David Smethurst
@canonman75.bsky.social
Quality over quantity...
Smoothing capacitor for the voltage rail that the red, green and blue CRT drive transistors are connected to. Usually on the CRT base PCB.
November 14, 2025 at 6:14 PM
Smoothing capacitor for the voltage rail that the red, green and blue CRT drive transistors are connected to. Usually on the CRT base PCB.
There's a Model 170 and a Model 18 on eBay, I'd love to get my hands on them but the seller is asking for over £400 each for them so it's never gonna happen!
September 8, 2025 at 8:51 AM
There's a Model 170 and a Model 18 on eBay, I'd love to get my hands on them but the seller is asking for over £400 each for them so it's never gonna happen!
I think MQP finally went bump last year. I'm a fan of their stuff too, I have a couple of Model 200's and had been working on reverse engineering the firmware for a bit of something to do.
September 8, 2025 at 8:11 AM
I think MQP finally went bump last year. I'm a fan of their stuff too, I have a couple of Model 200's and had been working on reverse engineering the firmware for a bit of something to do.
I said hello to Gordon Banks in the local chippy about fifteen years ago.
July 19, 2025 at 11:52 AM
I said hello to Gordon Banks in the local chippy about fifteen years ago.
Robbie Williams has let himself go...
July 19, 2025 at 9:09 AM
Robbie Williams has let himself go...
It probably wasn't meant to, but it reminded me of Beat the Teacher.
July 7, 2025 at 9:22 PM
It probably wasn't meant to, but it reminded me of Beat the Teacher.
What a shower of c*nts.
June 16, 2025 at 10:45 AM
What a shower of c*nts.
That's Skweeze Me, Pleeze Me
June 15, 2025 at 6:43 PM
That's Skweeze Me, Pleeze Me
I see what you did there 😁
May 20, 2025 at 7:07 PM
I see what you did there 😁
Should have parked on Goose Street instead...
April 26, 2025 at 1:08 PM
Should have parked on Goose Street instead...
I see what you did there...
April 15, 2025 at 8:53 PM
I see what you did there...
No, but I have been working in a similar industry for a while.
March 19, 2025 at 9:18 AM
No, but I have been working in a similar industry for a while.
MPU4 and MPU5, I remember them well!
March 18, 2025 at 11:36 PM
MPU4 and MPU5, I remember them well!
Sounds like Barcrest.
March 18, 2025 at 11:29 PM
Sounds like Barcrest.
That takes me back... from 2000 to 2003 that's how I used to earn a living.
March 16, 2025 at 12:46 PM
That takes me back... from 2000 to 2003 that's how I used to earn a living.
It doesn't owe you anything then!
December 30, 2024 at 7:14 PM
It doesn't owe you anything then!
Yes, the one by the hot-running components looks completely shagged. Built-in obsolescence or just poor design?
December 30, 2024 at 6:54 PM
Yes, the one by the hot-running components looks completely shagged. Built-in obsolescence or just poor design?
It's a fantastic venue for conferences and the like. I am slightly biased though as I worked there for seventeen years...
December 3, 2024 at 9:28 PM
It's a fantastic venue for conferences and the like. I am slightly biased though as I worked there for seventeen years...
The OPD is a re-engineered QL with a few extra bits added on.
November 17, 2024 at 8:17 PM
The OPD is a re-engineered QL with a few extra bits added on.