Taz Posted June 4, 2015 Share Posted June 4, 2015 Nobody home at my cousins so I took a discarded stereo from the recycle box. Left him some pretty 4 conductor cables that he will have no use for. It has 2 of the volume/balance pots like the Sansui's. Never see replacements for the Sansui's but suspect that these could be a close replacement to keep on hand. As long as I have a spare I won't need one. Anyone know if there is much difference in the ratings of the volume/balance pots? 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MORE KLIPSCH PLEASE Posted June 4, 2015 Share Posted June 4, 2015 Ahhh......just spoke with your cousin......he said put that stereo back in the box........lol lol I have no clue about the volume/balance pots....... I'm no use......just wanted to poke at ya.... MKP :-) 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
minermark Posted June 4, 2015 Share Posted June 4, 2015 Nobody home at my cousins so I took a discarded stereo from the recycle box. Left him some pretty 4 conductor cables that he will have no use for. It has 2 of the volume/balance pots like the Sansui's. Never see replacements for the Sansui's but suspect that these could be a close replacement to keep on hand. As long as I have a spare I won't need one. Anyone know if there is much difference in the ratings of the volume/balance pots? Ohms may be marked on the pots, maybe. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mighty Favog Posted June 4, 2015 Share Posted June 4, 2015 (edited) Found a desktop computer in the garbage a long time ago in our office building. It was a brand new Dell. Turns out it belonged to an elderly probate attorney down the hall from me. I asked the office that this large trash bin was in front of (they were doing a lot of spring cleaning) and they said I could have anything in there if I wanted it. I told them there's a computer in there and they said "Fine, we didn't put it there". I took it home and it had a boot-up problem, a missing/corrupt driver for the Zip100 drive (remember those??). So, I downloaded a new driver from Iomega and all was fine. My wife used it for her new job as a full-time school teacher as an Intervention Specialist for the next 7-8 years. A couple of days later I see some empty Gateway computer boxes near the door of the attorney that threw out the Dell. I later learned that he ordered the Dell with the understanding that it would cost $999.00 but the bill really came to about $1,300 or $1,400 with all the extras he ordered. He was P.O.'d to the point of throwing it out and ordering the Gateway (yea, real money smart). A couple of weeks later he learns that I have the Dell and he was mad thinking I was reading all the documents that was on it. I quickly said "No, I reformatted the hardrive so everything you had on it is gone." I don't think he believed me. Edited June 4, 2015 by Mighty Favog Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Moderators Travis In Austin Posted June 4, 2015 Moderators Share Posted June 4, 2015 Found a desktop computer in the garbage a long time ago in our office building. It was a brand new Dell. Turns out it belonged to an elderly probate attorney down the hall from me. I asked the office that this large trash bin was in front of (they were doing a lot of spring cleaning) and they said I could have anything in there if I wanted it. I told them there's a computer in there and they said "Fine, we didn't put it there". I took it home and it had a boot-up problem, a missing/corrupt driver for the Zip100 drive (remember those??). So, I downloaded a new driver from Iomega and all was fine. My wife used it for her new job as a full-time school teacher as an Intervention Specialist for the next 7-8 years. A couple of days later I see some empty Gateway computer boxes near the door of the attorney that threw out the Dell. I later learned that he ordered the Dell with the understanding that it would cost $999.00 but the bill really came to about $1,300 or $1,400 with all the extras he ordered. He was P.O.'d to the point of throwing it out and ordering the Gateway (yea, real money smart). A couple of weeks later he learns that I have the Dell and he was mad thinking I was reading all the documents that was on it. I quickly said "No, I reformatted the hardrive so everything you had on it is gone." I don't think he believed me. Then why did he put it outside? Attorneys know better and he should have known better, but you mentioned he was elderly. He probably didn't understand that it is no different then putting a client's sensitive documements in the garbage without shredding them. Formatting the drive is not enough either, it may not overwrite all sectors and cannot address damaged sectors. Computers we donate are wiped to DoD standards which require that the entire disk, all sectors, have been written and rewritten a minimum of 3X. Goodwill has a hugh computer center where they teach people how to repair computers. Comouters that are so obsolete to be of any use to Goodwill we degause it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Mighty Favog Posted June 4, 2015 Share Posted June 4, 2015 Found a desktop computer in the garbage a long time ago in our office building. It was a brand new Dell. Turns out it belonged to an elderly probate attorney down the hall from me. I asked the office that this large trash bin was in front of (they were doing a lot of spring cleaning) and they said I could have anything in there if I wanted it. I told them there's a computer in there and they said "Fine, we didn't put it there". I took it home and it had a boot-up problem, a missing/corrupt driver for the Zip100 drive (remember those??). So, I downloaded a new driver from Iomega and all was fine. My wife used it for her new job as a full-time school teacher as an Intervention Specialist for the next 7-8 years. A couple of days later I see some empty Gateway computer boxes near the door of the attorney that threw out the Dell. I later learned that he ordered the Dell with the understanding that it would cost $999.00 but the bill really came to about $1,300 or $1,400 with all the extras he ordered. He was P.O.'d to the point of throwing it out and ordering the Gateway (yea, real money smart). A couple of weeks later he learns that I have the Dell and he was mad thinking I was reading all the documents that was on it. I quickly said "No, I reformatted the hardrive so everything you had on it is gone." I don't think he believed me. Then why did he put it outside? Attorneys know better and he should have known better, but you mentioned he was elderly. He probably didn't understand that it is no different then putting a client's sensitive documements in the garbage without shredding them. Formatting the drive is not enough either, it may not overwrite all sectors and cannot address damaged sectors. Computers we donate are wiped to DoD standards which require that the entire disk, all sectors, have been written and rewritten a minimum of 3X. Goodwill has a hugh computer center where they teach people how to repair computers. Comouters that are so obsolete to be of any use to Goodwill we degause it. Luckily, I worked for a court reporting company (still do) and knew the value of the documents on it. I think in about a year or so the HDD went South on it anyway and had it replaced. I smashed the old drive wit a ball-peen hammer as usual till it sounded like a Latin Afuche. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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