Unfinished Business with the largest music carts

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  @queenofdiamonds3002 · 1 year ago

  As someone who does electronics repair for a living, I think your methodology is spot on. You start with what you know, and it's better to try and fix something than to chuck it in the trash. Also, the funky looking capacitors tend to be non electrolytic ones, and fail a lot less often, so I concur that leaving them alone is generally a good idea. You had the right idea even if it didn't pan out. You know what's the only thing worse than a repair by an amateur? A repair that never was attempted because nobody cared and threw the damn thing away

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• CR

  @CrapTwenty · 1 year ago

  @Techmoan Thanks for the shoutout! The only reason I started collecting Cantata cartridges was as a result of seeing your video from 9 years ago.

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• FR

  @franzstubers2327 · 1 year ago

  Sounds like a background music system for a haunted merry-go-round!

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  @gracie-C3 · 1 year ago

  It’s almost like all the retail workers who had to suffer through the same cartridge day after day have cursed these machines to never operate properly again

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  @jayeh1500 · 1 year ago (edited)

  Dear Techmoan,<br>Don’t stress about it. Whether or not something works by the end of a video doesn’t really matter. What we’re here for is your journey through old tech — that’s the real highlight. Your videos are the best part of my Saturday mornings, and they’re always a joy to watch. I totally get it if you’re eager to fix something so it can be part of your rack, but honestly, who cares if it works or not? Just keep sharing those curiosities with us, broken or not.

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• GP

  @GP1138 · 1 year ago

  &quot;I have run out of skill&quot;<br><br>And then the postscript noticing that you switched two screws - that&apos;s skill, and that&apos;s more than a lot of tinkerers would notice. Good on you for knowing when you&apos;ve sunk too much time into a project and when to call it quits.

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• RA

  @randomh3ro26 · 1 year ago

  My grandfather used to sell these. I actually have not only a couple of these machines but a box full of tapes and even a framed cantata cassette given as an award for excellent sales. The tape is unmarked and im so curious as to whats on it

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  @Alan_Mac · 1 year ago

  &quot;I have run out of skill&quot; @<a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fgwIs1QaJms&amp;t=1517">25:17</a> is why we appreciate the channel, mate.

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• DI

  @diamonddave2622 · 1 year ago (edited)

  The mark on the rubber roller is called &apos;set&apos; or &apos;compression set&apos;.<br>It can sometimes be partially reduced with gentle heat [90-140C]<br>followed by mechanical squashing and squeezing.

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• VI

  @vinylarchaeologist · 1 year ago

  Record 10 hours of that music, slap some reverb on it, and title it &quot;Liminal Spaces&quot; something-or-other or &quot;Old-Timey Music Playing in Another Room&quot;, and you have an instant Youtube hit!

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• MU

  @mushroomsamba82 · 1 year ago

  <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fgwIs1QaJms&amp;t=390">6:30</a> Haunted carnival vibes

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  @monotonehell · 1 year ago

  Electrolytic Capacitors have electrolytes - it&apos;s what plants crave.

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