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Posted: Sat Apr 13, 2013 6:33 am
by diehard67
I got a new cooler pad for my laptop the other day.
did a grocery run today.
my old laptop cooler sounded like an old truck engine rattling away, the new one is nice and quiet.
Posted: Thu Apr 25, 2013 5:47 pm
by Tetsuwan Atom
Just Recieved : The Twilight Zone Complete classic sci-fi series today
Posted: Thu Apr 25, 2013 6:42 pm
by jeffbert
Is that a newly released set, Tetsuwan Atom? A friend of mine actually gave me his old DVD set, after buying the
then newest release that had the episodes in chronological order. He even gave me his SC TZ Companion, to go with it.
Posted: Thu Apr 25, 2013 7:33 pm
by Juanita
I remember watching that with my parents on Halloween. Good times. That's an awesome case by the way.
Posted: Thu Apr 25, 2013 7:37 pm
by Tetsuwan Atom
"jeffbert" wrote:Is that a newly released set, Tetsuwan Atom? A friend of mine actually gave me his old DVD set, after buying the
then newest release that had the episodes in chronological order. He even gave me his SC TZ Companion, to go with it.
It's brand new i think it was released in 2006 so on that note it's the older edition, and i still gotta get that Companion
Posted: Sun Apr 28, 2013 9:04 pm
by diehard67
I got an old radio that can tune in a hole bunch of bands (CB, SHORT WAVE, TV SOUND, WEATHERBAND and a few others I don't recognise), there was also an astro boy figure there but he wasn't for sale
Posted: Sun Apr 28, 2013 11:07 pm
by Tetsuwan Penguin
"diehard67" wrote:I got an old radio that can tune in a hole bunch of bands (CB, SHORT WAVE, TV SOUND, WEATHERBAND and a few others I don't recognise), there was also an astro boy figure there but he wasn't for sale
What brand/model was that? I have a Zenith royal 7000 transoceanic that I got over 35 years ago second hand (think I paid $50 for it at the time). It's a heavy monster using 9 D cell batteries. It covers almost everything. (LW/AM/SW/FM/VHF weather) I think it's the best radio Zenith ever made.
Posted: Mon Apr 29, 2013 2:17 am
by diehard67
the radio is a worldstar mg-6001.
I had to fix the power and afc switches but that was all that was wrong with it, $35.
Posted: Mon Apr 29, 2013 3:12 am
by Tetsuwan Penguin
"diehard67" wrote:the radio is a worldstar mg-6001.
I had to fix the power and afc switches but that was all that was wrong with it, $35.
Sounds like a good deal.
Posted: Mon Apr 29, 2013 3:46 am
by diehard67
yah, but now, I may have goofed it up, I had this stuff that I thought you were supposed to use to clean the tuning capacitors, I misunderstood the instructions, it cleans and lubricates the mechanical parts between the knob and the cap, oops, ohh well, give it a few days and the tuner should be fine again, I hope.
even if it fails, I still can't buy the parts it is made of for $35 lol
update: I found out that the stuff I sprayed into the varicaps goofs em up a little more permanently than I thought so I had to grab a screw driver and using stations on known frequencies I realigned the radio, at least I got it in the ballpark lol
so so far so good, just gotta fix the PM mic and all is about as good as I can get it.
then to figure out how to convert it to run on AA batteries instead of C size, AA are cheaper and if I gang enough together then I can get enough power to make this thing work.
edit....... again: I thought that $35 was a bit hard on my budget but with all that I have learned so far it is well worth it.