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CJ (dumb dog)

@bbewareofdogg.bsky.social

26 followers 16 following 15 posts

22y/o part-time doggy. cars, computers, vtg. electronics of all kinds.

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The Wiz @wysiwygprotogen.bsky.social · 27/12/2024

I finally updated Wiz's ref after like 3 or 4 years or something. Huge thanks to fox_tusk on bird site and my friend Bottles for the character pieces. Rest of the composition is by yours truly :3

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CJ (dumb dog) @bbewareofdogg.bsky.social · 27/12/2024

thanks for the heads up Marty

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CJ (dumb dog) @bbewareofdogg.bsky.social · 26/12/2024

i love old Sony stuff because they'll do shit like make the exterior boards fold out (nice) and then hide more boards inside under a complete rats' nest of wires (not nice). how the fuck am i supposed to get to that? it is time for a drink

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CJ (dumb dog) @bbewareofdogg.bsky.social · 26/12/2024

probably Rifa line filtering caps on the AC input, the monitor will work totally fine without them, they're just there to try to reduce noise. known to explode in this period of equipment all the time

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CJ (dumb dog) @bbewareofdogg.bsky.social · 06/12/2024

that feeling when Ram TIPM wiring harness feast is tomorrow

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Gingersnaps @gingersnaps321.bsky.social · 20/11/2024

My tales of woe with this could fill thousands of journals

Threats didn't work, neither did violence

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CJ (dumb dog) @bbewareofdogg.bsky.social · 25/11/2024

thrift store find of the century. sorry @wysiwygprotogen.bsky.social you are now obsolete im leaving

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CJ (dumb dog) @bbewareofdogg.bsky.social · 23/11/2024

i think the XD88 takes the cake for "best built computer I've ever worked on" - the chassis is all aluminum, boards are all 12+ layer, they used absolute top shelf parts. it's built like their test equipment in the best way possible

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CJ (dumb dog) @bbewareofdogg.bsky.social · 23/11/2024

they are the 88100 cpu and 8x 88200 cmmu supporting chips. you didn't actually need that many, most designs used like two '200s, but Tektronix were insane and decided "yeah let's use ALL OF THEM"

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CJ (dumb dog) @bbewareofdogg.bsky.social · 23/11/2024

behold, the CPU board out of a Tektronix XD88 graphics workstation. "yo dawg, i heard you like CMMUs..." - also look at that absolute sea of programmable logic!

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CJ (dumb dog) @bbewareofdogg.bsky.social · 23/11/2024

Vro is educated ❤️

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CJ (dumb dog) @bbewareofdogg.bsky.social · 22/11/2024

hi squidward

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CJ (dumb dog) @bbewareofdogg.bsky.social · 21/11/2024

found an old family photo in a tube caddy

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CJ (dumb dog) @bbewareofdogg.bsky.social · 17/11/2024

back in ye olden days when TVs had tubes, x-rays were a pretty big concern, especially in the high voltage section b/c things get weird past 20kV. one of the "fixes" for this was to just jacket the offending tube with like a pound of lead. i think u could kill someone with this

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CJ (dumb dog) @bbewareofdogg.bsky.social · 23/10/2024

i think it's quite charming they gave it its own patent number and everything. like hey man, it might be fake, but we're trying our best here

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CJ (dumb dog) @bbewareofdogg.bsky.social · 22/10/2024

bro got the energy dome

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CJ (dumb dog) @bbewareofdogg.bsky.social · 22/10/2024

hello chat

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