// #eevblog — 2019-05-08
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00:11:46 <T3sl4> hi K
00:13:00 <K> yes.
00:15:10 <Ampera> hello
00:15:54 <T3sl4> olleh
00:20:11 * Ampera hugs T3sl4
00:20:34 <T3sl4> *hugs*
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09:57:18 <DHess_US> Bought this to replace my old Craftsman drill and impact driver for which the batteries finally died. It seems nice. https://www.amazon.com/dp/B07NNYKXVG/ref=twister_B07NNYC59V?_encoding=UTF8&psc=1
11:30:41 <EEVBlog> New EEVBlog Tweet: I pop out for 5 lousy minutes https://t.co/zqerrXz8au
11:38:45 <EEVBlog> New EEVBlog Tweet: Flash commentary at about 8:30 Pretty basic engineering issue flash write lifetime, amateur mistake. https://t.co/CkYiBWmUmV
11:43:15 <DHess_US> https://uploads.disquscdn.com/images/e596d2b23416c486d09e87036e0fc0bf901ce74a36ca7f20573eaf47151e762a.jpg
11:43:48 <DHess_US> https://uploads.disquscdn.com/images/58a31e77a8a935430e891129b1d231c4b820990457014560182870fa65a1bf3a.jpg
12:44:18 <EEVBlog> New EEVBlog Tweet: This policy change from @PayPalAU will be HORRIFIC for large transactions. Translation: Paypal will now keep the 2.6%-3.6% transaction fee if a merchant refunds a buyer. That's $26-$36 on a $1000 refunded transaction THE MERCHANT HAS TO EAT RT if u think it's bullshit #PayPal https://t.co/HjlrwkQPEx
12:47:20 <EEVBlog> New EEVBlog Tweet: @PayPalAU And this is why @PayPalAU will not tell you this directly, instead they use generic-speak to play it down what they are actually doing. This is the biggest merchant change they have made in 20 years. No other merchant providers do this.
12:52:22 <EEVBlog> New EEVBlog Tweet: And if you think this won't affect YOU the buyer, wrong. Merchants (shops) will now make it more difficult or impossible to refund your money on large transactions because they now have to eat a 2.6%-3.6% cost instead of the 30c previously. (It's actually 2.9%-3.9% now)
12:58:25 <EEVBlog> New EEVBlog Tweet: So I just looked up the hashtag #PayPal and it's swamped with porn ads. LOL
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14:20:03 <EEVBlog> New EEVBlog Tweet: These @SmallRigs are really nice https://t.co/ua45SzLMh0
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18:11:42 <Halcyon> Mew
18:51:02 * Halcyon sticks his finger in Ampera's ear
18:55:00 <Halcyon> I am so tempted to buy this: https://www.ebay.com.au/itm/NEC-Pinwriter-24pin-dot-matrix-printer-with-Cut-Sheet-Feeder-New/163409316106?hash=item260bf4490a:g:9MEAAOSwjtZb0a5B
19:07:18 <K> hello
19:18:17 * DogWomble peers in
19:18:44 <DogWomble> if i were to go old school dot matrix, i'd probably try and find an old Star LC-10
19:18:58 <Halcyon> I bought it anyway :P
19:19:15 <Halcyon> The problem is, a lot of the more popular ones from Epson and Oki are fucking expensive!
19:19:23 <Halcyon> Even used, several hundred dollars
19:19:33 <DogWomble> yeah, the old epson stuff goes for stupid money
19:19:48 <Halcyon> Brand new 9-pin Epson is still almost $900 from Officeworks!
19:20:28 <DogWomble> yeah they are pricey, i think because they're so obscure now that they make their money by putting stupid amounts of markup on them rather than selling them in volume
19:20:35 <Halcyon> Yep
19:20:42 <Halcyon> But they are built like a tank
19:20:57 <Halcyon> Most of my printing is just for temporary stuff that I throw out, like for recipes etc...
19:21:11 <DogWomble> i think that's why the old ones go for so much, they're built like a brick shithouse so they'll likely still work
19:21:38 <DogWomble> i've just got a POS inkjet that i picked up from trash converters for $5 and just threw a new cartridge into
19:21:51 <DogWomble> i don't do huge amount of pritning so i can't really justify spending lots of money on a printer
19:22:18 <Halcyon> I don't either
19:22:19 <DogWomble> my printing now is either tickets to shows or things i'm going to scribble on
19:22:54 <Halcyon> I do have a Brother laser printer which has been good, but it's getting old. I've had to pull it apart once already because one of the plastic gears broke.
19:23:08 <Halcyon> (I say "already", I've had it for about 10 years)
19:24:41 <K> why dot-matrix printer?
19:26:49 <DogWomble> for the nostalgia factor i expect
19:31:31 <K> nostalgia warrants that old ibm one, with perforated paper roll
19:40:10 <K> or was it epson, hmm
19:40:21 <Halcyon> Epson did the LX-series
19:40:25 <Halcyon> They were very popular
19:40:38 <DogWomble> the LQ series were pretty popular as well
19:40:41 <Halcyon> K: I've always wanted one, they are super reliable.
19:40:47 <Halcyon> Ahh LQ, that's what I was thinking of
19:40:57 <DogWomble> pretty much every dot matrix printer emulated one of the twqo
19:41:17 <DogWomble> if memory serves, the LX were all 9-pins and the LQ's were all 24 pins
19:41:38 <Halcyon> Yep, there were only a small handful of print drivers you needed to worry about in those days, among them was the Epson LX-whatever and the HP LaserJet I/II/III
19:42:29 <DogWomble> yeah, i think most dot matrix printers emulated an Epson of some description
19:42:47 <Halcyon> I remember, when laser printers became popular, it didn't matter what the actual machine was (it could have even been a copier) and it emulated the LaserJet
19:42:53 <Halcyon> Fuck driver disks :P
19:45:52 <Halcyon> I also bought some SIMM modules with pins: https://www.ebay.com.au/itm/Vintage-PC-memory-14-pieces-30pin-pinned-SIMM-RAM-256kb-1MB/163649338043
19:45:56 <Halcyon> I couldn't help myself :P
20:18:42 <Halcyon> Holy fuck! Too much hot english mustard
20:20:05 <T3sl4> lies
20:26:41 <Halcyon> It went in my nose
20:26:50 <Halcyon> And I wanted to die for a second or two
20:38:16 * Ampera sticks his finger up Halcyon's nose
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20:44:32 <Halcyon> Ampera :D
20:45:00 <T3sl4> o/
20:51:49 <DogWomble> this reminds me, i should pull my 486 out again
20:52:01 <Halcyon> You should pull what!?
20:52:02 <Halcyon> :P
20:54:26 <DogWomble> my old 486 PC :P
20:56:55 <Ampera> DogWomble, I was thinking the same thing, I should use my old PCs more
20:57:14 <Ampera> the issue is to do what, I usually just end up tinkering with them, and then finding they barely work and that I'm too lazy to fix them.
20:57:59 <DogWomble> well i managed to find someone that had written an IRC server for DOS, I'm tempted to see if it actualyl works and is in any sort of functional state
21:10:14 <DHess_US> I have an LQ-570
21:11:13 <DogWomble> does it still function?
21:12:54 <Ampera> DHess_US, I have an LQ-570+
21:15:05 <DHess_US> It's actuallyu a 570+. Yes, it still works fine.
21:15:32 <Ampera> Mine works great too, although I don't use it too much
21:15:42 <DHess_US> I haven't used it in years.
21:15:47 <Ampera> mostly because CUPS to a network printer is way easier.
21:16:30 <DHess_US> I have one of the later wide carrage Epsons also.
21:28:27 <EEVBlog> New EEVBlog Tweet: RT @weinertjulian: @eevblog At first I thought they literally blew "up", but apparently transistors desolder themselves... :D https://t.co/…
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22:01:39 <steve30> yay dot matrix printers
23:21:23 <EEVBlog> New EEVBlog Tweet: Add RayPCB to the list of Youtube comment spammers https://t.co/JtF3LOIzFC
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