I know I'm tempting fate... but today's fun will involve both cameras fully dismantled at the same time in hopes of piecing together one working optical assembly. After I get some coffee and eggs in me I'll tackle the one with the inner objective rattling around loose inside the lens...Tempting fate, Murphy and that little voice (which you usually try to ignore) is silent ... except for some quiet, nervous whimpering. See you on the other side!
Oooooops. Bought a Nakamichi 680 by mistake ...
If you've ever tried adjusting convergence on an old school CRT colour TV, you will know the definition of "iterative insanity"!
I have. That is exactly the kind of experience I'm talking about. You over-tweak one just too far and you're back at the beginning.
BWAHAHAHAHAHA!!!
You simply have not lived until you'vedonesurvived the unholy convergence rituals necessary on a old Pioneer or Hitachi CRT projection set with analog panel.
mnem
*speaks soothingly to the PTSD dwagon juddering in the deepest recesses of the tinkerdwagon's memories*
"there, there.... it's okay.... we'll never, ever have to do that again... we promise..."
Has anyone else seen Daves new video? He is going to be restoring his Sinclair C5 in memory of Sir Clive Sinclair and Dave also said that he made consumer electronics affordable to the masses by building down to a price point and his pocket calculator was just 20% of the price of its comparable HP35, reaffirming my points about him making them affordable and even in some cases achieving what HP said was impossible. Anyway, watch the video, he makes many valid points and so many today owe a lot to Sinclairs products for inspiring them into getting them into the industry.
Oooooops. Bought a Nakamichi 680 by mistake ...
That's an expensive "mistake". I just looked a typical prices.
Oooooops. Bought a Nakamichi 680 by mistake ...
Quote from: Wikipedia Article on Irn-Bru
Overview
Irn-Bru is known for its bright orange colour and unique flavour.[2] As of 1999 it contained 0.002% of ammonium ferric citrate, sugar, 32 flavouring agents including caffeine and quinine (but not in Australia), and two controversial colourings (Sunset Yellow FCF E110 and Ponceau 4R E124). On 27 January 2010, soft-drink manufacturer A.G. Barr agreed to a Food Standards Agency voluntary ban on these two colourings although no date was set for their replacement.[3] After lobbying by First Minister of Scotland Alex Salmond, a proposed restriction of Sunset Yellow to 10 mg/litre was eased to 20 mg/litre in 2011 – the same amount present in Irn-Bru.[4] As of August 2021, Irn-Bru still contains these colourings.[5]
I find this beverage highly suspect. Might be good mixed with Tito's, tho.
*makes mental note to add said toxic ichor to his next recreational beverage shopping list*
mnem
Oooooops. Bought a Nakamichi 680 by mistake ...
Has anyone else seen Daves new video? He is going to be restoring his Sinclair C5 in memory of Sir Clive Sinclair and Dave also said that he made consumer electronics affordable to the masses by building down to a price point and his pocket calculator was just 20% of the price of its comparable HP35, reaffirming my points about him making them affordable and even in some cases achieving what HP said was impossible. Anyway, watch the video, he makes many valid points and so many today owe a lot to Sinclairs products for inspiring them into getting them into the industry.
Has anyone else seen Daves new video? He is going to be restoring his Sinclair C5 in memory of Sir Clive Sinclair and Dave also said that he made consumer electronics affordable to the masses by building down to a price point and his pocket calculator was just 20% of the price of its comparable HP35, reaffirming my points about him making them affordable and even in some cases achieving what HP said was impossible. Anyway, watch the video, he makes many valid points and so many today owe a lot to Sinclairs products for inspiring them into getting them into the industry.
Has anyone else seen Daves new video? He is going to be restoring his Sinclair C5 in memory of Sir Clive Sinclair and Dave also said that he made consumer electronics affordable to the masses by building down to a price point and his pocket calculator was just 20% of the price of its comparable HP35, reaffirming my points about him making them affordable and even in some cases achieving what HP said was impossible. Anyway, watch the video, he makes many valid points and so many today owe a lot to Sinclairs products for inspiring them into getting them into the industry.
Hmm, Jeremy Clarkson is looking very different in this video....
OMFG... speaking as a seasoned go-kart/dune-buggy/scooter aficionado... the design of that thing is pure shite. I mean, I figured it wouldn't be great, given the limitations of the body design... but fucking wow...!!!
That thing is a deathtrap all by itself going down a empty street, much less sharing the roads with actual roadworthy vehicles. Fuck, it wouldn't even make a good speed-bump; might slow down a Fiat 500.
This is Power Wheels level of shite-ness.
Truly beyond horrible. Motherfucker should've been prosecuted for marketing that as a road vehicle. Wait... was he...?
mnem
I don't know what the modern ones are like, but the old one I picked up (and flipped) had far too many skeleton pots for my comfort.
Quite. Trimpots are the work of the devil. I go out of my way when designing things to design out the need for them. Electronic, closed case, calibration/alignment is the only way to go to keep your sanity. I've worked on too many things where tweaking pot A alters the thing you have to trim with pot B, and tweaking pot B alters the thing you have to trim with pot A. That kind of iterative insanity is what computers where made for.
If you've ever tried adjusting convergence on an old school CRT colour TV, you will know the definition of "iterative insanity"!
I have. That is exactly the kind of experience I'm talking about. You over-tweak one just too far and you're back at the beginning.
BWAHAHAHAHAHA!!!
You simply have not lived until you'vedonesurvived the unholy convergence rituals necessary on a old Pioneer or Hitachi CRT projection set with analog panel.
mnem
*speaks soothingly to the PTSD dwagon juddering in the deepest recesses of the tinkerdwagon's memories*
"there, there.... it's okay.... we'll never, ever have to do that again... we promise..."
Going back to my point about cheapness. The market is full of people who buy something shit because it’s cheap, then have to replace it fairly quickly with the thing they should have bought to start with. Sinclair had the unique position on this.
Anyway got to be honest here. The company I currently work for may not have existed without Sinclair. But that’s a very long causality chain
I don't know what the modern ones are like, but the old one I picked up (and flipped) had far too many skeleton pots for my comfort.
Quite. Trimpots are the work of the devil. I go out of my way when designing things to design out the need for them. Electronic, closed case, calibration/alignment is the only way to go to keep your sanity. I've worked on too many things where tweaking pot A alters the thing you have to trim with pot B, and tweaking pot B alters the thing you have to trim with pot A. That kind of iterative insanity is what computers where made for.
I have a 3-tube video projector in need for alignment against a sloped screen. You on?
(just kidding, I've way too many experiences with them to ever consider that particular kind of horrible..)
I heard there are vegetarian and even vegan human beings ! It's just a rumor though, never seen one in real life so far.
So, why couldn't there be vegan Dwagons as well ?! It ought to be possible, at least in theory.
Do note that the French definition of "Vegetarian" is someone who'd happily eat chicken and fish. Happened to friends who are North European vegetarians..
I eat everything. And I probably should, but a little less. Breakfast sandwich:
- 2 slices sourdough bread, toasted (they're a few days old, and while this bread keeps wonderfully, it was time to start toasting
- Butter
- Thin slice of smoked ham
- Dijon mustard (Bornier, the best!)
- Lidl sauerkraut
Has anyone else seen Daves new video? He is going to be restoring his Sinclair C5 in memory of Sir Clive Sinclair and Dave also said that he made consumer electronics affordable to the masses by building down to a price point and his pocket calculator was just 20% of the price of its comparable HP35, reaffirming my points about him making them affordable and even in some cases achieving what HP said was impossible. Anyway, watch the video, he makes many valid points and so many today owe a lot to Sinclairs products for inspiring them into getting them into the industry.
OMFG... speaking as a seasoned go-kart/dune-buggy/scooter aficionado... the design of that thing is pure shite. I mean, I figured it wouldn't be great, given the limitations of the body design... but fucking wow...!!!
That thing is a deathtrap all by itself going down a empty street, much less sharing the roads with actual roadworthy vehicles. Fuck, it wouldn't even make a good speed-bump; might slow down a Fiat 500.
This is Power Wheels level of shite-ness.
Truly beyond horrible. Motherfucker should've been prosecuted for marketing that as a road vehicle. Wait... was he...?
mnem
If you've ever tried adjusting convergence on an old school CRT colour TV, you will know the definition of "iterative insanity"!
I have. That is exactly the kind of experience I'm talking about. You over-tweak one just too far and you're back at the beginning.
BWAHAHAHAHAHA!!!
You simply have not lived until you'vedonesurvived the unholy convergence rituals necessary on a old Pioneer or Hitachi CRT projection set with analog panel.
mnem
*speaks soothingly to the PTSD dwagon juddering in the deepest recesses of the tinkerdwagon's memories*
"there, there.... it's okay.... we'll never, ever have to do that again... we promise..."
At least those are all low power. In a typical british valve colour TV the perset carried signficant power. Smoe were wirewound. Most ran hot. Often th platis would break as soon as you touched it and a cooked preset would jump al over the place...
This calls for a 500 grams recalibration...