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Paul Carbone
@forty2.bsky.social
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Oscilloscope enthusiast and 60s test equipment hoarder, with the occasional retro computer here and there.

Mastodon: @forty2@oldbytes.space
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It’s been a bit since I posted an oscilloscope photo, and that feels wrong. 
So here’s a #tektronix 7854
July 4, 2025 at 5:07 PM
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The Venn Diagram I imagine every time I install a window AC
July 1, 2025 at 1:13 PM
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The Kinship Klub
A Simpsons screenshot with Krusty the Clown at the Krusty Komedy Klassic, with the letters KKK behind him
June 26, 2025 at 1:35 PM
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“Door dash for bears” 😄
"AllTrails has a new generative Al feature that can be asked to 'shorten my route' or 'make this more scenic.' But the people in charge of searching for lost hikers say the feature is going to exacerbate an issue they've been warning about for years: hiking apps providing false information." AllTrails launches Al route-making tool, worrying search-and-rescue members One of the world's most popular hiking apps has a new generative Al feature that can be asked to "shorten my route" or "make this more scenic." Quark Bee @quarkbee.bsky.social • 2d so basically it's doordash for bears
June 24, 2025 at 1:56 PM
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“Is your video violent pornography, or the teletubbies?”
I feel like there’s a -big- middle ground missing from these two categories I apparently must choose between 
#youTube #coppa
May 25, 2025 at 2:03 AM
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There’s an ethereal beauty of an analog sampling scope /almost/ working 
#oscilloscope #analog #electronics #crt #retroTech
May 24, 2025 at 2:43 AM
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I’m gonna refine the shit out of some macro data
(Yeah, I know it’s not the same model… )
#severance #retroComputing
April 18, 2025 at 10:54 PM
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March 26, 2025 at 12:12 PM
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Lighting up these indicators that were a part of the house’s original security system made me unreasonably happy.
A pair of incandescent indicators in a wood panel wall, one red, one white, each approximately 8mm in diameter A Power Designs 3 output power supply on a shelf in a basement, hooked up to the wires from the indicators on the floor above.
March 24, 2025 at 1:12 PM
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Just whipped this up after beating in SSO for the last 20 minutes
March 5, 2025 at 1:34 PM
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[fixture] 1 [through] 4 [only] [position] [focus point] 1 [only] [color] [focus point] 2
It’s absolutely deranged that we used to program moving lights like this.
#theatre #lighting #DMX512 #stageHand #ETCLighting
March 4, 2025 at 1:18 AM
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Ooh, these are nice. Haven’t fully run them through their paces, but reading dead nuts on my fluke. I need a GPIB adapter to really have some fun with them.
#electronics #testAndMeasurement
#retroTech
A pair of programmable power supplies sitting on a bench, one showing +48V, the other showing -48V.
March 2, 2025 at 6:01 PM
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Same, system. same
A tired looking amber LED screen displaying a command prompt window with a partial error saying “the system cannot”
February 24, 2025 at 10:13 PM
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DVI is the Gen-X of video formats
February 15, 2025 at 4:40 PM
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How’s your Tuesday?
February 11, 2025 at 4:31 PM
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When all else fails, there’s target mode
#retroComputing #powerPC #macg4 #firewire
February 9, 2025 at 10:20 PM
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A Valentines Day card with a picture of Luigi Mangione and text that reads "Are you A CEO? Because I'd love to take you out <3"
February 9, 2025 at 6:31 PM
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February 8, 2025 at 3:11 AM
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I will be specifying these speakers exclusively for all future installations, no substitutions.
#ISE2025
#barcelona
#avtweeps
February 7, 2025 at 2:32 PM
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Me: I don’t have that many CRTs
Also me: oh…

This is just what’s racked. Still more to unearth and organize.
#CRT #oscilloscope #retroTech #tektronix #basementGoals
A number of 1960 cathode ray oscilloscopes and CRT monitors organized on shelves.
February 3, 2025 at 12:10 AM
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Good morning human
#catsOfBluesky
January 31, 2025 at 12:04 PM
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Life uuuuuuhhhh finds a way
#catsOfBlueSky
A cat sitting on a perch behind closed Venetian blinds - she managed to wedge herself under and behind them to see out the window A cat sitting on a perch behind closed Venetian blinds - she managed to wedge herself under and behind them to see out the window
January 23, 2025 at 11:37 PM
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Anyone else remember this gem from their childhood. Man I wanted to build that ruby #laser
A book: “Build your own Laser, Phaser Ion Ray Gun & other working space age projects” the cover features 2 vaguely humanoid robots wielding lasers against a black and red grid.
January 23, 2025 at 2:06 AM
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A Song of Ice (breaker) and Fire (extinguishers).
#GoT
A shopping cart with an ice breaker and fire extinguishers
January 21, 2025 at 11:48 AM
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I’m pretty darn happy with how this #woodworking project turned out. I’m grateful to have a friend with a well appointed shop nearby, a decent garage space of my own, and the insight & tips from various friends.
If anyone has a reco on any seminal woodworking texts, I’m all ears!
Wood shelving on white hardware against a green wall A detail showing the underside of the shelves - redwood planks from NYC water towers joined and capped by pine. The underside of the shelves is weathered, unfinished side. A detail showing the tops of the shelves - redwood planks from NYC water towers joined and capped by pine.
January 20, 2025 at 7:14 PM