Gammitin (Ben) 💾

@Gammitin
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Random Retro Computer Mad Scientist 🥼 💾
Obsolete doesn’t mean dead!
+Cat Enthusiast 🐱
If you're in the UK, I can save your kit from e-waste
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https://linktr.ee/gammitin
LocationEnq: [email protected]
Linkhttps://ko-fi.com/gammitin
Gammitin (Ben) 💾May 26
“Normal service will resume shortly.”
I’m taking a break from social media for a while to focus on offline things - reading books, getting outside, getting back into meditation and refocusing.
If you need to contact me 📨
[email protected]
Currently #AFK but I'll #BRB
Show threadGammitin (Ben) 💾May 23
@nizmow indeed! 😍
Show threadGammitin (Ben) 💾May 23
@vito thanks Vito! 🙏
Show threadGammitin (Ben) 💾May 23
@somatalos if you're recapping something nice:
Rubycon
Nichicon
Show threadGammitin (Ben) 💾May 23
It boots into my BeOS 5 prepped CF card and seems to work well.
It's got some cool things onboard:
Video: S3 ProSavage
LAN: RTL8100BL, with MS-DOS drivers
Audio: Avance ALC201A, again with dos drivers.
Lots to test out!
Show threadGammitin (Ben) 💾May 23
Well that was time well spent, but it'll need a bit of testing. So far so good! 👍
Show threadGammitin (Ben) 💾May 23
Hold on to your butts, let's give it a test! 😬
Show threadGammitin (Ben) 💾May 23
Ok, I'm done.
Caveat: I do not know if the board even works (outside the capacitor issues), but as it's a Tualatin board I want to at least try to bring it back to life. 🤞
Show threadGammitin (Ben) 💾May 23
This capacitor is supposed to be 1500uF, not only is now showing as 482.8uF, look at the Vloss 😬
Show threadGammitin (Ben) 💾May 23
It's been very hot here and the board is now bone dry, so I decided to start the recapping job. I don't have a desoldering station, so I did it the old fashioned way.