Thou shalt follow these vintage computing commandments #VintageComputing #BestPractices
Cameron Kaiser provides best practices for working with vintage computer gear:
Thou shalt check voltage and polarity on new-to-thee power supplies, or thy machines shall be smote and release smoke.
Thou shalt remove batteries when placing items in storage, or thou will surely go to hell with them.
Thou shalt support the lower half of laptop screens and other hinged computers when opening them, lest they break like an MD5 hash.
Thou shalt use a head protector or dud 5.25″ floppy disk when moving floppy drives, so that they might not clatter, crash or misalign.
Thou shalt not wrap the power cord around any plastic case, lest the stigmata they cause be grievous.
Thou shalt keep the box and paperwork if thou can, so that future generations may appreciate the context.
Thou shalt not say “recap!” every time someone else says their computer is broken.
Thou shalt figure out what thou willst do with thine collection upon thy passing, or all thy hard work will be lost in an estate sale or something.
Thou shalt keep thy wife, or thy husband, or thy partner, or anyone else thou cohabits with, we judgeth not, happy and limit the number of rooms thou occupyest.
Thou shalt not make vintage computing your G-d.
Read the details about each and every one in the post here.
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