Here: https://www.eevblog.com/forum/blog/eevblog-411-minipro-tl866-universal-programmer-review/msg3946009/#msg3946009 For those that need to program 21v devices on the TL866II+, you can simply add a 10k resistor between pins 5 and ground (or pins 5 and 4) of U3 via a removable jumper . This is …

Seems flux. But too much to not be cleaned after the work.

A vise seem a better option than the supposed hand tool for the job. Once I tried to crimp a 50P ribbon cable with this tool, and it was a nightmare.

Also beware. Crimp this type of cable by hand is a pain in the ass.

Well, in that case, it's me. Because I do have a lot of broken stuff to fix, and no time to do it. And most of the time the problem is not just some old capacitor or battery. But, that's the main purpose of a forum. A place where we can help each other. And share, and make available to everyone the …

... I get the impression that many people spend more time collecting and working on hardware than playing games. ... That's because old hardware requires a lot of work. You leave them in perfect working order, and the next time you turn them on, they are broken. So, yes, generally it is required …

I see. Thank you. I still have a question on the resistors arrangement. I mean: The RED is the only one with two resistor in parallel so is like to have one 340 ohm resistor to the RED signal. The GREEN is connected in the same way to the GREEN and BLUE, so is present in the same way on both. The …

Gustavo wrote on 2024-01-24, 14:53: ... Eventually, this is the circuit I have come to: ... That's interesting. I don't know much on the subject. Why do you choose this particular resistor arrangement? What's the deal on adapting the CGA signal to VGA?

SSD and CF are not the only options. I do have some SD adapters. I never used them yet, but. SD are cheap, easy to find, and you can always have a dump to rewrite them just in case. The write cycle limits is not a real issue. I mean we are not dealing with servers. We need them for some old PC that …

All the mechanical parts tend to be a problem. If I could I will rid off even the FANs. The mechanical parts are always the most problematic. Floppy, optical drives, HDDs. Every of them need to be maintained over time, cleaned, greased, an they still prone to fail. Even back in the days. I lost the …

Check the PSU fuse.

Younger people is not the problem. Because generally they don't have the money. Maybe there are few with money to spare, and a passion for old stuff, but they are too few to get the price inflated. For what I seen there are two main problems. The middle age people who run into a middle age crisis at …

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The disk mechanics will probably fail earlier. Same on the USB disks. You can always make a dump of the entire disk and rewrite the content to it.

You have to be careful with aluminum heatsink, and other shining object. They reflect light, so, they false the reading of the camera.

Can you return the specific error? Are you in the correct directory while you launch the command?

Have you set the udev rules correctly? To use the original sofware with wine you can use the wrapper from radioman: https://github.com/radiomanV

I do have a Cd drive with no belt. A NEC if I remember correctly. It had issue to open as well. I fixed it by cleaning and greasing all the movable parts. Clean and grease is never a bad thing for old drive.