Either Mac DVD Ripper Pro v7 or Handbrake. Depends on the discs and what I’m trying to get done.
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Ah okay, thank you! I’ve been using Handbrake to convert AVIs and MP4s to M4V, but habent had much luck with getting it to rip a DVD yet. I’ll have to keep researching what else needs to be done.
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There’s some weirdness with more recent Mac OS and the permissions and libraries- though I can’t recall the specifics. When I got that sorted, handbrake worked pretty great- and allows me to rip a pile of stuff at the same time.
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Sky lake I5 1060 gtx and WINDOWS 7 WHICH YOU CAN PRY FROM MY COLD DEAD SSD BILL!!!
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Top photo: Old radio. Bottom photo: The Montgomery Ward/Radio Shack sound system.
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Typewriters!
A Smith-Corona, a Brother “electronic”, and an old Royal. I’ve got two Signature (Monkey Wards) typewriters in the garage, but too lazy to get pics right now.
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Eeeeeeee! I love typewriters. I have two at home (both work), one electric and one fully manual “portable”. The manual has neither a 1 or a 0 key: l and O get used instead. Using it is a workout.
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The problem with my Peugeot is that it kept untightening itself. Now I use a World Market Hand Grinder, which is better designed to keep things properly adjusted.
Is it French? No.
Is it valuable? No
Does it look Nice? Not half as much.
Is the name nostalgic? Hell No.
Does it grind my coffee the way I want it ground? Yes Indeed.
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Dunno, I know some people from Eastern bloc countries who would probably find it nostalgic in a blackly humorous kind of way.
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Which one?
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I have a few chips here though since I work on a laptop all day, I’d probably just run it in terminal. 
Thanks for the link.
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That problem popped up on mine too. In my case it was because I had changed where I held it- finger was against the adjustment collar just enough to hold it in place while the crank spun. Shifted my grip a half inch and problem solved.
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Just FYI, It’s this one.
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That is interesting. I still have the Peugeot, perhaps I will try it.
Seeing this post in the 10,000 thread:
made me think of all the poor pocket calculators my dad had that I destroyed for “education” sometime between them becoming obsolete and antique. In retrospect they were sturdily built and beautiful, and deserved a better fate than my desoldering iron:
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My grandma had an APF Mark VI from 1973. Lovely thing with clicky keys and a fantastic VFD, at least I thought when I was a kid. I’m tempted to pick one up on eBay just for nostalgia.
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My solar-powered TI calculator from 1987 is still going strong. Sure, usually I use my phone, but sometimes the dedicated machine is handier.
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I have a couple of HP scientific calculators around this age, with manuals and even a little printer. Reckon that lot’s worth anything?
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