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Re: The You Game!
Posted: Tue Aug 13, 2024 3:45 pm
by Fifo
PluMGMK wrote: Tue Aug 13, 2024 12:19 pm
< fairly recently came into possession of a Sansui SR-222 belt drive turntable which had been <'s grandfather's before. Despite being disused for decades, it seems to work pretty well
< didn’t know ^ had a turntable too! <’s pleasantly surprised <’s not the only one
< wonders what cartridge it has?
Re: The You Game!
Posted: Tue Aug 13, 2024 4:43 pm
by Reese Riverson
< needs to service <'s turn table, since it will need a couple of new capacitors and the potentiometer for the direct drive control to be cleaned up. A new stylus to give it a good quality of life upgrade, if not that and a decent cartridge.
< Has a Pioneer PL-5, to be specific.
Re: The You Game!
Posted: Wed Aug 14, 2024 10:28 am
by Steo
< thinks it's amazing what some cheap capacitors can do. <'s brother had an original Xbox that wouldn't power on. They had assumed it was the power supply, but then < double checked and there was a lot of brown stuff leaking from the top of all these bulging caps near the CPU heatsink. It was only a few cent each for some caps, and when < soldered them in, the thing fired right up and was good as new again.
Re: The You Game!
Posted: Wed Aug 14, 2024 10:39 am
by PluMGMK
Fifo wrote: Tue Aug 13, 2024 3:45 pm
< wonders what cartridge it has?
< says it's a Nagaoka MP-100.
< has been experimenting with getting the PC version of Rayman 1 to play the "MIDI" tracks from the PS1 version…
< has been considering deleting their account on the platform formerly known as twitter, even though < never really used it anyway
Re: The You Game!
Posted: Wed Aug 14, 2024 12:46 pm
by Fifo
PluMGMK wrote: Wed Aug 14, 2024 10:39 am
Fifo wrote: Tue Aug 13, 2024 3:45 pm
< wonders what cartridge it has?
< says it's a Nagaoka MP-100.
Nice!
PluMGMK wrote: Wed Aug 14, 2024 10:39 am
< has been experimenting with getting the PC version of Rayman 1 to play the "MIDI" tracks from the PS1 version…
<’s curious on ^’s progress…
Speaking of ^’s site, < wonders if ^ uses Apache or nginx?
Re: The You Game!
Posted: Wed Aug 14, 2024 1:26 pm
by PluMGMK
< has succeeded in making the "world loading" music play over the loading vignette on the v1.21 US version of Rayman! < is now coming up with ways to inject "Ambient Starter" entities into maps so tracks can be played in-game...
< uses OpenBSD's httpd for <'s site
Re: The You Game!
Posted: Wed Aug 14, 2024 3:46 pm
by Fifo
PluMGMK wrote: Wed Aug 14, 2024 1:26 pm
< has succeeded in making the "world loading" music play over the loading vignette on the v1.21 US version of Rayman! < is now coming up with ways to inject "Ambient Starter" entities into maps so tracks can be played in-game...
Great work! Keep it up!
PluMGMK wrote: Wed Aug 14, 2024 1:26 pm
< uses OpenBSD's httpd for <'s site
Wow, awesome! < wasn’t aware it runs under OpenBSD
< uses nginx, both as a web server and as a reverse proxy.
Re: The You Game!
Posted: Wed Aug 14, 2024 4:46 pm
by Reese Riverson
Steo wrote: Wed Aug 14, 2024 10:28 am
< thinks it's amazing what some cheap capacitors can do. <'s brother had an original Xbox that wouldn't power on. They had assumed it was the power supply, but then < double checked and there was a lot of brown stuff leaking from the top of all these bulging caps near the CPU heatsink. It was only a few cent each for some caps, and when < soldered them in, the thing fired right up and was good as new again.
Yeah, < agrees with that. Sadly capacitors aren't always the cause of failures, but they certainly can be for aging equipment. Our retro game consoles definitely need the attention at this point.
Re: The You Game!
Posted: Thu Aug 15, 2024 9:52 pm
by PluMGMK
< went to see Wicked today, and it was every bit as awesome as < had hoped!
< knew quite a few of the songs going in, but was delighted to finally hear them in context!
Re: The You Game!
Posted: Fri Aug 16, 2024 11:00 pm
by Greengoop
< would like to wish everyone a happy record day!
Re: The You Game!
Posted: Fri Aug 16, 2024 11:01 pm
by Reese Riverson
< wishes everyone the best, and keep up your health. It's important to take breaks when you need it. Especially if you're one to pull off any overnight posting.
Re: The You Game!
Posted: Fri Aug 16, 2024 11:03 pm
by Greengoop
< is going to stay online for 3-4 hours
Re: The You Game!
Posted: Fri Aug 16, 2024 11:10 pm
by PluMGMK
< really isn't up for this…
Re: The You Game!
Posted: Fri Aug 16, 2024 11:12 pm
by Greengoop
< is boiling hot beneath the covers, but <‘s cover will be busted if < takes them off
Re: The You Game!
Posted: Fri Aug 16, 2024 11:13 pm
by Steo
Hoodcom wrote: Wed Aug 14, 2024 4:46 pm
Steo wrote: Wed Aug 14, 2024 10:28 am
< thinks it's amazing what some cheap capacitors can do. <'s brother had an original Xbox that wouldn't power on. They had assumed it was the power supply, but then < double checked and there was a lot of brown stuff leaking from the top of all these bulging caps near the CPU heatsink. It was only a few cent each for some caps, and when < soldered them in, the thing fired right up and was good as new again.
Yeah, < agrees with that. Sadly capacitors aren't always the cause of failures, but they certainly can be for aging equipment. Our retro game consoles definitely need the attention at this point.
< recalls reading before that a lot of failing caps throughout the mid 2000s onward was mostly due to someone copying a formula that was wrong and mass producing it. So bad capacitors were basically mass produced and circulated for years.
Re: The You Game!
Posted: Fri Aug 16, 2024 11:14 pm
by Master
Haha < remembers that feeling, ^^ should make sure ^^ doesn't fall asleep while posting. < once got caught with <'s laptop in bed while sleeping xD
Re: The You Game!
Posted: Fri Aug 16, 2024 11:15 pm
by Reese Riverson
Master wrote: Fri Aug 16, 2024 11:14 pm
Haha < remembers that feeling, ^^ should make sure ^^ doesn't fall asleep while posting. < once got caught with <'s laptop in bed while sleeping xD
Duuude... < remembers that! < believes that ^ even panicked a bit after that one too.
Re: The You Game!
Posted: Fri Aug 16, 2024 11:16 pm
by Greengoop
< wonders what happened next to ^ after being busted
Re: The You Game!
Posted: Fri Aug 16, 2024 11:17 pm
by Master
< was grounded, to an extent. < still got around on the basis that < had folks visiting so < needed to tend to the electronics.
Re: The You Game!
Posted: Fri Aug 16, 2024 11:18 pm
by lyndo64
< has to get a oven, because the old one got fried