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  1. CircuitBored

    I've heard mixed reports of it being bad solder (early lead-free rubbish) or bad chips. From my...

    I've heard mixed reports of it being bad solder (early lead-free rubbish) or bad chips. From my observations it is more commonly the dual-CPU cards that suffer from this issue so I suspect it's cracked solder from the intense heat that these cards are subject to. In short: the chips need to be...
  2. CircuitBored

    @LaPorta That's a good shout - I shall investigate!

    @LaPorta That's a good shout - I shall investigate!
  3. CircuitBored

    Oh, what fresh hell is this? [ATTACH]

    Oh, what fresh hell is this?
  4. CircuitBored

    @ClassicGuyPhilly That's actually Birmingham Town Hall. It's a stunning building both inside and...

    @ClassicGuyPhilly That's actually Birmingham Town Hall. It's a stunning building both inside and out and has a fascinating history - well worth a read!
  5. CircuitBored

    [ATTACH] Ghostly SE/30

    Ghostly SE/30
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    A colleague just said "it is not softwarically capable of doing it" and this is a turn of phrase...

    A colleague just said "it is not softwarically capable of doing it" and this is a turn of phrase I will definitely be borrowing.
  7. CircuitBored

    Classic logic boards are made of dust and optimism.

    Classic logic boards are made of dust and optimism.
  8. CircuitBored

    Radius Pivot DB-15 to DB-9 pinout?

    @Kouzui Sorry that I completely missed your update! I am really thrilled that the pinout works. It seems that, after the better part of three decades, the elusive DB-15 to DB-9 pinout for the Pivot is finally available online. Fingers crossed that I can one day get my (well, my brother's)...
  9. CircuitBored

    @demik @Phipli oh yes, I've seen the chassis used as a heatsink plenty. I've just never seen a...

    @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, connected only by a block connector! Having given the rest of the unit a once-over it seems like they really had no other place to put it, as the two main control...
  10. CircuitBored

    This is hands-down one of the strangest things I've ever seen in an electronic device. Do we...

    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 because someone said "sod it, put it wherever it fits"? (Sony HVC-3000P)
  11. CircuitBored

    CircuitBored's Overclocked eMac!

    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.
  12. CircuitBored

    @Phipli The second computer was a Quicksilver, which I upgraded to dual 1GHz not long after this...

    @Phipli The second computer was a Quicksilver, which I upgraded to dual 1GHz not long after this photo was taken. The eMac can indeed only mirror its video, sadly.
  13. CircuitBored

    @croissantking A 15-inch Studio CRT and a Performa Plus Display. I have found a home for the...

    @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.
  14. CircuitBored

    Radius Pivot DB-15 to DB-9 pinout?

    Here are my manic scribblings. On the right hand side, the black labels are the ones I ascertained from following traces from the components and the red labels are the normal DB-15 VGA pins. Composite sync was a bit of a mystery, apparently. The shoddy second attempt at a layout diagram is, I...
  15. CircuitBored

    I thought this was the coolest setup back in the day. This was right at the tail end of PPC's...

    I thought this was the coolest setup back in the day. This was right at the tail end of PPC's relevance.
  16. CircuitBored

    Please, someone save me from my CRTs.

    Please, someone save me from my CRTs.
  17. CircuitBored

    Nvidia geforce 4 ti4600 repair

    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 indeed be another TSOP-5 at U817. If needed, I can take some better quality macro photos. The image above was taken in 2015 on a contemporary smartphone.
  18. CircuitBored

    PowerMac G4!

    I was just riffing on a rather obscure joke from Apple's early '00s keynotes. Pretty much every time Steve mentioned that something was made of polycarbonate he would mention bullet proof vests. I think the first time he does it is when unveiling the B&W G3 and the last time he does it is at the...
  19. CircuitBored

    PowerMac G4!

    Jobs would roll in his grave. It's not acrylic, it's polycarbonate. It's the same stuff that bullet proof vests are made of 😝
  20. CircuitBored

    Introducing (and interest check) CircuitTalk: LocalTalk for PowerMac G4

    Great tip, thanks!
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