I totally agree with the cost of a new printer vs ink issue. Part of my work involves selling such things and I'm often encouraging people to price up the replacement ink BEFORE buying the printer... also, I just mentioned something similar on a topic about refilling fountain pens!

Just gave http://jpop80ss2.blogspot.com/ a try, it truly is incredibly huge! Lots of stuff that is hard to come by.

bmh, it's definitely a good idea to tell people to look at ink prices. I used to have a fountain pen myself but it didn't work all that well for me. saint-images, I'm glad you found the site helpful!

You've got a great taste in music, IMO. (✿◡‿◡)

thanks! I plan to start sharing some more and hopefully people might find new things they like.

They're not compatible with old laptops, but you should check out the new M2 SSD drives. They are blazing fast and as big as a stick of gum. Really wild how far PCs have come in the last decade. I built my own PC a month ago. https://baloo.neocities.org/blog/2020-10-29-blog.html

I love keeping old devices running; I recently had a similar project replacing the battery in my Sony eReader. It was a satisfying task and now it's more reliably keeping charge.