a site about old obsolete cars and computers.
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Gas-testers…
This hobby is escalating since i bought my Opel Tech80 machine… Recently i claimed the domain https://sun-electric.nl/ which is SUN’s oldest domain and restored a bit of thier old website on it. But i’m also working on making everything around those machines open to the public… For today i made an extra shelft that could…
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Broken Opel Kapitan P2 gearbox
For my uncle i tried an attempt to repair his Kapitan P2 gearbox. His car leaked the oil out of it and ruined the bearings. Before i started on this gearbox i disassembled a spare Rekord P2 gearbox because these gearboxes are almost the same. I did this because i presume we are going to…
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IBM XT 5160 “overclocked” PC Sprint from 1985
I printed some PCB’s for the PC Sprint. It’s from Doug Severson out of 1985, but Rees from the UK blew some new life into that PCB design. I spotted the project on his github page: https://github.com/reeshub/pc-sprint So i went out to print them and also ordered the parts. And i made my IBM 5160…
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Macintosh Classic repairs
This time i bought 2 Macintosh Classics and a SE FDHD. The SE and one of the Classics worked perfect but they need a better recap. The previous owner did recap them but not very well. All the values are little off. For example 50v caps replaced with 63v or even 100v caps. Thats not…
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Insulate the attic
Originally this attic had no insulation at all as you can see on these early pictures when i started this project. So i started with metalstuds, never tried them before but them seem to be easier than with wood (and sadly cheaper). After i figured out howto mount this, i started to add the Rockwool.…
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New workbench in the rear of the garage
This one started in sketchup. A little idea of what i wanted to build in the rear of the garage. I wanted a place for the following tools: Compressor Lathe Ultrasonic cleaner Drillpres And storage for books and VHS tapes. So i made a cutlist for the steel parts. Cleanup of the old workbench… And…