Adam Brisebois (YesterGearPC) @yestergearpc@ccrvb.com

@d_j_fitzgerald In my experience, the "bad caps" started with the SE/30 board, and anything for the decade or so after that.

@d_j_fitzgerald I've dealt with quite a few early macs. I currently have two Mac Plus', and two SE's, none of them have required a single cap after many 100's hours of use. Many folks on my discord server run their 128s and 512s without having to replace any caps. That being said, that's only my experience.

Nothing wrong with swapping out anything you feel is suspect, if you have the time and motivation. However if either of those are lacking, I wouldn't worry about it too much :)

@d_j_fitzgerald The only other "preventative maintenance" I do to early macs is swap out the eject gears in the floppy drives. Pretty simple job, and parts are readily available for a few bucks.

@d_j_fitzgerald Sorry for the repost, I still haven't figured out how to enable editing my post on my server lol. I said varta instead of RIFA. My head sometimes confuses explosive devices.

@d_j_fitzgerald Mac 128s very very rarely require recaps. Generally, just snip the RIFA (or replace), swap the PRAM battery, and it's good to go for years.

@d_j_fitzgerald What model Mac?

@Jake_Vig I'm part of the ̶2̶1̶ 18%

@orion3311 Indeed. Picked up an almost complete set of Ryder's TV/Radio manuals and Sam's Photofacts from 1918 -> 1965. Passed them on to a good home who will eventually scan / preserve them.

What day is it? That's right! Recap day!

Tandy 1400LT Power Supply is going to get every cap replaced.

@TechConnectify Thanks for the context. That makes sense. I've never used a gas stove, so never really thought about it honestly. I've heard they're in the news lately but tend to avoid the news outside the retro tech space lol.

@TechConnectify Am I misunderstanding this? You're measuring carbon dioxide levels (not carbon monoxide levels)?

I didn't think higher concentrations of CO2 were dangerous, as long as atmospheric oxygen was greater than 19%

Carbon Monoxide is the silent killer, but High CO2 isn't generally risky unless the O2 levels are being depleted in kind.

I could be wrong, all my knowledge on the subject is from prior confined space work.

@k This is a drill.

@kalleboo That is not a normal microwave sound, correct.

Electrons are going where they should not, in a highly unusual manner.

@NanoRaptor somewhere between a thousand and ten thousand. I'm afraid to actually count.

@roygreenhilt In the tech space, I tend to watch Linus' tech news channel TechLinked, and listen to Gamer's Nexus weekly news, and Level1 Techs podcast.

I avoid politics 100%, and generally receive other news through memes or people talking/posting at work or online, so can't help in those aspects.

@kiwa

@jhoward My favorite is "Discombobulated"

@pinjontall I have one of these! I got armbian running on it and then put it on the shelf lol.

If I could code, then maybe I would join, but I'm not that good lol.