Post 9p8H2LA0lSRP9JuJdo by BrokenBiscuit@playvicious.social
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(DIR) Post #9p8FnwCMfygHirZo9I by tek@freeradical.zone
2019-11-19T21:24:14Z
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Story time:Someone sold me a cheap 50MB HD in the late 90s (it was probably full of dubiously obtained files or such). It would teeeechnically spin up, but my Amiga was pulling about 50KB per second off of it, and it made a grinding bearing sound. Figuring I had nothing to lose, I flipped it over and squirted a little 3-in-1 oil into the bearing.RRRRNGNGNGGNGGGGGRRRRRRRRMMMMMMmmmmmmmmm.....
(DIR) Post #9p8Fp8xOj2GxaA9PjU by tek@freeradical.zone
2019-11-19T21:24:33Z
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...as the grinding slowly morphed into the high pitched whine of a happy SCSI drive, and the drive transfer meter crept up to a reasonable 1MB per second. I got the files off of it with a quickness, then threw it away.Yes, I have officially, in front of witnesses, sped up a computer by oiling it.
(DIR) Post #9p8H2LA0lSRP9JuJdo by BrokenBiscuit@playvicious.social
2019-11-19T21:38:00Z
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@tek you made the Ohmnissiah proud
(DIR) Post #9p8KaXWjamOfDBXEQq by tek@freeradical.zone
2019-11-19T22:17:43Z
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@BrokenBiscuit I LOLed.
(DIR) Post #9p8PGe2WAUmrOCja3U by AskChip@mastodon.technology
2019-11-19T23:10:16Z
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@tek I restored life to an old 10 meg drive by hitting it with WD40, lasted several years after that, and was much quieter than when I started..
(DIR) Post #9pAlBRkF2UJx7M22Hg by dpreacher@mstdn.io
2019-11-21T02:25:17Z
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@tek should have recorded the most badass howto of 2019
(DIR) Post #9pAlDhCkWyiRe1RGW8 by tek@freeradical.zone
2019-11-21T02:25:46Z
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@dpreacher Hah! Is was closer to 1997, but still, good point.
(DIR) Post #9pAlUK1NylECfL3FRY by dpreacher@mstdn.io
2019-11-21T02:28:42Z
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@tek you're saying you did that in 1997 and remembered now in 2019? Still as an howto it would have gone viral today š
(DIR) Post #9pAlZXcmpW4AIs2B5E by tek@freeradical.zone
2019-11-21T02:29:40Z
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@dpreacher Yeah, Iād read a story that jogged my memory and reminded me of it. If I could find a drive busted in exactly that way, Iād totally try it again.
(DIR) Post #9pAlfo6eSqUx9qzVVA by dpreacher@mstdn.io
2019-11-21T02:30:48Z
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@tek keep that wonderful memory recall power in good shape. š
(DIR) Post #9pAljFLvcSHMWumDNw by tek@freeradical.zone
2019-11-21T02:31:24Z
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@dpreacher Note that i had completely forgotten it for 22 years. š
(DIR) Post #9pAly5S6i7ryAUk8kC by dpreacher@mstdn.io
2019-11-21T02:34:06Z
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@tek probably wasn't relevant to recollect. š