1990, so not really ‘young’ anymore, but we’re compatriots in thinking computers older than us are cool. By the first time I touched a computer, the machines I like to tinker with now were very obsolete.

That first computer I touched, by the way? It was a 70s model Apple II.

The CEO of the company I work for pushes for that kind of selling. I stopped trying to sell that way after the third or fourth time it left me with either egg on my face or a deal we lost money on because we had to hire a subcontractor.

Had to have a conversation with the CEO about it once, said I figured it was better for us to potentially run out of work and waste payroll than to waste time and payroll trying to do something we knew we couldn’t do and have to pay someone else to do it for us, while keeping the liability for ourselves.

1.) It’s desirable to keep all the natural light, but seems somewhat unrealistic to me - currently, there are 3 4x3 and 4 6x3 single-pane sliding windows back there, leaking out all my heat in the winter. I don’t think I can afford to replace that kind of footage with double-pane, so I’m weighing the possibility of removing about half of the windows back there and just keeping one end of the room nice and sunny.

2.) My house has no central HVAC. There’s a through-wall unit back there now, which I replaced about 5 years ago. It’s sufficient to cool the majority of my entire house on its own, though it leaves something to be desired as a heater. Installing a complete central HVAC system is presently out of scope, so I’ll have to stick with the through-wall unit for now.

Started the process of exposing the interior wall - this would have been the original exterior wall of the house, before the patio was closed in.

Back of wainscoting panel

Exposed sheathing

Blurry picture of back of carpet and underlayment

This all looks relatively healthy to me so far, though this is only one four foot section. I’ll proceed towards the corner, once I find a home for the stuff I have stored back there.

I’m sure this would pair very well with my analog broadcasting equipment and the recent lack of FCC enforcement

I think this is a good idea but I don’t think it’ll be workable for my space unless the entire structure comes down.

How do you mean, raise the floor? I believe the concrete patio floor was poured as part of the foundation of the house.

Most of the circuits were wired with 12/3 already but with the ground wire not hooked up to anything. The electrician replaced the service panel, hooked up the grounds and installed new three-prong outlets. The circuits that were wired with 12/2 got GFCI outlets.

Had an electrician go through the entire place when we first bought the house so we could get safe three-prong outlets in place of the two-prong ungrounded outlets that were originally there. Didn’t do a full rewire because there’s no ceiling access - originally, the only heatsource for the house was electric radiant ceilings, though a couple baseboards were installed at some point after initial construction. The wiring for the sunroom’s A/C is run through a conduit on the outside of the house. I replaced the original through-wall unit shortly after we moved in, and I’ve seen that whole circuit.

What about the interior wall, against what used to be the exterior of the house?

Yeah, when we first moved in the plan was to put in an alternative heat source so we could use it as combination exercise / office space. I’d really like to be able to set it up that way - I like the view the sunroom gives but I really need more year-round floor space so I’d be willing to lose the sunroom functionality completely if I had to

I’ll recommend some modern keyboards that are suitable for your retrokit - I’m a big fan of Unicomp keyboards myself, though they do not do N-key rollover, if that is something important to you. Their lighter shade (they call it ‘white’) is more of a grey than a beige.

You may also consider USB keyboards that can handle P/S2 protocol with use of an adapter (not all of them can do this very well). I have a WASD keyboard for my modern PC that I sometimes also use with my older machines. I would recommend them, but they appear to be out of business.

This is an old article. I believe the original seller already depleted their stock. There’s a lot of good components in them for tinkerers and some folks still have interest in recreating the original services. I bought one while they were still being sold cheap, the things really were just like brand new

Until LaRose is gone, every referendum is going to have fucked language.

It’s the Lilac color scheme that really makes it - we had that on my family’s first PC and classic Win UIs don’t look quite right to me without it.

Had to hit pause on it this week, but recently I have been working through Final Fantasy IX, the PC remaster on Steam w/ Moguri Mod. Started my playthrough in early September, and I just got the boat and entered the grindy minigame hell portion of the game.

Gopher.

I dunno that it’s going to make vinyl less popular, but it’s definitely going to be less accessible. Charging fees on shipping costs is wild.

Athens is a little bit outside my normal range but having lived in Appalachian Ohio my entire life I can say you see the same attitudes everywhere here.

He wasn’t imprisoned for 30+ years. He got 7 years and was out after 5. He was, in his own words, ‘locked up in [his mind]’ for 30+ years.

if it’s worth 2100 miles and a border crossing to you, you can have it, haha