Does Commodore 128DCR need ESD protection on controller ports?

Does Commodore 128DCR need ESD protection on controller ports?

There are ESD protection PCB that one can solder to the bottom of 9 pins controller ports and they are available for systems like Atari 2600 and C64 as they do not have any real protection. C128DCR has diodes connecting the controller ports, are those fine or would I still benefit from adding ESD protections?

https://i.redd.it/sf34gnnkfgbh1.jpeg shows ESD protector on Atari 2600 system

u/Warcraft_Fan — 13 hours ago

Did Commodore ever have this logo on radio? Or is it a different Commodore company with no relation to computers and calculators?

u/Warcraft_Fan — 10 days ago

Trying to complete bestiary on Sega Ages Phantasy Star on my Switch, 4 more to go

I am missing 4 monsters. Tentacle is in the lava field before the tower and refuses to pop for me. Horseman is somewhere on Dezo, after the white dragon cave. Still haven't found them yet. Elephant is on an island with Abion and Loar. This one also refuses to pop up.

If there are better place to hunt those 3, LMK please

Green dragon is another one I need but I have no idea where to find it. I'm told it's in a dungeon but which dungeon?

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u/Warcraft_Fan — 10 days ago

Hot flash some hours after I last eat

T2 since October 2020, not on any medication as long as I manage my diet properly.

I have noticed when it's been oh about 6 hours after I last had anything other than water, I get hot flashes. When I check during hot flashes, they are over 200 (US unit) when I normally have 120-140 in the morning. Just wondering if anyone knows why it happens. I do have upcoming dr appointment but it's in a few weeks.

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u/Warcraft_Fan — 12 days ago

Suggest an upright vacuum for my parents

Their old Hoover is over 30 years old and doesn't stay upright anymore and they were looking to replace it. The lever that switched between upright for storage and for using it had broken and considering its age, it's probably better to replace the whole thing as other internal plastic may be brittle and would break if I tried to take it apart to repair the lever latch.

No carpet, most of the house has linoleum floor with a number of low pile rugs. They do have a few cats so cat hair is very common.

Bagged or bag-less, hepa filter or not doesn't matter. It does need to have hose attachment for hard to reach spots and for heat registers. Also it does need to be upright, not cordless. Something that would last for a couple decades would be preferable.

Under $200 in US, either from local stores like Target, Walmart, Best Buy, or Meijer or online from Amazon.

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u/Warcraft_Fan — 13 days ago

fixing subtitle typo in MKV file, is mkvtoolnix still the only way?

example from Japanese version of Jungle Book from 1989, there are repeating error. The video is rather old, MKV with DIVX4 codec. It seems like there's formatting issue, where it should have music note, it reads "a TM a" and I suspect it should have been "begin italic, music note, end italic".

Is mkvtoolnix still the only way to fix it? Extract subtitle, make correction, remux it? 52 episode files would take quite a while. Or is there a way to batch search all 52 files for this specific text string and change it to correct text?

Or is there a source of Jungle Book on DVD with English subtitle I could buy and rip myself? eBay doesn't have it, Amazon doesn't have it, and Yahoo Japan isn't being nice with Japanese to English translator so I can't search it

u/Warcraft_Fan — 14 days ago
▲ 2 r/help

Can't seem to block user on old Reddit

When I go to user's profile, there used to be block user link but it was gone today. When I went to the preference via this link https://old.reddit.com/prefs/blocked/ there is no option to add user to the list.

Am I missing it somewhere? Or did Reddit remove block user feature or did the old Reddit get bugged? I hope I'm just not looking in the right spot.

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u/Warcraft_Fan — 15 days ago

Good upgrade for my Quadra 650?

I have 32MB RAM in the form of 2x16MB (any more and the power on takes forever) and full VRAM. I also have SCSI2SD and 16GB SD card partitioned in 4 to act like 4 separate drives with their own ID and a 486DX2-66 with its own 32MB stick. I am still waiting for the 486DX4-133 with interposer to see if I can make the 3v CPU work in 5v board.

There's still 2 empty Nubus slots (3rd Nubus slot is blocked by DOS card) Anything worthwhile to fit in those spots? Maybe OrangePC 386 if it works with System 7.1? I have seen Mac286 but it hasn't been supported since before System 7 came out and would be a bitch to get it to work under 7.1

AFAIK Quadra onboard video is faster than any Nubus video card although Nubus video card can come with up to 4MB. Probably not worth it though.

Any good or fun stuff for upgrade?

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u/Warcraft_Fan — 15 days ago