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    CircuitBored commented on irdc's profile post.
    Classic logic boards are made of dust and optimism.
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    CircuitBored reacted to halkyardo's status with Like Like.
    New hardware project: an adapter to connect an HP logic analyzer directly to the PDS slot of an SE/30. Mostly just built it out of...
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    @Kouzui Sorry that I completely missed your update! I am really thrilled that the pinout works. It seems that, after the better part of...
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    CircuitBored reacted to demik's comment on CircuitBored's profile post with Like Like.
    Well, using the chassis as a heatsink is a good way to avoid increasing the BOM :)
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    CircuitBored reacted to Phipli's comment on CircuitBored's profile post with Like Like.
    Agree with demik. Used to be common to find high power parts thermally coupled to the chassis or case. Weird thing is that it isn't...
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    CircuitBored commented on CircuitBored's profile post.
    @demik @Phipli oh yes, I've seen the chassis used as a heatsink plenty. I've just never seen a component like this just floating...
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    CircuitBored updated their status.
    This is hands-down one of the strangest things I've ever seen in an electronic device. Do we think it's there for ease of replacement or...
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    I'm going to miss that big old thing. That said, I'm glad that it's going back out into the world instead of into a skip.
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    CircuitBored reacted to cheesestraws's status with Wow Wow.
    well this is extremely silly
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    CircuitBored commented on CircuitBored's profile post.
    @Phipli The second computer was a Quicksilver, which I upgraded to dual 1GHz not long after this photo was taken. The eMac can indeed...
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    CircuitBored commented on CircuitBored's profile post.
    @croissantking A 15-inch Studio CRT and a Performa Plus Display. I have found a home for the eMac and potentially the iMac G3 too.
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    Here are my manic scribblings. On the right hand side, the black labels are the ones I ascertained from following traces from the...
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    CircuitBored updated their status.
    I thought this was the coolest setup back in the day. This was right at the tail end of PPC's relevance.
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    CircuitBored updated their status.
    Please, someone save me from my CRTs.
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    This is the clearest photo of my Ti 4600 that I had to hand. Hopefully it's of some small use. I can at least confirm that there should...
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