Other What currently makes your life awesome?

TBH G I am surprised that circa 96-2000 hardware isn't far more expensive. I guess it will be some day. It is quite popular ATM though so I was expecting to pay more. Another example is the absolutely pristine like new circa mid 90s Sidewinder I bought. £7 inc !

 

Aye, some Amiga hardware really is spenny. Keep meaning to dig out my stuff and see if it's still functioning. I have a horrid feeling that my A1200 will most likely have suffered from RTC battery leakage as I foolishly forgot to take the battery out the last time I put the Amiga in storage, and that was some time ago

 

I still have my one of those in its box. It's amazing. Time to break out the soldering iron, methinks.

 

That's not "old skool" though. That's vintage. VT is listening to N.W.A., you're listening to Ice-T. Or Elvis.

 

Terrible analogy, because N.W.A and Ice-T are pretty much direct contemporaries (and actually Ice-T released stuff well after N.W.A ceased to exist). I'll give you Elvis, though

 

I knew this kid whose father was loaded. He had one of those FF Sidewinders. It was mind blowing tbh, though I am a pad fan (because I love arcade games).

He was the kid who had everything, and when he came to your house he brought his Zip 100 drive with him just to pose. "Why are you bringing that Barry?" "Because I can".

 

I didn't think it was a 286 in the joysticks as I thought was 25mhz and I didn't know 286 went up to 25 I thought they were all 20's. But I don't really know about any of that retro geek stuff

http://www.descentbb.net/viewtopic.php?f=8&t=19061&start=160

more stuff there - looks very doable using a teensy. I have a bag of teensy's.

 

You're right, my bad.
*gets more coffee*

 

I've been corresponding with a gentleman In Netherlands for the past few weeks, he has a huge collection of vintage cameras and I needed a few parts to repair one of mines. After a week without news, I received a message saying that he posted the parts and to forget about money. Generosity from strangers is always a breeze.

 

It certainly is.

 

Finding Brucie bonuses in my drawers (fnarr)

It is very rare to find people who are as passionate about something as you are. When they are money matters very little, it's that thought that someone feels as happy as you do. So that's awesome.

 

New computer chair for my birthday. My old one had a cracked bracket under the seat which meant that when I sat in it I was leaning about 10° off vertical.

 

you're such a legend <3

 

I just fixed my old iPhone 6 - that is to say I replaced the screen, and everything works perfectly.
That said - I also think the replacement screen for the iPhone 5 i got is shot... can't get that to work properly - anyone with experience - drop me a PM if you care to sanity check me.

Still - feels good to have saved 65% on a replacement screen for the 6.

 

Anything here? https://www.ifixit.com/Answers/View/136408/iPhone+5+Black+screen+after+screen+replacement

 

I got past that stage, and to stripey display with what looks like only half the horizontal lines working, as well as dead zone on the right, but working otherwise.
If i plug in the cracked screen, everything is just fine, save for the glass spiderweb that causes bloody fingers...

 

Terry's chocolate oranges... Local Tesco was doing a "buy 1, get 2 free" deal. So I walked out with 12, naturally.

 

What's the technical term for 12 chocolate oranges?
A... bushel?