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moudis
·hace 2 años·discuss
I've been using the Engineer PA-21 and Hozan P-707 called out in the article for a few years, although I prefer the latter. Mostly crimping 4mm bullets and other common open barrel connectors (Sumitomo, etc.). Great tool at a pretty reasonable price.

One thing this article doesn't seem to mention is pin release tools, which are invaluable if you need to repin or repair a connector. Most open barrel terminals have a small metal tang that retains them in their connector housing. A jeweller's screwdriver can work in a pinch, but can mangle either the pin or the housing. I've been using Hero's FR-150 set, but there's no shortage of suitable options out there for whatever connectors you might be working with.
moudis
·hace 2 años·discuss
There was at least one Game Boy cart with fun features: Aprilia had a GBC cart[0] that had an interface cable for diagnostics on one of their scooters:

[0]: https://youtu.be/bknfVpctoSY?si=_neVHq_fkJRfDH5I
moudis
·hace 2 años·discuss
I had the fortune of owning a Dell P1110 (rebranded Sony Trinitron CPD-E500) many years ago, bought quite cheaply at a surplus auction while in college. 21", flat glass, and weighed in right at 70lbs. Lugged it to a few LAN parties here and there.

It wasn't until OLED monitors came around that I finally felt like flat panel displays had really caught up.
moudis
·hace 3 años·discuss
It discounts what you're liable to run into once you start disassembling things on old bikes, really. Sometimes you discover that a previous owner or mechanic thought red Loctite belonged on the screws holding the four carburetors together[^0], and your afternoon now involves a torch and chasing threads in old aluminum carburetor bodies. Sometimes you find that the bike was last touched in an era before anyone knew what a JIS screwdriver was, and every fastener is nearly stripped. Sometimes it's not even the bike, but that the last supply for a part is some shop in Maine that just happened to hold one for two decades.

My last encounter with a VFR750 involved a heat gun and a pry-bar to remove the carburetors, they're no joke.

[^0]: I love my GS1000G, but this wasn't my favorite part of getting it roadworthy.