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I've been using the Engineer PA-21 and Hozan P-707 called out in the article for a few years, although I prefer the latter. Mostly crimping 4mm bullets and other common open barrel connectors (Sumitomo, etc.). Great tool at a pretty reasonable price.

One thing this article doesn't seem to mention is pin release tools, which are invaluable if you need to repin or repair a connector. Most open barrel terminals have a small metal tang that retains them in their connector housing. A jeweller's screwdriver can work in a pinch, but can mangle either the pin or the housing. I've been using Hero's FR-150 set, but there's no shortage of suitable options out there for whatever connectors you might be working with.

There was at least one Game Boy cart with fun features: Aprilia had a GBC cart[0] that had an interface cable for diagnostics on one of their scooters:

[0]: https://youtu.be/bknfVpctoSY?si=_neVHq_fkJRfDH5I

I had the fortune of owning a Dell P1110 (rebranded Sony Trinitron CPD-E500) many years ago, bought quite cheaply at a surplus auction while in college. 21", flat glass, and weighed in right at 70lbs. Lugged it to a few LAN parties here and there.

It wasn't until OLED monitors came around that I finally felt like flat panel displays had really caught up.

It discounts what you're liable to run into once you start disassembling things on old bikes, really. Sometimes you discover that a previous owner or mechanic thought red Loctite belonged on the screws holding the four carburetors together[^0], and your afternoon now involves a torch and chasing threads in old aluminum carburetor bodies. Sometimes you find that the bike was last touched in an era before anyone knew what a JIS screwdriver was, and every fastener is nearly stripped. Sometimes it's not even the bike, but that the last supply for a part is some shop in Maine that just happened to hold one for two decades.

My last encounter with a VFR750 involved a heat gun and a pry-bar to remove the carburetors, they're no joke.

[^0]: I love my GS1000G, but this wasn't my favorite part of getting it roadworthy.