Also, when selling hardware it really helps up the value if you include spare parts. So whether you keep or sell, the spares offer a benefit.
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Yes and I enjoy the processes and challenges involved with the problem solving - it's fun, stimulating and encourages me to think creatively and critically.
I agree, but the original board is fine. I just like having spares, so if/when things go awry I already have all the resources I need. It's a military thing I can't escape.
For me, it's a common sense thing.
If you enjoy using something then you should invest in the materials that will allow you to continue using it over the years.
For me, it's a common sense thing.
Exactly.
Got myself an Apple watch for £5...
At least I think it is
Cheers
Hugh
At least I think it is
Cheers
Hugh
Has anyone seen Quad G5 go for decent prices on ebay? All I've seen is ridiculous pricing (which never seem to sell, of course.)
I've seen local pickup only ones at good prices - one recently with Apple monitor at under £40.
iPod + Bluetooth A2DP transmitter + Xiaomi earbuds == wireless music heaven - or it would be if the volume weren't stuck at maximum due to tapping into the line-out...
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Latest acquisition, which conveniently already came with a new battery and a nice big SD card (flash) upgrade. I love that colour!
I have a white 4th-gen 20GB iPod coming any day and plan to replace its HDD with a CompactFlash card (no SD as apparently Rockbox can have issues with those and I plan to run Rockbox on it) as well as putting in a new battery.
EDIT: And besides, the iPod mini is thin - at least compared to the ridiculously fat 1st and 2nd gen white iPods
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I have a white 4th-gen 20GB iPod coming any day and plan to replace its HDD with a CompactFlash card (no SD as apparently Rockbox can have issues with those and I plan to run Rockbox on it) as well as putting in a new battery.
EDIT: And besides, the iPod mini is thin - at least compared to the ridiculously fat 1st and 2nd gen white iPods
My fav iPod is the white 3rd gen with the red LEDs and my fav nano is the black 1st gen.
I need to replace batteries on both.
I want to get my hands on a 3rd-gen too because of these red glowing "buttons". I've noticed they can get pricey though, more so than the 4th-gen.
I have a white 1st-gen nano too and love it, it looks just like it should - a shrunken "normal" iPod.
I also have a 3rd-gen nano (was a gift) but hate both the design and the UI.
Lol there is a 1st gen iPod “rare” on Etsy right now for $2999.
I kind of have a slight soft spot for the 2nd gen nano because I could get one in hot titty pink Which is my wife’s favorite color & subsequently I bought that model in that color for her that year. It’s around here somewhere but like most folks, she uses her iPhone nowadays for portable tunes.
Jeez back then I think she was rocking a HTP razr so had both in her purse.
I kind of have a slight soft spot for the 2nd gen nano because I could get one in hot titty pink Which is my wife’s favorite color & subsequently I bought that model in that color for her that year. It’s around here somewhere but like most folks, she uses her iPhone nowadays for portable tunes.
Jeez back then I think she was rocking a HTP razr so had both in her purse.
Don't know if I'd call it a bargain, but I recently got everything together for this setup from eBay.
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DEC AlphaStation 250 4/266
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Nice setup. Love that monitor. I have the perfect era correct beige serial trackball. Would crush on that set up
I don't know, where this picture was maid. But the Wolf on cup is well-known character from soviet cartoon series, "Ну, погоди" ("wait for it"... in English). Pictures of sailors on the wall - looks like they were taken from some soviet newspaper, too...
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It is indeed a Ну, погоди! coffee mug. I've always liked that cartoon and a friend bought that for me. The newspaper clipping is a local newspaper article from 1942 showing my grandfather, his brothers, and several of his cousins as they all joined the US Navy and went off to war.
Wow just scored a graphite PMG4 for free. Am picking it up tonight.
We ended up meeting today since Friday night pizza & Mandalorian with my proto humans ran late. The graphite came with a QS, speakers, two keyboards & a 17” ADC Cinema Display. He has a MDD that I will pick up next week.Wow just scored a graphite PMG4 for free. Am picking it up tonight.
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