As for my recent purchases, all stuff related to building my new old tech PC, and improving the home office. A new battery for my ancient yet surprisingly functional UPS, $42. A panel mount voltmeter with battery indicator for $2 to mount in it. The real find was a gaming CPU cooler missing some non critical hardware for $10, because trying to find something for the "big" TDP Xeon's was not going to be cheap. I think I'm going to do double UPS's, don't laugh.
Yep, Mega has way more pins than the UNO: great for building whole synthesizers if you are into that kind of thing. Of course, there's a lot more you can do with it.
Nice.
My Granddad had a typewriter & stationary shop and did repairs until his retirement sometime in the 1970s.
Methinks he couldn't have timed it better with the coming of word processors followed by those pc things.
He had a selection of old machines in the back of his shop but the only machine we kept was a portable Olivetti, probably 1960s.
My Granddad had a typewriter & stationary shop and did repairs until his retirement sometime in the 1970s.
Methinks he couldn't have timed it better with the coming of word processors followed by those pc things.
He had a selection of old machines in the back of his shop but the only machine we kept was a portable Olivetti, probably 1960s.
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I learned to type on one of those back before they invented electricity. I became most familiar with the beast. A few years ago I had a 'go' on a manual typewriter and was shocked at the significant force needed to strike a key compared with a modern electronic keyboard that we've all got used to using.
A long vorgotten inventor, Peter Mitterhofer, a carpenter from south tyrol (nowdays part of northern italy) went by foot, hundreds of km all the way to vienna, to present his typewriter (mostly made of wood) to the emporer of the monarchy of austria and hungaria. He got recognition but the value of his invention was not properly foreseen. He refined his typewriter several times. Some went into museums but non of them went into production. Around 1870 he had to give up on the typewriter. He went back to work on his other inventions, washingmachine a.s.o. My grandmother, born 1878, told me about him when i was a kid
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I think all these works of art that were taken for granted back then should be preserved since they will never
be made again
Cant imagine someone throwing one of these away
A very nice Technics SL-6 for next to nothing. Needs a recap but otherwise in excellent shape for its age.
Even after 30+ years of obsolescence, typewriters are a glut on the "market".
Here's the first of two orphans who showed-up on our doorstep:
This is in "eh" condition. Nothing is missing, but it's all gummy-dust and hard rubber.
We got an electric Olympia which was near top of the heap in Europe; and has the best keycaps I have ever seen. Took a while to work the dust from the pivots, and it should be cleaned again, but we did the holiday notes on it.
At the very least, you want to keep one of those big old boys handy just in case you're ever held hostage by a crazy woman in a remote location. Finish that novel, or else!
Jeebus McCreebus! The “hobbling” scene in that movie left me speechless.
Somewhere I have one of those little miniature jobs from the late ‘20s, the kind without a dedicated number row (you have to ‘shift’ for numerals). It has a pretty light touch; maybe it’ll help me get that novel out sooner!
“It was a dark and stormy night…”
Somewhere I have one of those little miniature jobs from the late ‘20s, the kind without a dedicated number row (you have to ‘shift’ for numerals). It has a pretty light touch; maybe it’ll help me get that novel out sooner!
“It was a dark and stormy night…”
Will be making a parts list (finally). Officially on vacation so i have some time to finalise the list.
I have recently returned from the jotth of france with a good selection beers and wine for NYE. The creme de cacao (white+brown) that will become chocolate martinis.
I have recently returned from the jotth of france with a good selection beers and wine for NYE. The creme de cacao (white+brown) that will become chocolate martinis.