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Re:Sir Clive Sinclair has died by k__ on Thursday September 16, 2021 @05:22PM (#28557809)
Haha, that's really wholesome.

I remember how I destroyed my first PC on the first day by flipping a switch on the PSU before turning it on. Good times.

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Re:Sir Clive Sinclair has died by matthewmcg on Thursday September 16, 2021 @07:28PM (#28559131)
Out of curiosity, what switch would that have been? Was it a 220/120V setting?
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Re:Sir Clive Sinclair has died by hnick on Thursday September 16, 2021 @08:38PM (#28559678)
I'd bet it is, because I did the same (in a 240V country). I knew it wouldn't end well and did it anyway because, I guess, as a kid I was used to the world not letting bad things happen so didn't really believe it would. There isn't a switch on the toaster or TV that bricks it after all.

Anyway got a spark and the magic smoke, and bought a new PSU from a guy at school for $15.

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Re:Sir Clive Sinclair has died by detritus on Thursday September 16, 2021 @05:31PM (#28557941)
I did the same with my very first PC. For shame! I'd been used to simpler 16bit and 8bit machines, including a spectrum...
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