I’m trying to find the positive — at least this will drive more traffic to MicroCenter and hopefully help them stay afloat. Earl

This hurts.

Yes. I thought Summer 2020 was going to be it.

The only surprising thing about this is how long it took them to finally close. Those shelves have been empty for over 2 years, not to mention never discount anything. Their inventory of NTE ICs are

https://www.theverge.com/circuitbreaker/2021/2/24/22298616/frys-electronics-going-out-of-business

https://mailchi.mp/southernfriedgameroomexpo/partylikeits2019-4739353 And a 10% discount until 3/6. Sent from my portable computing device.

They are moving SFGE to August 20-22, 2021.

All, Show off your latest vintage projects and acquisitions Saturday. Share your “back in the day” stories. Ask members for help with their current or future projects. Better than

Guys - Sorry but my Atari stuff and I won’t be able to make it today due to worn needs. Next time! mike

Hello everyone, I am looking to make some stuff. I will be selling some of my commodore stuff and an original Atari 2600. The commodore stuff, I am selling is (everything works great): Vic 20 C64C

Hey Earl I'm looking for a PC with a 5 1/4 inch drive... I've got a TON of disk software and a 1200XL that needs a new keyboard mylar... Will probably be bringing a couple of 2600 consoles also.

Sorry I don't. Gave out all my spares at the last meeting. And I don't think any of them were upgraded anyway. -- mike

Stick to Nichicon or Panasonic where possible. There is a guy in the professional monitor forums (Steve Nutter out of Nashville) on FB that also sells some PVM cap kits. Console5 has most of the

The Atari and Electrohome monitors won't be too bad, but a PVM (!)... Those have HUNDREDS of electrolytics in them. I don't think I would even try it! Maybe targeting a known problem or section, but a

I also have recapped a number of CRTs, and will be at tomorrow's meeting as well if you want to chat. One piece of advice I can give you if ordering capacitors from a place like Mouser or Digikey is

I think I can help with that. I have re-capped a Wells Gartner 19v2000 and have a G07-CBO I'm working on. I've bought cap kits for arcade monitors from arcadeshop.com and have been happy. They use

If anybody has experience with monitor cap replacements, I'd like to chat with you tomorrow at the meeting. I just bought a desoldering vacuum and am planning on replacing caps later this year on 2

Would you happen to have an Atari 810 with a Happy or Archiver upgrade?

What sort of PC are you looking for? I may have something... esp. if I can get something Atari that I don't have... Earl

The processor I have is only for a DL 360 G4P. I think the other ones I got were G4s (not G4P). Sadly I don't think it will work in that one. If the folks who got the others have sorted them out