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Grandata (UK) gone down the pan ?

www.grandata.co.uk As far as that magnificent collection of NOS ICs Try anything old from their 2000 paper catalog, in...
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posted by diverse8
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Weller WTCPT tip not hot enough

I have a Weller WTCPT soldering station with the stock TC201T handle and PTA7 700 degrees F. tip. It's 15 years old and...
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posted by nobody
103 comments posted 18yrs posted by nobody

I would like to correct a few things

It was Stacey Chuffo that ordered a pizza from Domino's Pizza and when she went to pick it up an Iraqi was working ther...
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posted by pryce
0 comments posted 18yrs posted by pryce

Vampire devices

I've been shutting off all my vampire devices including my DVR. I only need it between 7pm and llpm. The last time the m...
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posted by boobooililililil
19 comments posted 18yrs posted by boobooililililil

TI denies Sony developing DLP projector

Here are the great stuff of TI denies Sony developing DLP projector.. TI denies Sony developing DLP projector Texas Ins...
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posted by richiebodwell
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Kenwood CJ66SS microwave oven, 2006

Owner put too heavy an item in the oven and the rotary drive made horrible loud regular clatter noise after that, but c...
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posted by diverse8
1 comments posted 18yrs posted by diverse8

TFT monitor ticking in standby mode

I have a HP TFT monitor (LP3065) that is "ticking" while in energy- save/standby mode. The screen is completely silent...
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posted by mikewse
0 comments posted 18yrs posted by mikewse

AOC grabs monitor market leadership

Here are the great stuff of AOC grabs monitor market leadership... Its new widescreeen LCD monitors that were introduce...
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posted by mattfusik
0 comments posted 18yrs posted by mattfusik

Source for type TM RF coaxial connectors and adapters?

I am looking for a source of type TM coax connectors and adapters. Type TM is a miniature RF coax connector used way ba...
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posted by Michael.C.Maguire
3 comments posted 18yrs posted by Michael.C.Maguire

Can't see dual monitor display

I just bought an s video cable and hooked my Nvidia 6800 card to the TV. I was trying to get an output on my TV. I didn...
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posted by metspitzer
2 comments posted 18yrs posted by metspitzer

Hypothetical toroidal transformer problem

Unless anyone has experienced it. What would happen if that thick aluminium sheet, nominally stuck as screening, to the...
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posted by diverse8
11 comments posted 18yrs posted by diverse8

MYSTERY Compaq Laptop is "Alive" Again!!!

Hi, It's "alive" again (second time)! After a few months of storage (RTC/CMOS battery removed), I hooked it up and it b...
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posted by bpetria
2 comments posted 18yrs posted by bpetria

Restek amp ...

Has anybody got schematics for, or direct experience of repair of Restek model "Extract" high-end power amps ? TIA Arfa
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posted by arfa.daily
3 comments posted 18yrs posted by arfa.daily

? Fixing Burned Flatbed Scanner Power Resistor

Hi, Apparently a recent thunder-storm has burned out my flatbed scanner (no thanks to my fancy-schmancy mid-size APC su...
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posted by nospam
20 comments posted 18yrs posted by nospam

OT: plastic ring binders

I picked up a 300 page manual on the wrong side. The self weight of the paper in freefall meant the spine unzipped lead...
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posted by diverse8
4 comments posted 18yrs posted by diverse8