Comments on Profile Post by spwath

  1. Riotvan
    Riotvan
    Might be fuses leaky cmos battery or caps, whatever you do be careful with that display tube. It has lethal voltage even after you unplug it. Also handle with care, the glass is under pressure.
    Feb 28, 2020
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  2. spwath
    spwath
    Yeah, I made sure to leave it unplugged a while before I went in to clean it. Those caps can hold a charge for a long time. Not sure where the cmos battery would be in this computer, so big with so many hiding places and unconventional layout.
    Feb 28, 2020
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  3. Riotvan
    Riotvan
    Well it can look like a cylinder for example. Look for brownish acid like stuff that might have eaten through the pcb. If so good chance it's perma fucked. Also i didn't mean the caps i meant the actual crt tube itself. Though those need care as well as you did. Just to make sure it is very deadly, think 27kv.
    Feb 28, 2020
  4. spwath
    spwath
    Label on crt says 12kv. Still a lot though. But yeah, I avoid touching the tube, there are a bunch of warnings on it. Also manufacture date of 1983.
    Feb 28, 2020
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  5. Riotvan
    Riotvan
    Cool just making sure, did some light repairs on them decades ago but not before the guy teaching me scared the living shit out of me...
    Feb 28, 2020
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  6. Biodegraded
    Biodegraded
    Of course it doesn't work - you removed the mouse's memory address!
    Feb 28, 2020
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  7. PTS
    PTS
    Why do you need it to work, nostalgia? :)
    Feb 28, 2020
  8. Thad E Ginathom
    Thad E Ginathom
    It came with a mouse? That's a bit modern, isn't it?

    (Note to self: they are older than you think)
    Feb 29, 2020
  9. spwath
    spwath
    I need it to work because I for some reason decided to pay $400 for it.
    Yeah, this computer definitely pre dates the mouse
    Feb 29, 2020
  10. e.schell
    e.schell
    oh...so that wasn't just an old school heat sink?
    Feb 29, 2020
  11. Thad E Ginathom
    Thad E Ginathom
    If it didn't predate the mouse, the mouse would not have been able to build a nest in it!
    Feb 29, 2020