u/jrduffman

3D printed GPU power cable cover/anti-sag brace!
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3D printed GPU power cable cover/anti-sag brace!

I designed this myself from scratch to cover my two 8-pin PCI-e power cables on my Asus Dual RX 6750 XT and it also acts as an anti-sag brace! Obviously it's fairly specific to my GPU, in my case and on my motherboard (as I think this could all change the EXACT heights) and of course thicknesses of this GPU. But if anyone wants it I can share the file.

u/jrduffman — 3 days ago

Picked up this 1984 Quasar (Panasonic) for $36

I was born in 1981 and grew up with a 1979 Panasonic TV very similar to this so I'm very nostalgic for these late 70's early 80's CRT's with knobs and wood grain. Sure, it's RF only but that's what we all had back then! Most of us who grew up at this time period were playing our NES and even SNES on RF up until the mid 90's! We replaced our Panasonic in ~1993 with a new GE that had composite inputs.

Anyway, picked this up on fbmp for $50 Canadian (~$36 USD) and it's in very good condition for its age. The geometry is good, audio is good, tuning is good, holds vsync rock solid. The sub-brightness was cranked when I got it. The black levels were crazy high even with the brightness control on the front all the way down. So I turned up the front brightness control to center detent and adjusted the sub-brightness pot inside the TV down until I got it where I wanted it. It's still bright enough so I'm not sure why the sub-brightness was cranked to the moon. Perhaps a bad cap or resistor has caused that voltage to drift. The focus pot is also almost maxed out. So, perhaps this CRT is high hour. But I'm okay with that. All things considered given it's over 40 years old it works great. Who knows how much longer it will last but that's kinda how it's gonna be with these right? They're all on borrowed time. I'll enjoy it while I can. It's only going to get a few hours a month of use realistically so it could be good for years to come.

It's a Quasar model WT-5941WW, Chassis MC105. Manufactured in Canada by Matshushita (Panasonic) with parts labeled inside as early as Sept 1983 the TV was manufactured in Feb 1984 and sold in 1984 as there's a sticker from store on back that says Aug 29 1984 - 3yr. I'm assuming that means 3 year warranty from the store.

This isn't my only CRT. I also have a Commodore 1702 and a similar sized composite only Sanyo. But I had nothing with RF so this is good for say my Atari or Famicom that are RF only. It's also a fair bit bigger than those.

u/jrduffman — 1 month ago