Picked this up for $15 at a thrift store it doesn't have a power cable how do I test if it works? it is from 1949 and doesn't look like a normal plug
Picked this up for $15 at a thrift store it doesn't have a power cable how do I test if it works...
Ayden Thompson
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Juan Hill
Fabricate your own.
Oliver Evans
You're pretty fucked
Jaxson Murphy
You can make your own with some tinfoil and two knives.
Austin Parker
Pretty sure a lot of these use fairly standard two-pin detachable cables.
Cameron Perry
>look on machine for voltage it takes
>look on machine for Amps it needs
>get variable power-supply with alligator clips
and so and so forth
Charles Gonzalez
>normal plug
more like botnet
Benjamin Gonzalez
It's an early calculator. It doesn't support PRISM access so it's illegal to use today.
Henry Peterson
Just stick it on ebay as untested and let the buyer deal with it.
Eli Sullivan
Why would you buy something you clearly don't have the skills to troubleshoot and repair on your own?
Every idiot that goes out and buys old electronics and electromechanical equipment to "collect" because they saw some asshat on youtube doing it takes a piece of history away from a collector that does actually have the relevant skills to restore and refurbish the damn thing. All it's gonna do in your basement is sit there collecting dust until you inevitably throw it away.
Colton Davis
I actually repair electromechanical calculators as a hobby. They're not rare. I don't care if some asshat buys one to sit on a shelf, they do look cool.
Luke White
If that's true then why are you asking how to re-terminate a plug. It's a basic skill that anyone that does repair should know.
Leo Sullivan
LOL, good luck!
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Jace Young
have you tried inserting it into your anus?
Hunter Murphy
Spend a little time and you may be able to find a manual/repair manual.
That's one thing nice about older stuff like this, its straitforward and everything is big, easy to work on, and testable usually.
Jackson Long
To learn
Jack Adams
The amount of work that went into electromechanical calculators is incredible, same with old teletypes and linotypes and a million other kinds of machines. I met a guy at a phone museum who is a retired military teletype repairman and he had a beautifully working 1950's vintage unit on display there for people to demo.
It will take dedicated autists to conserve and repair this kind of stuff, it's all obsolete commercially. Keeping stuff like this in operation is a noble pursuit and for the right kind of person can be an extremely satisfying hobby that has the potential to be a career.
It won't be too long before every camera repair person, teletytpe repair person, etc. has passed on and autists will be the only people who can get and keep this old gear in operation.
Kayden Sanders
>its straitforward and everything is big, easy to work on
He spent an entire week trying to diagnose a small part in the guts of the machine that was slightly bent out of shape and jamming the entire clear function.
Jacob Carter
It has an integrated power supply so it's just a matter of rewiring a normal cable to fit the jack. To test you could hack the end off an old IEC cable and wire it directly in behind the socket, though it would be ideal to use a variac to power it up in case it starts smoking. anything that gets fried on a device that old will be easily replaceable though
Benjamin Torres
>look on machine for Amps it needs
you don't need to do this, it will only draw as much current as it needs.
Anthony Wood
youre making it sound like autism is a good thing
Nathan Garcia
for fuck shake why do you faggots always get amazing shit for nothing
I fucking hate my country, nothing good ever comes on the thrift store
Caleb Taylor
go on OP, answer this one.
Andrew Smith
how the fuck could anyone design this monster
Jeremiah Thomas
they must live in big cities or something.
the economy there is more efficient because you can actually sell used stuff on craigslist locally. So of course they get lots of good deals from people wanting to turn X product into 50% of it's original cost.
Aiden Hill
loled at this piece of truth
William Myers
That's exactly why you need to know how many amps it *NEEDS*, otherwise you risk of underdriving it.
Landon Russell
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hope this helps
Aiden Peterson
True
Carson Diaz
I'm not OP, fucking obviously. Can you fuckers read?
Wyatt Moore
Carefully
Grayson Nelson
Sad but kekd
Colton Clark
>takes a piece of history away from a collector
Kek, being a "collector" does not give you any special rights, in fact if you call yourself a "collector", you should not have any rights at all.