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bwDraco

23:05

Seth

23:28

@ArtOfCode @Burgi yup! I am looking for a Mac. My budget is pretty low at the moment though. I'm also in the US. But if you have any leftover you want to sell :)

Bob

@bwDraco Warning, planet may spontaneously detonate?

Burgi

@Seth i'll give you a shout when we have cleaned them up

Seth

@Burgi alright!

Burgi

did you see the list?

they are roughly £300 each

oldmud0

Hey look guys I'm back

Seth

23:37

I did see the list. Let me convert that to local currency.

Journeyman Geek

Woof

Burgi

they've held their price amazingly well, sadly

oldmud0

So my brother gave me a cheap chinese joystick saying that it's broken and that I "promised" to fix it

The only thing wrong with it is a really frayed USB cable.

The disassembly was really easy, all it took was 6 screws.

But I don't really know the best approach on how to repair the cable

I just used some rusty pliers to remove the cable but it's so tightly bundled that it's dang near impossible to splice it.

Burgi

we have roughly the same number of desktop PCs, roughly the same or better spec... £60 each... >.<

Journeyman Geek

@oldmud0 is it soldered directly to the board?

oldmud0

23:40

Well, the good thing is that the individual wires are exposed very well before they reach the main board.

Seth

@Burgi I think £205 is all I can come up with at this moment. I completely realize that isn't a lot of money for a Mac, which is why I wasn't looking very hard. Just need to save a little more, I guess ;)

Journeyman Geek

Resolder whole cable. Resolder at the board

oldmud0

Okay

Seth

@Burgi Yeah, it drives me crazy. really the only thing you're paying for is the logo and the ability to run OSX legally. The actual internals aren't something worth phoning home about at the price point.

oldmud0

The interesting thing is that it has wires for PS2 (yes, PlayStation 2) and USB going through the same cable

Journeyman Geek

23:41

If it was a nice joystick I'd consider a socket

Much neater and more mechanically reliable

oldmud0

hmm yeah

Burgi

they might not even make it to general sale yet, staff might snaffle them first :)

oldmud0

there's no usb female in reach though

Journeyman Geek

If it's cheap crap.... Strategic hotsnot

Seth

@Burgi At that price I would if I could afford it. £300 for a 2013 iMac really is a deal!

Burgi

23:42

a usb female... now there is an idea...

oldmud0

Well, it was bought pretty cheap, but the construction is surprisingly good as well as the joystick.

Burgi

hehe

oldmud0

The whole assembly looks to be just a few parts.

Lemme see what the microcontroller is..

Burgi

@Seth i really want one of the newer macbooks but i think they are all in use

you never know though

oldmud0

Inno MP30401Q

Burgi

23:45

nobody knew the imacs were there until last week

there could be a stack of macbooks in a cupboard

Journeyman Geek

@Burgi I hope you have some sort of inventory system planned...

Burgi

yeah

Journeyman Geek

At least a spreadsheet

Costs nothing, except maybe an intern with a label printer

Burgi

we are getting a roll of asset stickers printed and then its probably going to be a weekend with a spreadsheet logging EVERYTHING

Journeyman Geek

Pity you Arn't local. Else I'd offer my services :p

oldmud0

23:48

Go LibreOffice Base?

Journeyman Geek

Naw. Spreadsheet is perfectly fine

It's that or a full blown solution

oldmud0

Oh look, Innosystem Technology is another worthless Shenzhen-based company.

All the numbers on the chip are also meaningless. Great.

Burgi

i think there is a mod for OSticket that might suffice

oldmud0

Oh it's a Mayflash fighting stick.

Good to know..

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