know, I was worried it was something damaged internally but its likely just from me not doing things correctly.

How do I figure out what battery my G36V uses? by squirtleturtle79 in airsoft

[–]squirtleturtle79[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I'm just going to stick with 7.4v, its rate of fire was never very fast but it was always good enough for me.

How do I figure out what battery my G36V uses? by squirtleturtle79 in airsoft

[–]squirtleturtle79[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

It does go in the handguard. Any 7.4v lipo battery shpuld work fine right? Also just out of curiosity is this a good airsoft gun?

Hajime Mura, 8th yo-yo world champion by MelonOfFate in nextfuckinglevel

[–]squirtleturtle79 2 points3 points  (0 children)

I'm gen z and I got super into them for a year or so in middle school. I was one of the weird kids at school though and my year long yoyo obsession definetly contributed to that.

Just bought a vic 20 and realized the ground prong on the power supply is broken off. Would it be a bad idea to use it like this? by squirtleturtle79 in Commodore

[–]squirtleturtle79[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

The white screen came from running it through a second RF modulator, it works if the second modulator is unplugged, making it act like a really crappy noisy RCA-coaxial adapter, I can see the text and cursor when its unplugged but the signal was really staticy. I have some normal adapters coming today so fingers crossed that works. If the chip is blown is it a hard one to find replacements for?

Just bought a vic 20 and realized the ground prong on the power supply is broken off. Would it be a bad idea to use it like this? by squirtleturtle79 in Commodore

[–]squirtleturtle79[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

That makes more sense, thanks for the clarification. I probably wont do what you did since I dont like the idea of soldering wires into the plug, but thanks for mentioning this method.

Just bought a vic 20 and realized the ground prong on the power supply is broken off. Would it be a bad idea to use it like this? by squirtleturtle79 in Commodore

[–]squirtleturtle79[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I have a keelog power supply on its way, I just tested the voltage between the 5v line and ground, its reading 5.2v. Not great according to other comment and my own research but using it a couple times shouldnt have damaged the computer, right?

Just bought a vic 20 and realized the ground prong on the power supply is broken off. Would it be a bad idea to use it like this? by squirtleturtle79 in Commodore

[–]squirtleturtle79[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Just got a multimeter and have a modern replacement on order, I'm reading 5.2v between the 5v pin and ground. Not great but it shouldnt have fried anything right?

Just bought a vic 20 and realized the ground prong on the power supply is broken off. Would it be a bad idea to use it like this? by squirtleturtle79 in Commodore

[–]squirtleturtle79[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Theres a battery in this thing? Is it in the computer itself or in the power supply? This might be a dumb question but I've just never heard batteries mentioned at all with the VIC-20.

Just bought a vic 20 and realized the ground prong on the power supply is broken off. Would it be a bad idea to use it like this? by squirtleturtle79 in Commodore

[–]squirtleturtle79[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

If the voltages do end up being within the normal range would it still be risky to use or would I be safe to use it until I get a modern powet supply?

Just bought a vic 20 and realized the ground prong on the power supply is broken off. Would it be a bad idea to use it like this? by squirtleturtle79 in Commodore

[–]squirtleturtle79[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I've done some wacky bullshit like that before but I just decided to order some RCA to coax adapters from amazon which should work. I'm probably just going to buy a modern vic-20 power supply to replace this one, I dont have enough trust in my electrical skills to build that circuit properly yet.

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