techknight
@thetechknight.bsky.social
40yo Aspie | He/Him | Single/looking | ISTJ | Electronics Technician and Engineer | Embedded Dev | Severe Weather nut | Originally from Ohio and now in NC | Discord: thetechknight
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techknight
@thetechknight.bsky.social
· Nov 13
- I'm a German Weather Geek
- I was a Rabbit Mom for over 20 Years
- I'm an Illustrator and semi-photographer
- I love hoarding Painting supplies and forgetting about 50 % of them.
- I'm a Neurodivert on Autism Spectrum
- I was a Rabbit Mom for over 20 Years
- I'm an Illustrator and semi-photographer
- I love hoarding Painting supplies and forgetting about 50 % of them.
- I'm a Neurodivert on Autism Spectrum
Hey #wxtwitter I made an account here! Here’s a little introductory bio about me:
- I’m an operational meteorologist with an interest in coastal mesoscale processes
- I’m a competitive powerlifter
- I own a photography business
- I have a Alaskan Goldenmute
Tell me some stuff about yourself!
- I’m an operational meteorologist with an interest in coastal mesoscale processes
- I’m a competitive powerlifter
- I own a photography business
- I have a Alaskan Goldenmute
Tell me some stuff about yourself!
- I am an electronics repair technician and engineer
- Severe weather nerd with an addiction to watching storms
- Embedded developer/engineer
- I love tinkering with, repairing and hoard-- erm.. collecting vintage electronics and computers 😅
- Reverse engineering
- Fellow neurodivergent (ASD1/Aspie)
- Severe weather nerd with an addiction to watching storms
- Embedded developer/engineer
- I love tinkering with, repairing and hoard-- erm.. collecting vintage electronics and computers 😅
- Reverse engineering
- Fellow neurodivergent (ASD1/Aspie)
I serviced a handful of these back then, they were notorious for the Shindengen MCZ3001Ds dying off.
20 years ago this week, Sony announced its very last CRTs. Sony bowed out with a 34-inch 16:9 high-def model and three conventional 4:3 models, at 27, 32, and 36 inches. #retrocomputing #retrogaming dfarq.homeip.net/the-last-son...
The last Sony CRT ever made
In 2006, Sony decided the CRT wasn't quite dead yet
dfarq.homeip.net
February 11, 2026 at 1:46 PM
I serviced a handful of these back then, they were notorious for the Shindengen MCZ3001Ds dying off.
This has to be the worst packing and shipping job I've ever seen thus far. They shipped this exactly like this
February 10, 2026 at 9:38 PM
This has to be the worst packing and shipping job I've ever seen thus far. They shipped this exactly like this
I just picked up this really cool Toshiba. The DynaBook J3100.. Fairly complete! Sort-of a hard to find machine
February 9, 2026 at 8:46 PM
I just picked up this really cool Toshiba. The DynaBook J3100.. Fairly complete! Sort-of a hard to find machine
These chips are starting to go bad in the Powerbook Duo line... causing gray screens with no cursor, or no SCSI power-up. No idea how to fix this unfortunately, the ROM hasn't been dumped, and we do not know the actual chip part number that isn't customized by Apple.
February 8, 2026 at 11:18 PM
These chips are starting to go bad in the Powerbook Duo line... causing gray screens with no cursor, or no SCSI power-up. No idea how to fix this unfortunately, the ROM hasn't been dumped, and we do not know the actual chip part number that isn't customized by Apple.
The crap that I get myself into
February 6, 2026 at 6:32 PM
The crap that I get myself into
Interesting discovery... 🤔
donotsta.re/objects/7c3a...
donotsta.re/objects/7c3a...
elly (@elly@donotsta.re)
After watching Dankpods’s new video I wonder how nobody’s talking about Gigabyte purposefully crippling performance of their laptops if you boot Linux.Either nobody’s buying their rubbish… or nobod...
donotsta.re
February 1, 2026 at 12:09 PM
Interesting discovery... 🤔
donotsta.re/objects/7c3a...
donotsta.re/objects/7c3a...
That's a clever way to do digital signage
January 31, 2026 at 5:46 PM
That's a clever way to do digital signage
Perfect use for the DigiKey ruler
January 31, 2026 at 1:15 PM
Perfect use for the DigiKey ruler
Winter wonderland out here! Aaaaand my salt job failed
January 31, 2026 at 1:01 PM
Winter wonderland out here! Aaaaand my salt job failed
Time to work on this thing, DEC Terminal. I know nothing about them, other than this one has a note that says do not power on, will damage R100 (Which the PCB itself isnt labeled anything)
January 30, 2026 at 9:39 PM
Time to work on this thing, DEC Terminal. I know nothing about them, other than this one has a note that says do not power on, will damage R100 (Which the PCB itself isnt labeled anything)
Here we go! It's showtime. Generator is ready to roll
January 25, 2026 at 1:50 AM
Here we go! It's showtime. Generator is ready to roll
So I forgot to get an ice scraper while prepping for the storm. Hell with it, lets make one
January 25, 2026 at 1:49 AM
So I forgot to get an ice scraper while prepping for the storm. Hell with it, lets make one
Finally got the generator... My boss brought it up from Florida for me as he was down there doing some work
January 24, 2026 at 2:43 AM
Finally got the generator... My boss brought it up from Florida for me as he was down there doing some work
Calm before the storm... I'm gonna be honest, my anxiety is through the roof on this one.
January 23, 2026 at 5:41 PM
Calm before the storm... I'm gonna be honest, my anxiety is through the roof on this one.
The only good news I've had all week... My new toy has arrived
January 21, 2026 at 9:11 PM
The only good news I've had all week... My new toy has arrived
Trying to prepare for this upcoming storm, i got screwed out of my generator and nobody has stock anywhere so it looks like i'm going to have to ride this storm the hard way... Did a generator order yesterday on pickup. Got there, of course wouldn't fit in the car.
January 21, 2026 at 6:12 PM
Trying to prepare for this upcoming storm, i got screwed out of my generator and nobody has stock anywhere so it looks like i'm going to have to ride this storm the hard way... Did a generator order yesterday on pickup. Got there, of course wouldn't fit in the car.
Got a powerbook 150. Oh this is going to be a joyous time 💀
January 20, 2026 at 3:02 AM
Got a powerbook 150. Oh this is going to be a joyous time 💀
Yikes, well that is an unfortunate outcome of a Demo portable
January 18, 2026 at 2:44 AM
Yikes, well that is an unfortunate outcome of a Demo portable
Been one of those kind of days. Sony D-5 fun
January 16, 2026 at 12:13 AM
Been one of those kind of days. Sony D-5 fun
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Anybody happen to have a Mac Quadra 700/900/950 and willing to run a simple Apple Sound Chip tester app I made and tell me the results? I'm curious about the behavior of the EASC. I'm trying to improve emulator behavior, but I don't have any of those models to test. github.com/dougg3/ASCTe...
GitHub - dougg3/ASCTester: Tester program for the classic Mac ASC chip
Tester program for the classic Mac ASC chip. Contribute to dougg3/ASCTester development by creating an account on GitHub.
github.com
January 12, 2026 at 11:37 PM
Anybody happen to have a Mac Quadra 700/900/950 and willing to run a simple Apple Sound Chip tester app I made and tell me the results? I'm curious about the behavior of the EASC. I'm trying to improve emulator behavior, but I don't have any of those models to test. github.com/dougg3/ASCTe...
Refreshed this Sony Vaio with a new old stock keyboard. Looks amazing now
January 11, 2026 at 3:34 PM
Refreshed this Sony Vaio with a new old stock keyboard. Looks amazing now
Compaq Portable III PSUs, Shorted tantalums. The trouble is the absolute FUN you gotta go through to get to it.
January 10, 2026 at 9:29 PM
Compaq Portable III PSUs, Shorted tantalums. The trouble is the absolute FUN you gotta go through to get to it.
Amazon warehouse closed down and dumpstered pretty much everything. Fished out these guys, Will be great for capacitors storage
January 8, 2026 at 8:49 PM
Amazon warehouse closed down and dumpstered pretty much everything. Fished out these guys, Will be great for capacitors storage
Baked... No idea what software this was, but wow that CRT is roached
January 8, 2026 at 1:58 AM
Baked... No idea what software this was, but wow that CRT is roached