You are far too kind A_be_seedy. My dad was the most supportive person in the world. One moment, it was ‘Oh that’s cool, I always tell my friends I have two sons, but I’ll tell them otherwise now nbd’. It’s… weird. I’ve always felt closer to my mom. But in that moment, my dad and I were on the same wavelength. One moment, talking about my trans identity, the next talking about the Heathkit computer like it was nothing. It really sounds like you get it. Genuinely. I appreciate it and ypur praise means the world.
My mom is, despite how I’ve always viewed her, a ‘mama bear’ for sure. I’m 36, I’ll admit that. Seems odd at this age. But I guess it never stops being a thing. She said she’d call tomorrow. I offered to answer any questions she had, and I happily will. Still feels weird, almost wrong, but your praise, the support of my friends, my brother, and my father… it’s almost overwhelming. Hopefully tomorrow I can smooth things out with her. She deserves it, and I hope I can calm her fears.
Here is the computer, by the way. Hope everything uploads OK. All digits working. CPU and display board stock and working. Going to trace the two mystery red/black wires with my VOM tomorrow. Assuming they’re a redundant back up to the power supply which will truly be made redundant with the CPU upgrade I have planned.
Few notes: please ignore the ALARMING temperature readout. It can do C and F. But there is no probe attached. All it can accurately do right now is barometric pressure, time, and date. Opening the back of the display panel was fascinating. It was apparently serviced on 13th of May, 1993 by Heathkit. Silkscreen on PCB says 1978 which seems accurate for the kit. They stopped selling kits in 1992, but apparently carried on servicing kits for a while longer. Just a fun observation in the midst of my personal chaos.
Gotta get some work done until 2AM ET. Sorry for the flurry of updates. Gonna listen to Rush, Wobbler, Happy the Man, and some other Prog while I work. Thanks again for the support!
You are far too kind A_be_seedy. My dad was the most supportive person in the world. One moment, it was ‘Oh that’s cool, I always tell my friends I have two sons, but I’ll tell them otherwise now nbd’. It’s… weird. I’ve always felt closer to my mom. But in that moment, my dad and I were on the same wavelength. One moment, talking about my trans identity, the next talking about the Heathkit computer like it was nothing. It really sounds like you get it. Genuinely. I appreciate it and ypur praise means the world.
My mom is, despite how I’ve always viewed her, a ‘mama bear’ for sure. I’m 36, I’ll admit that. Seems odd at this age. But I guess it never stops being a thing. She said she’d call tomorrow. I offered to answer any questions she had, and I happily will. Still feels weird, almost wrong, but your praise, the support of my friends, my brother, and my father… it’s almost overwhelming. Hopefully tomorrow I can smooth things out with her. She deserves it, and I hope I can calm her fears.
Here is the computer, by the way. Hope everything uploads OK. All digits working. CPU and display board stock and working. Going to trace the two mystery red/black wires with my VOM tomorrow. Assuming they’re a redundant back up to the power supply which will truly be made redundant with the CPU upgrade I have planned.
Few notes: please ignore the ALARMING temperature readout. It can do C and F. But there is no probe attached. All it can accurately do right now is barometric pressure, time, and date. Opening the back of the display panel was fascinating. It was apparently serviced on 13th of May, 1993 by Heathkit. Silkscreen on PCB says 1978 which seems accurate for the kit. They stopped selling kits in 1992, but apparently carried on servicing kits for a while longer. Just a fun observation in the midst of my personal chaos.
Gotta get some work done until 2AM ET. Sorry for the flurry of updates. Gonna listen to Rush, Wobbler, Happy the Man, and some other Prog while I work. Thanks again for the support!