HOT TAKE: if you design a laptop with a power supply that looks like this, you should go to jail.
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@lunarloony I thought the same when I first yanked the heatsink off
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@foone that looks a lot like my ThinkPad 300 connector
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Foone🏳️⚧️replied to FantasmitaAsex :heart_ace: last edited by
@FantasmitaAsex oh right, that nasty thing. I've had two Toshibas with it, but never seen the matching jack. I had to use some kind of clips to connect to it and power it on
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@foone why does it have writing on it in... thermal paste? Paint? Marker? Glue?
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Jocelynephiliac :reclaimer:replied to Foone🏳️⚧️ last edited by
@foone That looks like IDE pins 🤨
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@FluidEscence I agree! Unfortunately it didn't exist back in 1993 or whenever they made this laptop
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@twipped yep. They match the 44pin connector used by laptop IDE
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@hazelnot I really don't know, and I can't get it off
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@foone
IIRC it's the same connector as their PoS (Point of Sale) thermal printers (which Epson was a world leader and a defacto standard), which had been unchanged for lile 30+ years.It's a PITA tho and I agree 100% with your remarks.
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@magnetic_tape that'd make sense. They already had a billion of these as spare parts in the factory, so why not stick it in the laptop too?
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It'll be here around September 7th, I think.