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What's the oldest piece of tech you still have running? (suppo.fi)

submitted 10 months ago by bartolomeo@suppo.fi to c/asklemmy@lemmy.ml

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[–] tacosplease@lemmy.world 13 points 10 months ago (1 children)

My Atari 7800. Had to replace capacitors and a transistor to get it working again. Also added composite AV output.

[–] beastlykings@sh.itjust.works 2 points 10 months ago (1 children)

I have a 2600 that needs the same treatment, haven't gotten to it

[–] tacosplease@lemmy.world 2 points 10 months ago (1 children)

There is a website called Console5 that has tons of repair and upgrade parts. Replacing components in the Atari wasn't bad.

Hope you never have to replace the capacitors on a SNES. You're almost guaranteed to lift a bunch of pads unless you have a hot air station or a specialty tool that's half soldering iron half tweezers.

[–] beastlykings@sh.itjust.works 1 points 10 months ago

Thanks!