This modem was purchased through eBay in February 2023 and recapped in late May 2023 using whatever capacitors I had on hand. Thankfully, I had a bunch of Rubycons and Panasonics. If you order enough of them you always end … Continue reading
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Avtek Flash Modem 288 V.34 – Model CD1500M
One thing I never get tired of is making videos about modems. And above is a modem video! An Avtek Flash Modem 288 V.34 purchased second-hand in August 2022 with a serial number of 601000266. The model number is CD1500M, … Continue reading
Avtek Mega Modem 1234 – Model AM1234
Back in May 2022 I picked up this modem, an Avtek Mega Modem 1234 (Serial 801452). It has a maximum speed of 2400 bps. I figured I would replace the capacitors and make sure it is A-OK. Nothing like looking … Continue reading
Super Nature World – Sweet Potato Attack
Earlier, I was processing some video footage from my Super Nature World YouTube channel and realised I recorded a slater, pill bug, potato bug, woodlouse, honestly, they have a million names- for over an hour while watching it feed.
This … Continue reading
Banksia BIT Blitzer 124E Dial-up Modem – Model BBM124E-B2CL
This is the first video in a two parter for the Banksia Bit Blitzer. … Continue reading
New Game Console, Redundancy, Modems and Cicadas
I’ve gotta hand it to Sony, these live streams look so much better at 60fps at 1080p. And the games … Continue reading
Mac Web Browsers from the 90s and HTML/0.9
Here I was thinking I had an 11 minute voiceover but I misread the timeline. I’ll never use a script, I’m … Continue reading
GeoCities Downtime – WD Blue SA510 1TB WDS100T3B0B Failure
Back in late-December, and I’m talking right on 31st December 2022, GeoCities crashed hard. All thanks to poorly written firmware by Western Digital. Firmwares 52008100 and 52015100, I’m looking at you!
The hardware failure of the the WD Blue SATA … Continue reading
Miss Melody ES688 – ESS AudioDrive 688 Capacitor Replacement
Recently I had the joy of being able to replace the capacitors on a Miss Melody ES688. The poor thing had … Continue reading
Capacitors Manufacturer Tier List Ranking
I’d previously linked to this list at Tom’s Hardware for my Cisco SPA. I was lucky that my capacitors were even on the list. It’s occurred to me that many do not even make it to tier 4…
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