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![Bit and brace [2448x3264 - 817KB]](https://poal.co/static/images/f5dfabc88ca8a419.jpg){kind=link}
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![I don't think capacitors are supposed to have warts. [3024x4032 - 609KB]](https://poal.co/static/images/10021328e68c0c1c.jpg){kind=link}
![Old part vs. New Part [3024x4032 - 1MB]](https://poal.co/static/images/21a22e54cdc3e399.jpg){kind=link}
![Brittany Venti with a weird forest cubical thirst trap, but I'm ogling that beastly CRT. [1638x2048 - 3MB]](https://poal.co/static/images/e8eae2c88d61e1e3.png){kind=link}
![Sometimes you want to go back in time and slap people who designed something [3024x4032 - 802KB]](https://poal.co/static/images/cd8c0f8d1481cd24.jpg){kind=link}
![Picked up this old Regency EC-175 at Dayton [3024x4032 - 972KB]](https://poal.co/static/images/a5ad6c3444cc3c9c.jpg){kind=link}
![The Hard Disk You've Been Waiting For! [581x800 - 101KB]](https://poal.co/static/images/399d935f3fb7b3a7.jpg){kind=link}
![I’ve got a late model Zenith AA5 on the bench. [4032x3024 - 1MB]](https://poal.co/static/images/1b1a091b62e1c410.jpg){kind=link}