Thrift Store Finds - The definitive thread on bargins to be had

1. 2022-08-30 at 12:20 PM UTC

   #561
   Jiggaboo_Johnson Black Hole

   Originally posted by mmQ You should give this to your buddy pal Wren here so it's not sitting around your place stinking up the joint collecting dust you'd be doing both of us a favor. Thanks chap!

   
   I should have taken the photo outside and posted it in your "things I found on the ground" thread.
   The following users say it would be alright if the author of this post didn't die in a fire!

   • mmQ
2. 2022-08-30 at 12:21 PM UTC

   #562
   

   mmQ Lisa Turtle

   Originally posted by Jiggaboo_Johnson I should have taken the photo outside and posted it in your "things I found on the ground" thread.

   
   It's not too late. It's never too late.
3. 2022-08-30 at 12:41 PM UTC

   #563
   The Self Taught Man Black Hole

   Originally posted by Jiggaboo_Johnson This weekends Star find.
   
   Apple II Plus, 2x Disk drives, Apple Printer, Monitor
   
   This nigga's price? $80 the lot.
   
   

   
   Chuck it in the garbage.
4. 2022-08-30 at 1:19 PM UTC

   #564
   Jiggaboo_Johnson Black Hole
   RAM it up your arse! (all 48K of it...64K when the language card shows up...need that to play The Oregon Trail).
5. 2022-08-30 at 3:38 PM UTC

   #565
   Jiggaboo_Johnson Black Hole
   I haven't powered it up yet, The PSU has a Rifa cap in it and any nerd who knows his shit knows that thing is gonna burn and smoke after 40yrs when you power it up and so to change it out BEFORE you do.
   
   I ordered a modern replacement from digikey which should be here Thursday.
   
   Said Rifa Cap.
   
   
6. 2022-08-30 at 6:50 PM UTC

   #566
   

   troon African Astronaut
   you also know to check the electrolytics and check all voltages before connecting it back up to the motherboard, right?
7. 2022-08-30 at 6:57 PM UTC

   #567
   

   vindicktive vinny Black Hole

   Originally posted by Jiggaboo_Johnson I haven't powered it up yet, The PSU has a Rifa cap in it and any nerd who knows his shit knows that thing is gonna burn and smoke after 40yrs when you power it up and so to change it out BEFORE you do.
   
   I ordered a modern replacement from digikey which should be here Thursday.
   
   Said Rifa Cap.
   
   

   
   not all.
   
   one in every 125 rifa caps are good even after 50 years of inactivity.
8. 2022-08-30 at 7:13 PM UTC

   #568
   Jiggaboo_Johnson Black Hole

   Originally posted by vindicktive vinny not all.
   
   one in every 125 rifa caps are good even after 50 years of inactivity.

   
   Source?
9. 2022-08-30 at 7:21 PM UTC

   #569
   

   vindicktive vinny Black Hole

   Originally posted by Jiggaboo_Johnson Source?

   
   

   Show RIFA capacitor Underwriters Lab
10. 2022-08-30 at 7:37 PM UTC

    #570
    Jiggaboo_Johnson Black Hole
    As I suspected.
11. 2022-08-30 at 7:37 PM UTC

    #571
    Jiggaboo_Johnson Black Hole
    1 in every 125...
12. 2022-08-30 at 7:40 PM UTC

    #572
    

    vindicktive vinny Black Hole
    statistics dont lie
13. 2022-08-30 at 7:44 PM UTC

    #573
    Jiggaboo_Johnson Black Hole

    Originally posted by vindicktive vinny statistics dont lie

    
    Source?
    
    It's ok to say they all need replacing when ONLY 1 in 125 MIGHT be ok.
14. 2022-08-30 at 7:45 PM UTC

    #574
    

    vindicktive vinny Black Hole
    https://iequalscdvdt.com/Reliability_1.html
15. 2022-08-30 at 7:45 PM UTC

    #575
    Jiggaboo_Johnson Black Hole

    Originally posted by vindicktive vinny https://iequalscdvdt.com/Reliability_1.html

    
    The question wasn't about caps
    
    I asked you for your source re: "Statistics don't lie"....who told you that?
16. 2022-08-30 at 7:47 PM UTC

    #576
    Jiggaboo_Johnson Black Hole
    Anyway vincent...if you look closely at my photo of said RIFA you'll see the body of it is cracked...100% a cracked RIFA is going to BLOW. Maybe not today, maybe not tomorrow, but soon..and for the rest of your life.
17. 2022-08-30 at 7:48 PM UTC

    #577
    

    vindicktive vinny Black Hole

    Originally posted by Jiggaboo_Johnson Anyway vincent…if you look closely at my photo of said RIFA you'll see the body of it is cracked…100% a cracked RIFA is going to BLOW. Maybe not today, maybe not tomorrow, but soon..and for the rest of your life.

    
    thats what duck tapes ate for.
18. 2022-08-30 at 7:49 PM UTC

    #578
    Jiggaboo_Johnson Black Hole
    SMH
19. 2022-08-30 at 7:49 PM UTC

    #579
    Jiggaboo_Johnson Black Hole
    -10 points for the movie reference going right over your millenial head.
20. 2022-09-04 at 12:46 PM UTC

    #580
    Jiggaboo_Johnson Black Hole
    New Rifa Cap arrived for the Apple II. Installed, powered on, works..some keys need a bit of work (contact cleaner) other than that another amazing thrifting story for your consumption.