I have an update on this, search for 'dstn polarizer vogons' since the thread I posted in shows as the top result. I took pictures of both the monochrome and the colour tests :) So far it appears that polypropylene or maybe cellullose acetate at 25 micron thickness is the key element, the adhesive makes no difference. On my T2400CS test laptop with the tape + polariser setup, I've got part of the polariser removable an area of the tape removed so that I can test other materials quickly, currently researching what to get - I need to determine whether it's the material thickness or the material itself that's making the difference here, since different tapes seem to give better/worse colour accuracy & black levels

Breathtaking machine. Never owned one, but I would like to use one for a few days to get some of the experience.

That film compensation layer is I think what's actually breaking down, which is why vinegar syndrome seems more common on passive displays. I've just found out that cheap cellulose / sticky tape is able to take the place of the compensation layer. (try a few out, cheap & low tack works best) Really is nice to see a 'paper white' monochrome displaying proper black and white again. Colour looks good too on a VGA colour STN display I just fixed by putting tape onto the LCD and then a standard polariser on top. Though it has lines where there are gaps between the separate tape lines :) Have you found any good source for fstn polarising film?

Great work mate, just watched Colin's video and now find myself here

Faxs

IDEA 1: Randomly curious as to whether this works with the Toshiba 1950CT Archive floppies for DOS, Windows, Diagnostics, inverting display, other Toshiba utilities, etc. IDEA 2: can you demonstrate this working with SvarDOS? Bonus points if you can get an ethernet card in there; and demonstrate SvarDOS's package manager. IDEA 3: Max out RAM, get a sound card in there, get an mSATA to IDE adapter... overkill? Maybe. But that built-in TRIM-like support tho (garbage collection) for long-term durability. Set once and forget forever.

Glad yo here from you Mike Stay Safe

Glad to see you faired well.

poor clint. hopefully he will be able to rebuild his house soon

Glad you're safe!!

Great to hear you're ok. You have a big backyard, so make a fire pit in the back. At least you can get some light, heat, and cook food. Just an idea

Glad to hear you are OK!

Thanks for the update. Glad you are safe. And I remember Ike. I lived in central Ohio and that wind was insane, even here.

I was concerned you were ok! Glad to hear your ok! Whew that was close!

Glad you’re doing okay, I hope things keep improving!

Thanks for the update - and know that we're all here, even in the dark!

Glad you’re ok!

are those a bunch of Mac’s in that room behind you lol. Also those washers and driers are I bet way better than new ones

Get a battery back up and get an A. V. R preferably get a battery backup with a built-in a VR such as a smart APC.

Glad you were spared most of the issues with the Hurricane and are safe.

🔌Anyone stumble on this still looking to fix their SU-V2 / SU-V4: I have a reliable (as-in true to the original schematic) DIY clone of the STK8040 / STK8050. Some glimpses on DIYaudio and AudioKarma 🔊

I also got covid after the 2023 show. Definitely not fun. Luckily I didn't bring that home with me this year.

You work for the weather channel?

Which units were turned on? All of them?

@THEtecknight Thanks for doing the sound testing on the Radius Accelerator at 31:22. I've always been curious if that card was like my Levco (SuperMac) SpeedCard, and sure enough it is. Seems like a lot of SE accelerators back in the day had that audio glitching problem. So if Zane can get that issue squared away in WarpSE, it surely will be THE accelerator to have for any Mac SE.

Does It Have A Projector?

OK then, what are we talking about?

Worst in every imaginable area. Looking to start class action I’ve paid for 1gb speed never tests more than 500s but 20 ft from router starts to degrade. Service sucks, techs suck, the INDIAN tech support sucks their apps suck everything sucks nothing works no can fix it and afters hours on the phone and it still doesn’t work they go into their script and ask if I want mobile service to save 15$ . Thank god streaming will become the norm and cable will be dead and buried hopefully all the execs lose everything including their pensions and 401ks.

What does it do?

Ohhh... I have an IBM PC convertible

What size is the image?

If you're willing to make a 5 hour VCF video I'm willing to watch it.

Wonderful work!

You're not going to get signal without a digital converter box on the antenna.

i’ll take one lol

I was a FSR for Convergent Media Systems, we installed and serviced the channel one equipment back in the day.

Soon we will fix these issues and the release the WarpSE!

Exalent Review Mike when they get it out of the beta and buds fix I will have to get one

Great review! Nice to see at Tinker Different the developer is already working on sound fixes. Very cool project!

I need some pentium 1 laptos haha

Your new camera setup is working really well :) Makes it much more pleasant to watch you work on things with CRTs

WOW, I am speechless, this is absolutely amazing. I had no idea about this project until seeing your video. I have been dreaming of a modern SE accelerator for many years, and it’s finally happening! Once the bugs are worked out and they are available, I will definitely be buying one, maybe two! Super excited for this! So much better than trying to find an old, expensive and rare accelerator that may up and die with no hope of ever repairing it.

What a cool project! There might be hope for Classics yet :)

I always take a loss and learn .But with this company they won't stop charging even when you have given everything back . Paid in full . The gangster of internet. BRUTAL .

Thanks for the video. Amiga nerd here so a brother in M68k… and I have been considering obtaining an “old world” or PPC Mac to play with. I looked up this accelerator… why did they stick with the 68000 and only 25MHz and not go with a 68040 or even better a 68060 at 50MHz (or better?)? I also understand it only has 4MB RAM, but the 68000 can use a max of 16MB (2GB for the 68040). With the 68040 you also get FPU and independent MMU. It just seems this isn’t much of an accelerator especially when compared to the Terrible Fire and especially compared to the PiStorm.

Very cool, I gotta find me one of these at some point for my SE. Thing is slow as hell

=_- one of the few videos to see my table. im still rocovering physically from the 9 hour drive :(

Thank you for making this video, it was very helpful in my repair of a Toshiba XM-3301BC drive. I had to replace every single capacitor and things like the 1uF, 10uF and bipolar caps I've just used ceramic capacitors instead of electrolytics and it's working now. It wasn't working initially which was down to an already used 4v 220uF capacitor that had ESR as bad as the cap it replaced. And I forgot to replace the big 10v 330uF radial capacitor thinking "well it's not an SMD cap it should be fine". But it wasn't fine and that 330uF cap reeked of fish on removal. I might put something on the caps wiki about it since after 30 years I think every surviving Toshiba caddy drive will need a recap now. Even after that it would only work for reading CDs when heated up with a hairdryer. It was doing the same thing you were talking about where the speed wouldn't lock in correctly even though the laser was doing its job and focusing OK. Giving the main PCB a wash in the ultrasonic cleaner for maybe close to an hour total in 5 minute bursts made all the difference. Lots of fishy smell as I brushed around the ICs but it eventually cleaned up, at the cost of all the soldermask labels which oddly fell off like decals for models that are applied with water. Now the drive plays a CD right away and with the cover on is nice and quiet. I didn't touch any of the adjustments for the laser and don't intend to, it's working well at reading pressed CDs so far and for a 1992 drive that's what I wanted 🙂

Man, your video helped me a lott. I fixed mine today with that acetone trick. Thanks🤍🤍

Good coverage of the show, & it was very exhausting, but still fun. ;)