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Nov 10 • 5 tweets • 3 min read • Read on X
Ooookay, one more laptop today. A few folks have asked "how about the red laptop? Does it have a chance?" Well, I think I'd say "kindof, with some help!" Let's explore in a 🧵 here! Image
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Initially, I started out with some Goof Off to clean off the paint. That damaged the screen cover's plastic. But I soon learned that would not matter. Because, well, here's the screen. Also, look at that nice red HDD cover. Paint on the keyboard too. Oh boy! Image
After some effort, I got the battery out. It was sealed by the paint. Now we can take a look inside. Lovely! Image
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Well, sometime later, and with SOME VERY ADDITIONAL CAREFUL application of Goof Off, and some scraping, and many paint chips, here is the end result! I stole a screen from the system that wouldn't POST! Image
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But what about the red paint on the battery? I left it... as a battle scar! I might clean it off later, but for now, I want it to wear that scar proudly. So yea, the red laptop lives on... somewhat! Thx for following along.

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Nov 12
I had a total blast testing my newly-acquired fleet of LTE 5000 series systems! Over the past four days, I was able to make 20 working systems from my haul of (I believe) 26 systems. Let's have a BRIEF outbrief in a 🧵 here! Image
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First, just LOOK at everything!! Everything you see here either will go in a system (HDD, FDD, CD-ROMs, battery shells), is a spare part, or a conversation piece (PCMCIA cards without dongles šŸ˜‚). And, oh, for the six systems that contributed to parts, look at all of the screws! Image
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Here are the "failed" parts. Several failed or flaky mobos. Two bad processor cards. Several bad DC to DC cards. Only one bad FDD, which is miraculous. And of course, that one keyboard that took a lot of abuse, too much to repair. Image
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Nov 11
Day 4 LTE 5000 (and probably some LTE Elite!) cleanup and testing. I'll just do highlight reel, I am sure you guys have seen enough at this point šŸ˜‚. Let's do this! 🧵 Image
First, we have doubled downstream testing power šŸ˜‚. Now let's talk about the system on the right... Image
So, as you can see, the screen is bad, but I think the effect is lowkey cool! Also, this system had a bad processor card and DC to DC card. That's been fixed. The HDD caddy had the logic board for a HDD and was missing the cover. Someone has been in here!! Image
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Nov 10
It's another beautiful day here... and time to clean and test some more LTE 5000 systems! And since I am taking an extended weekend, we have time to do this. Let's get to work. 🧵 Image
So, first, the tarp earned its pay. It rained a bit overnight. Most systems did stay dry. No concerns here! I thought the tarp had a small hole in it. Indeed it did šŸ˜‚ Image
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Before we proceed, I do have a confession: late last night, I did pull one more system off the stack, clean it up, and try to test it. Sadly, it's dead. Oh well, we will deal with that later. Image
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Nov 9
Shall we continue our LTE 5000 series cleaning and testing? I'm glad I covered them with a tarp, we had some condensation overnight!! This one is a LTE 5380 without any drives. It cleaned up nice and it does power up!! Image
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Okay, second one is a little rough. Cleaned up. Powered on once but won't power on again. Image
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Next one! Cleaned up. Powered right up. A nice LTE 5380 Image
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Nov 8
I've cleaned and tested three of my $10 laptops so far. And they are flawless!! Image
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The fourth one I cleaned is a little rough (bad screen bezel, failing HDD, battery was taped in, and mouse pointer is bad) but hey it at least powers on! Image
Some of these are super gross... Image
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Nov 8
Time for the System Source Swap Meet pics I took... in no particular order. Let's goooo! 🧵 time.

First we have an Amiga with some Macs, etc. Also, tons of interface cards. Some cool Apple stuff. And some IBM PCs! Image
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More PCs, macs, laptops, and some software! The boxed copy of StuffIt Deluxe caught my eye! Image
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One seller impressively had the original boxes for most of his stuff! Image
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