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If you get into it, it's interesting how many sort of sub-niches there are and the amount of available info. Like, for example, bleaching yellowed plastic...th
by tyingq 5y ago
If you get into it, it's interesting how many sort of sub-niches there are and the amount of available info. Like, for example, bleaching yellowed plastic...there's a whole "retr0brite" culture. Or being able to recreate old undocumented PAL chips because somebody took the time to feed in every possible input and map the outputs.
- ok123456 5y agoI don't get the whole 'retr0brite' thing. It's 30+ year old plastic. Exposing it to oxidizers will just make it more brittle. It's only really popular because "The 8-Bit Guy" makes 45 minute videos painstakingly showing you this process, because he lacks the technical ability or background to tell you anything insightful about the computers he's working on---usually common 80s home computers that were poorly stored in someone's attic for decades.