daily affirmations
@eloy so, are you taking part in the challenge? my battlestation for WHY2025 just came in the mail

@eloy TODO:

  • new disk, possibly solid state (turns out the rattle noise was NOT normal)
  • recell the battery with new 18650’s
  • maybe upgrade ram? seller said it had 24MB, it actually has 96MB  but i think it can go to 128
  • mod! mod! mod! i want this thing to have silly shit inside
  • era-inappropriate ricing
@domi NICE.
@domi uh yes but I should start preparing
@domi hmmmm, what to choose...
@eloy you know. i should make a display like this. my laptops are usually in boxes, not displayed nicely… and i have SPACE now!
@domi yep I was really happy being able to do this kind of stuff when I finally had the space for it
@domi National Chromebook Museum
@eloy you’d be surprised how many classic thinkpads I have! high double digits
@domi @eloy Sounds like a big project if you want to display them all.
@DerMolly @eloy not necessarily all; also i’m not sure if i want to keep them open, i definitely want them to be easily accessible to play with tho
@eloy @domi I need to bring my CANON Laptop with integrated Printer to an event sometimes and show you.
@DerMolly @domi that laptop was literally in the above picture xD
@eloy @domi Ah cool. Do you happen to get the printer running?
@DerMolly @domi the screen is quite in a bad shape but it does boot. The printer is not working currently, but it might be just an empty cartridge. I should try it again.
@eloy @domi Iirc it needed a driver and a fresh ink cartridge.
@DerMolly @domi It's running some software from a German insurance company, DEVK.
@eloy @domi My disk got whipped some years ago.
@DerMolly @domi it's a fun disk, does not support LBA. So it does not work with IDE->USB adapters, you need a "real" IDE controller
@eloy @domi I only remember that it was quite tricky to see something on the screen. Took a very precise setting on the contrast and brightness dials
@eloy @domi Oooh baby suns
@lanodan @domi not a full computer tho, it's a SCSI disk enclosure with PSU
@eloy @domi Even the one right on top of the [think]?