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I assumed that the Commodore 1581 was failing because of a bad WD1772 IC (as documented in Part I). So I ordered a WD1772 replacement and the IC socket, I developed some basic desoldering skills, watched some desoldering videos, and also got a cheap desoldering iron from Radio Shack: So, I removed the board from the Commodore 1581 and started to desolder the IC. To my surprise, the $11-buck desolder iron worked pretty well. I was able to remove all the solder from the pins in a few minutes.
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Big Mess Of Wires (BMOW) produces a most-excellent Floppy Emu for various vintage Apple hardware.On the Apple IIgs, amongs others, it can emulate a SmartDisk hard drive but to be able to boot from those disk images on the IIgs, you need the Daisy Chainer.More info athttps://www.bigmessowires.com/shop/product/daisy-chainer/ Unlike Floppy Emu however, this controller board does not have an enclosure, leaving you with electronics open in the air. Furthermore, the absence of support can cause a strain on the...
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Recently I've gotten into a little synthwave electronic music, listening in the evenings to enjoy a nice drifty, nostalgic vibe. I've got Hue color lighting
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Charles Baudelaire by Étienne Carjat, 1863Wikimedia Charles Baudelaire, born in Paris in 1821, is best known for Fleurs du Mal, a thrilling and controversial poetry collection that led to him being prosecuted when published in 1857. Sadly, his life was riddled with personal and financial struggles, and when he wrote this entry in his journal,...
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