Hi everyone! I'm yomimono. I live in Wisconsin, USA and grew up with second- and third-hand DOS and Windows machines, and eventually got into building my own PCs out of scrounged parts for gaming and strange Linux experiments. I enjoy watching retrocomputing repair videos and have recently been fortunate to receive some old hardware of my own (mid-90s Intel laptops and a few Pentium-era desktops, plus stuff from the late '00s through mid '10s that nobody is interested in yet).
I performed my first successful recapping a few weeks ago, a power supply for Compaq LTE Lite. It's a common voltage but a typical-for-the-period deranged and nonstandard plug design, so replacements are pricey. For a long time I found soldering to be a bridge too far (ha ha, get it?) and I credit the amazing community of folks making repair videos for giving me the courage to try that repair.
I'm not looking to build a collection of my own, but I've really enjoyed learning about these machines and coaxing them back to life. I'm hoping more broken hardware finds its way to me
I performed my first successful recapping a few weeks ago, a power supply for Compaq LTE Lite. It's a common voltage but a typical-for-the-period deranged and nonstandard plug design, so replacements are pricey. For a long time I found soldering to be a bridge too far (ha ha, get it?) and I credit the amazing community of folks making repair videos for giving me the courage to try that repair.
I'm not looking to build a collection of my own, but I've really enjoyed learning about these machines and coaxing them back to life. I'm hoping more broken hardware finds its way to me
