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Sadly doesn't work anymore as it was dropped and damaged. Found it at an ewaste site with the idea to build an ITX pc inside with a little DIY digital oscilloscope replacing the screen connected to the audio out so you can see the wave form as you listen to music or play games

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[–] [email protected] 4 points 4 weeks ago

My friend's father has a working one of these. He's big time into amateur radio, and his garage looks like a 1980's movie mission control.