{"id":15689,"date":"2019-09-25T20:42:30","date_gmt":"2019-09-26T00:42:30","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/scruss.com\/blog\/?p=15689"},"modified":"2019-09-26T07:58:36","modified_gmt":"2019-09-26T11:58:36","slug":"weird-thrift-store-find-homebrew-cd-player","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/scruss.com\/blog\/2019\/09\/25\/weird-thrift-store-find-homebrew-cd-player\/","title":{"rendered":"Weird thrift-store find: homebrew CD player"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>I killed some time this lunchtime in a thrift store. I was half-looking for a case for a <a href=\"http:\/\/www.astrorat.com\/cosmacelf\/retroelfproject.html\">kit computer<\/a>, but wasn&#8217;t expecting much to turn up. But I found this:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-gallery columns-3 is-cropped wp-block-gallery-1 is-layout-flex wp-block-gallery-is-layout-flex\"><li class=\"blocks-gallery-item\"><figure><a href=\"http:\/\/scruss.com\/blog\/img_20190925_180819\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"768\" src=\"http:\/\/scruss.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/09\/IMG_20190925_180819-1024x768.jpg\" alt=\"\" data-id=\"15701\" data-link=\"http:\/\/scruss.com\/blog\/img_20190925_180819\/\" class=\"wp-image-15701\" srcset=\"https:\/\/scruss.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/09\/IMG_20190925_180819-1024x768.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/scruss.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/09\/IMG_20190925_180819-160x120.jpg 160w, https:\/\/scruss.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/09\/IMG_20190925_180819-320x240.jpg 320w, https:\/\/scruss.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/09\/IMG_20190925_180819-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/scruss.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/09\/IMG_20190925_180819-1200x900.jpg 1200w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/a><figcaption>No identifying marks on this device<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/li><li class=\"blocks-gallery-item\"><figure><a href=\"http:\/\/scruss.com\/blog\/img_20190925_180839\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"768\" src=\"http:\/\/scruss.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/09\/IMG_20190925_180839-1024x768.jpg\" alt=\"\" data-id=\"15700\" data-link=\"http:\/\/scruss.com\/blog\/img_20190925_180839\/\" class=\"wp-image-15700\" srcset=\"https:\/\/scruss.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/09\/IMG_20190925_180839-1024x768.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/scruss.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/09\/IMG_20190925_180839-160x120.jpg 160w, https:\/\/scruss.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/09\/IMG_20190925_180839-320x240.jpg 320w, https:\/\/scruss.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/09\/IMG_20190925_180839-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/scruss.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/09\/IMG_20190925_180839-1200x900.jpg 1200w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/a><figcaption>Back panel looks hand cut &#8211; and is that a PC power supply?<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/li><li class=\"blocks-gallery-item\"><figure><a href=\"http:\/\/scruss.com\/blog\/img_20190925_180915\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"768\" src=\"http:\/\/scruss.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/09\/IMG_20190925_180915-1024x768.jpg\" alt=\"\" data-id=\"15699\" data-link=\"http:\/\/scruss.com\/blog\/img_20190925_180915\/\" class=\"wp-image-15699\" srcset=\"https:\/\/scruss.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/09\/IMG_20190925_180915-1024x768.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/scruss.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/09\/IMG_20190925_180915-160x120.jpg 160w, https:\/\/scruss.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/09\/IMG_20190925_180915-320x240.jpg 320w, https:\/\/scruss.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/09\/IMG_20190925_180915-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/scruss.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/09\/IMG_20190925_180915-1200x900.jpg 1200w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/a><figcaption>Inside is just \u00e2\u20ac\u00a6 wow!<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/li><li class=\"blocks-gallery-item\"><figure><a href=\"http:\/\/scruss.com\/blog\/img_20190925_180957\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"768\" src=\"http:\/\/scruss.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/09\/IMG_20190925_180957-1024x768.jpg\" alt=\"\" data-id=\"15698\" data-link=\"http:\/\/scruss.com\/blog\/img_20190925_180957\/\" class=\"wp-image-15698\" srcset=\"https:\/\/scruss.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/09\/IMG_20190925_180957-1024x768.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/scruss.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/09\/IMG_20190925_180957-160x120.jpg 160w, https:\/\/scruss.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/09\/IMG_20190925_180957-320x240.jpg 320w, https:\/\/scruss.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/09\/IMG_20190925_180957-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/scruss.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/09\/IMG_20190925_180957-1200x900.jpg 1200w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/a><figcaption>Power supply is from EWE Comp in Belgrade, Serbia<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/li><li class=\"blocks-gallery-item\"><figure><a href=\"http:\/\/scruss.com\/blog\/img_20190925_181024\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"768\" src=\"http:\/\/scruss.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/09\/IMG_20190925_181024-1024x768.jpg\" alt=\"\" data-id=\"15697\" data-link=\"http:\/\/scruss.com\/blog\/img_20190925_181024\/\" class=\"wp-image-15697\" srcset=\"https:\/\/scruss.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/09\/IMG_20190925_181024-1024x768.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/scruss.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/09\/IMG_20190925_181024-160x120.jpg 160w, https:\/\/scruss.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/09\/IMG_20190925_181024-320x240.jpg 320w, https:\/\/scruss.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/09\/IMG_20190925_181024-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/scruss.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/09\/IMG_20190925_181024-1200x900.jpg 1200w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/a><figcaption>DVD decoder\/preamp board<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/li><li class=\"blocks-gallery-item\"><figure><a href=\"http:\/\/scruss.com\/blog\/img_20190925_181041\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"768\" src=\"http:\/\/scruss.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/09\/IMG_20190925_181041-1024x768.jpg\" alt=\"\" data-id=\"15696\" data-link=\"http:\/\/scruss.com\/blog\/img_20190925_181041\/\" class=\"wp-image-15696\" srcset=\"https:\/\/scruss.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/09\/IMG_20190925_181041-1024x768.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/scruss.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/09\/IMG_20190925_181041-160x120.jpg 160w, https:\/\/scruss.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/09\/IMG_20190925_181041-320x240.jpg 320w, https:\/\/scruss.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/09\/IMG_20190925_181041-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/scruss.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/09\/IMG_20190925_181041-1200x900.jpg 1200w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/a><figcaption>looks like a full DVD player output board<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/li><li class=\"blocks-gallery-item\"><figure><a href=\"http:\/\/scruss.com\/blog\/img_20190925_181055\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"768\" src=\"http:\/\/scruss.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/09\/IMG_20190925_181055-1024x768.jpg\" alt=\"\" data-id=\"15695\" data-link=\"http:\/\/scruss.com\/blog\/img_20190925_181055\/\" class=\"wp-image-15695\" srcset=\"https:\/\/scruss.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/09\/IMG_20190925_181055-1024x768.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/scruss.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/09\/IMG_20190925_181055-160x120.jpg 160w, https:\/\/scruss.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/09\/IMG_20190925_181055-320x240.jpg 320w, https:\/\/scruss.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/09\/IMG_20190925_181055-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/scruss.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/09\/IMG_20190925_181055-1200x900.jpg 1200w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/a><figcaption>surprisingly tidy displays<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/li><li class=\"blocks-gallery-item\"><figure><a href=\"http:\/\/scruss.com\/blog\/img_20190925_181214\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"768\" src=\"http:\/\/scruss.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/09\/IMG_20190925_181214-1024x768.jpg\" alt=\"\" data-id=\"15694\" data-link=\"http:\/\/scruss.com\/blog\/img_20190925_181214\/\" class=\"wp-image-15694\" srcset=\"https:\/\/scruss.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/09\/IMG_20190925_181214-1024x768.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/scruss.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/09\/IMG_20190925_181214-160x120.jpg 160w, https:\/\/scruss.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/09\/IMG_20190925_181214-320x240.jpg 320w, https:\/\/scruss.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/09\/IMG_20190925_181214-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/scruss.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/09\/IMG_20190925_181214-1200x900.jpg 1200w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/a><figcaption>more of the board<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/li><li class=\"blocks-gallery-item\"><figure><a href=\"http:\/\/scruss.com\/blog\/img_20190925_182316\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"768\" height=\"1024\" src=\"http:\/\/scruss.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/09\/IMG_20190925_182316-e1569458360120-768x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" data-id=\"15693\" data-link=\"http:\/\/scruss.com\/blog\/img_20190925_182316\/\" class=\"wp-image-15693\" srcset=\"https:\/\/scruss.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/09\/IMG_20190925_182316-e1569458360120-768x1024.jpg 768w, https:\/\/scruss.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/09\/IMG_20190925_182316-e1569458360120-120x160.jpg 120w, https:\/\/scruss.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/09\/IMG_20190925_182316-e1569458360120-240x320.jpg 240w, https:\/\/scruss.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/09\/IMG_20190925_182316-e1569458360120-1200x1600.jpg 1200w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 768px) 100vw, 768px\" \/><\/a><figcaption>nice simple front panel<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/li><li class=\"blocks-gallery-item\"><figure><a href=\"http:\/\/scruss.com\/blog\/img_20190925_182353\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"768\" height=\"1024\" src=\"http:\/\/scruss.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/09\/IMG_20190925_182353-e1569458385838-768x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" data-id=\"15692\" data-link=\"http:\/\/scruss.com\/blog\/img_20190925_182353\/\" class=\"wp-image-15692\" srcset=\"https:\/\/scruss.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/09\/IMG_20190925_182353-e1569458385838-768x1024.jpg 768w, https:\/\/scruss.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/09\/IMG_20190925_182353-e1569458385838-120x160.jpg 120w, https:\/\/scruss.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/09\/IMG_20190925_182353-e1569458385838-240x320.jpg 240w, https:\/\/scruss.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/09\/IMG_20190925_182353-e1569458385838-1200x1600.jpg 1200w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 768px) 100vw, 768px\" \/><\/a><figcaption>surprise inside<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/li><li class=\"blocks-gallery-item\"><figure><a href=\"http:\/\/scruss.com\/blog\/img_20190925_182411\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"768\" height=\"1024\" src=\"http:\/\/scruss.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/09\/IMG_20190925_182411-e1569458475274-768x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" data-id=\"15691\" data-link=\"http:\/\/scruss.com\/blog\/img_20190925_182411\/\" class=\"wp-image-15691\" srcset=\"https:\/\/scruss.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/09\/IMG_20190925_182411-e1569458475274-768x1024.jpg 768w, https:\/\/scruss.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/09\/IMG_20190925_182411-e1569458475274-120x160.jpg 120w, https:\/\/scruss.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/09\/IMG_20190925_182411-e1569458475274-240x320.jpg 240w, https:\/\/scruss.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/09\/IMG_20190925_182411-e1569458475274-1200x1600.jpg 1200w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 768px) 100vw, 768px\" \/><\/a><figcaption>hey, free CanCon!<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/li><li class=\"blocks-gallery-item\"><figure><a href=\"http:\/\/scruss.com\/blog\/img_20190925_182552\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"768\" height=\"1024\" src=\"http:\/\/scruss.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/09\/IMG_20190925_182552-e1569458495898-768x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" data-id=\"15690\" data-link=\"http:\/\/scruss.com\/blog\/img_20190925_182552\/\" class=\"wp-image-15690\" srcset=\"https:\/\/scruss.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/09\/IMG_20190925_182552-e1569458495898-768x1024.jpg 768w, https:\/\/scruss.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/09\/IMG_20190925_182552-e1569458495898-120x160.jpg 120w, https:\/\/scruss.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/09\/IMG_20190925_182552-e1569458495898-240x320.jpg 240w, https:\/\/scruss.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/09\/IMG_20190925_182552-e1569458495898-1200x1600.jpg 1200w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 768px) 100vw, 768px\" \/><\/a><figcaption>that tray&#8217;s a bit flimsy<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>There really are no identifying marks on this. No idea how it got to be in Canada.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I killed some time this lunchtime in a thrift store. I was half-looking for a case for a kit computer, but wasn&#8217;t expecting much to turn up. But I found this: There really are no identifying marks on this. No idea how it got to be in Canada.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[2],"tags":[2668,3176,3175],"class_list":["post-15689","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-goatee-stroking-musing-or-something","tag-hardware","tag-thrift","tag-weirdness"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/pQNZZ-453","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/scruss.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/15689","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/scruss.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/scruss.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/scruss.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/scruss.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=15689"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/scruss.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/15689\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":15703,"href":"https:\/\/scruss.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/15689\/revisions\/15703"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/scruss.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=15689"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/scruss.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=15689"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/scruss.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=15689"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}