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    Image of Bokusatsu_Tenshi Bokusatsu_Tenshi
    11/18/09

    In reply to Confessions of an Electronics Junk Collector
    Gah, I do the same... only with computer parts.
    Oh, nice, extra SATA cable, might be useful someday.
    Old computer case? All rusty? No, leave it there... might come in handy for a future modcase project.
    And the coolers too. Missing the wire? No problem, it still might become handy sometime.
    It still might become handy sometime.
    It still might become handy sometime.
    It still might become handy sometime.

    And with that, I ended up with 2 huge boxes filled with wires, computer parts, ac adapters, broken mice and keyboards, etc etc.
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    11/18/09

    In reply to Confessions of an Electronics Junk Collector
    I don't collect junk. Instead I keep accessories in case they might be useful, that turn into junk when I should have dumped them for free immediately. I have boxes full of RCA jack connectors (obsoleted by 1/8 audio jacks and HDMI), wired phone line accessories (no one has land lines), UHF coaxial antenna splitters (huh?), random AC wall warts (should die with USB power), etc.

    Freecycle anything you don't use immediately on craigslist!
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    11/18/09

    In reply to Confessions of an Electronics Junk Collector
    There's help, my friend. There's help.

    [www.aetv.com]
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    11/18/09

    In reply to Confessions of an Electronics Junk Collector
    My father-in-law is like this. Only, his rooms are so full that it's like trying to shop in Japan-town in SF. You're afraid an avalanche of junk is just going to come tumbling down onto you and trap you.
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    11/18/09

    In reply to Confessions of an Electronics Junk Collector
    "I was doing better, I really was, and then I visited the DeAnza flea market in Cupertino last year, and it all fell apart again."

    going to a flea market in cupertino is like going to a street corner in the shittier parts of detroit. it's not posted on any signs, but i think it's fairly obvious what it is you'll find for sale in either of those places.
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    11/18/09

    @nutbastard: Louis Vitton?
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    11/18/09

    @Lite: hates Illinois Nazis: Please. D&G...
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    11/18/09

    @nutbastard: This isn't going to end as a 'yo mama' joke, is it?
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    Image of Gary_7vn Gary_7vn
    10/10/09

    In reply to A Brief History of Sinclair and Its Five Most Interesting Gadgets
    Clive Sinclair did NOT invent the first electronic pocket calculator.. It was the Japanese.

    The first portable calculators appeared in Japan in 1970, and were soon marketed around the world.
    The first truly pocket-sized electronic calculator was the Busicom LE-120A "HANDY", which was marketed early in 1971. Made in Japan, this was also the first calculator to use an LED display, the first hand-held calculator to use a single integrated circuit (then proclaimed as a "calculator on a chip"), the Mostek MK6010, and the first electronic calculator to run off replaceable batteries.

    The first American-made pocket-sized calculator, the Bowmar 901B (popularly referred to as The Bowmar Brain), measuring 5.2×3.0×1.5 in (131×77×37 mm), came out in the fall of 1971, with four functions and an eight-digit red LED display... Wiki
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    10/10/09

    In reply to A Brief History of Sinclair and Its Five Most Interesting Gadgets
    We owned a Sinclair ZX-80. Our first home computer.
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    10/09/09

    In reply to A Brief History of Sinclair and Its Five Most Interesting Gadgets
    I left my first Sinclair Spectrum turned on overnight on my living room floor because I was in the middle of a huge basic program. When I woke up the next day it had melted the floor :(
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    10/09/09

    In reply to A Brief History of Sinclair and Its Five Most Interesting Gadgets

    I still have the JVC P-100 version of that portable TV packed away somewhere. I wonder if it still works...
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    10/08/09

    In reply to A Brief History of Sinclair and Its Five Most Interesting Gadgets
    I wanted a Timex/Sinclair, when my high school had terminals typing on paper rolls for displays. I am not kidding or exaggerating.

    I was also bicycling then and now. And I can tell you that the Sinclair folding bike sucks. But you can see that from the picture.
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    10/08/09

    In reply to A Brief History of Sinclair and Its Five Most Interesting Gadgets
    Surely their greatest ever invention was the C5 electric 'car'
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    10/08/09

    @S-Express has a pet troll: Nathan: oh I want one
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    10/08/09

    In reply to A Brief History of Sinclair and Its Five Most Interesting Gadgets
    Great read Sean. Thanks!
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    09/21/09

    In reply to AmazonBasics Is Company's Foray Into Private Label Consumer Electronics
    Companies like Monoprice showed that it was possible to sell decent cables for cut-rate prices and completely undercut retail pricing. It works in part because cables are pretty stupid simple and many of them get made in the same Chinese factories as the branded ones. The Chinese factory mantra "Best Price! Best Price!" works in this case.

    Amazon is legitimizing the idea with some serious cred. Good.

    That said, there are still tons of people who really DO believe that paying 10 times the money for a cable really does give them something better or special or at least something they can brag about to their friends. Nobody "keeping up with the Joneses" is going to brag about Amazon-branded cables. No, they'll want to brag about Monster gold plated oxygenated fiber optic double shielded quad core buzzword cables that cost a lot.
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    09/20/09

    In reply to AmazonBasics Is Company's Foray Into Private Label Consumer Electronics
    Terrific idea. I wonder why they haven't done private label goods before. All the large retailers do.
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    09/20/09

    In reply to AmazonBasics Is Company's Foray Into Private Label Consumer Electronics
    I like this a lot. I just bought a 6' HDMI cable for about $8 the other day from Amazon, and that was after I tried to buy locally from Best Buy and Radio Shack where the wanted at least $30 for their cheapest cable. The only problem with buying cheap basics from Amazon is that there is a lot of crap on there from unknown manufacturers, so AmazonBasics will actually give me some confidence that there are quality standards in place from a brand I can trust, while still getting a good price.
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