Zoe
@retrozo.bsky.social
I often find myself to be the caretaker of things forgotten or lost.
Tube Radios 📻 CRTs 📺 Retro games 🕹️ Vintage Computers 💾 Dead Media 📼 Drinks 🍺 Etaoin shrdlu 🦤 Vintage Watches ⌚ Talking Machines
https://linktr.ee/RetroZo
Tube Radios 📻 CRTs 📺 Retro games 🕹️ Vintage Computers 💾 Dead Media 📼 Drinks 🍺 Etaoin shrdlu 🦤 Vintage Watches ⌚ Talking Machines
https://linktr.ee/RetroZo
Loose meat sandwiches for dinner
January 30, 2026 at 11:24 PM
Loose meat sandwiches for dinner
I'm on my last month of the 99¢ Frndly promotion. After that it's $7 per month. Debating if it's worth it. The only channel I watch on it that I can't get OTA is MeTV toons, otherwise MeTV, H&I, Laff, etc are all available from my antenna.
January 30, 2026 at 4:54 PM
I'm on my last month of the 99¢ Frndly promotion. After that it's $7 per month. Debating if it's worth it. The only channel I watch on it that I can't get OTA is MeTV toons, otherwise MeTV, H&I, Laff, etc are all available from my antenna.
Well that's a suspicious account
January 30, 2026 at 2:16 PM
Well that's a suspicious account
What do you do when a sizable portion of the population doesn't believe the reality in front of them?
What do you do when people have access to a tool that can create photorealistic facsimile of reality?
What do you do when people have access to a tool that can create photorealistic facsimile of reality?
January 30, 2026 at 2:05 PM
What do you do when a sizable portion of the population doesn't believe the reality in front of them?
What do you do when people have access to a tool that can create photorealistic facsimile of reality?
What do you do when people have access to a tool that can create photorealistic facsimile of reality?
It was terrible, cheesy, violent, vulgar, and at times juvenile and cartoonish.
Exactly what a Troma movie should be.
Really liked the puppetry, the references, and the Lloyd Kaufman cameo. And Elijah Woods was great in it.
Way better than I expected.
Exactly what a Troma movie should be.
Really liked the puppetry, the references, and the Lloyd Kaufman cameo. And Elijah Woods was great in it.
Way better than I expected.
And finally, I am watching it now
January 29, 2026 at 6:18 PM
It was terrible, cheesy, violent, vulgar, and at times juvenile and cartoonish.
Exactly what a Troma movie should be.
Really liked the puppetry, the references, and the Lloyd Kaufman cameo. And Elijah Woods was great in it.
Way better than I expected.
Exactly what a Troma movie should be.
Really liked the puppetry, the references, and the Lloyd Kaufman cameo. And Elijah Woods was great in it.
Way better than I expected.
And finally, I am watching it now
January 29, 2026 at 4:37 PM
And finally, I am watching it now
Plus, I think there were still other bad components because even when I got it running, the motor didn't have enough power to turn the spindle and still no audio from it
Well
The chip got the motor running but apparently I lost some springs in the button mechanism that are way too tiny and thin to find
The chip got the motor running but apparently I lost some springs in the button mechanism that are way too tiny and thin to find
Finally getting that replacement IC today
Going to finally find out of it was the issue. All the other components around it seemed to test okay, so hopefully it's the solution
Going to finally find out of it was the issue. All the other components around it seemed to test okay, so hopefully it's the solution
January 28, 2026 at 4:06 PM
Plus, I think there were still other bad components because even when I got it running, the motor didn't have enough power to turn the spindle and still no audio from it
Well
The chip got the motor running but apparently I lost some springs in the button mechanism that are way too tiny and thin to find
The chip got the motor running but apparently I lost some springs in the button mechanism that are way too tiny and thin to find
Finally getting that replacement IC today
Going to finally find out of it was the issue. All the other components around it seemed to test okay, so hopefully it's the solution
Going to finally find out of it was the issue. All the other components around it seemed to test okay, so hopefully it's the solution
I'm still working on they 2-XL
I'm about 75% sure this IC is the issue. It's a governor for DC motors
When I plug it in the LED eyes light up but it doesn't start playing. I know the motor works but it's not being controlled by pressing play
So it's gotta be this chip, right?
I'm about 75% sure this IC is the issue. It's a governor for DC motors
When I plug it in the LED eyes light up but it doesn't start playing. I know the motor works but it's not being controlled by pressing play
So it's gotta be this chip, right?
January 28, 2026 at 3:53 PM
Well
The chip got the motor running but apparently I lost some springs in the button mechanism that are way too tiny and thin to find
The chip got the motor running but apparently I lost some springs in the button mechanism that are way too tiny and thin to find
Reposted by Zoe
@retrozo.bsky.social, you'll appreciate this post:
Here is my current small project - a 2004 Walkman WM-FX197. Taking this apart wasn't too bad, but belt access is rather cramped. I'm attempting this without a soldering gun, hopefully this works out 🙏🏽📼
Here is my current small project - a 2004 Walkman WM-FX197. Taking this apart wasn't too bad, but belt access is rather cramped. I'm attempting this without a soldering gun, hopefully this works out 🙏🏽📼
January 27, 2026 at 5:33 PM
@retrozo.bsky.social, you'll appreciate this post:
Here is my current small project - a 2004 Walkman WM-FX197. Taking this apart wasn't too bad, but belt access is rather cramped. I'm attempting this without a soldering gun, hopefully this works out 🙏🏽📼
Here is my current small project - a 2004 Walkman WM-FX197. Taking this apart wasn't too bad, but belt access is rather cramped. I'm attempting this without a soldering gun, hopefully this works out 🙏🏽📼
Finally getting that replacement IC today
Going to finally find out of it was the issue. All the other components around it seemed to test okay, so hopefully it's the solution
Going to finally find out of it was the issue. All the other components around it seemed to test okay, so hopefully it's the solution
I'm still working on they 2-XL
I'm about 75% sure this IC is the issue. It's a governor for DC motors
When I plug it in the LED eyes light up but it doesn't start playing. I know the motor works but it's not being controlled by pressing play
So it's gotta be this chip, right?
I'm about 75% sure this IC is the issue. It's a governor for DC motors
When I plug it in the LED eyes light up but it doesn't start playing. I know the motor works but it's not being controlled by pressing play
So it's gotta be this chip, right?
January 27, 2026 at 1:00 PM
Finally getting that replacement IC today
Going to finally find out of it was the issue. All the other components around it seemed to test okay, so hopefully it's the solution
Going to finally find out of it was the issue. All the other components around it seemed to test okay, so hopefully it's the solution
Chicken, chorizo, and bell pepper taquitos
January 26, 2026 at 11:22 PM
Chicken, chorizo, and bell pepper taquitos
Toastmaster sandwich grill making lunch that
January 26, 2026 at 6:05 PM
Toastmaster sandwich grill making lunch that
I made this for Tiktok but that shits broken
January 26, 2026 at 3:04 PM
I made this for Tiktok but that shits broken
And completes a wonderful breakfast
January 26, 2026 at 1:25 PM
And completes a wonderful breakfast
Oh yeah, that's a lot of snow. It's about 6in/15cm already and not supposed to stop snowing until 13:00 Monday
January 25, 2026 at 11:05 AM
Oh yeah, that's a lot of snow. It's about 6in/15cm already and not supposed to stop snowing until 13:00 Monday
A fun way a teacher taught me which word to use
"They hung the painting and hanged the artist"
"They hung the painting and hanged the artist"
January 25, 2026 at 12:37 AM
A fun way a teacher taught me which word to use
"They hung the painting and hanged the artist"
"They hung the painting and hanged the artist"
Drop an alien that's not from Star Wars or Star Trek
January 24, 2026 at 11:48 AM
Drop an alien that's not from Star Wars or Star Trek
Oh hey
If the power does go out, I might finally try out my esbit stove (outdoors)
If the power does go out, I might finally try out my esbit stove (outdoors)
January 23, 2026 at 9:40 PM
Oh hey
If the power does go out, I might finally try out my esbit stove (outdoors)
If the power does go out, I might finally try out my esbit stove (outdoors)
Yeah just got one of those albums?
You know what I mean
You know what I mean
January 23, 2026 at 9:33 PM
Yeah just got one of those albums?
You know what I mean
You know what I mean
Another plan for this weekend, of the power doesn't go out
Don Bluth marathon
Don Bluth marathon
January 23, 2026 at 8:21 PM
Another plan for this weekend, of the power doesn't go out
Don Bluth marathon
Don Bluth marathon