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source: mastodon
date: 2025-12-31 18:36:28.19 +00
title: "Mastodon post from December 31, 2025, 115815624748942711"
post_uri: https://mastodon.social/users/gravely/statuses/115815624748942711
post_id: 115815624748942711
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  - mastodon
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got one of those neato pdp11/70 kits ( [https://obsolescence.wixsite.com/obsolescence/pidp-11-get-one](https://obsolescence.wixsite.com/obsolescence/pidp-11-get-one)) for my birthday. I am shoddy with detail work and managed to only botch two soldering pin-throughs which were easy enough to correct.



only fitting that, having destroyed every pair of side cutters I've ever owned on guitar strings, I initially used a d'addario string winder/trimmer to cut the pins.

It was insufficient and I finally broke down and caught a bus to the hardware store for a little pair of kleins to finish the job.


![my posting station, two apple studio displays on a white fully standing desk w/ a black embody chair. the desk is covered in entry level soldering gear, coffee cups, an NA beer can, and the kit, in pieces, during assembly.](./115815645986445750.png)

![closer, later shot of my posting station w. the pdp11/70 kid and a bunch of parts in deli containers surrounded by junk from my soldering gear including electrical tape, masking tape, radioshack leaded solder that is probably older than I am, pickup, wire strippers, needle nose pliars, pinchers, and a cheap iron. A white d’addario string winder sits on the plastic container lid I’m using as a bench rest.](./115815646344852300.png)