agreed the last two i bought i thought the were DOA and a night or two with power solved that probably shoud replace those nicads tho
On Thu, Mar 1, 2018 at 9:07 PM, John R. Hogerhuis <[email protected]> wrote: > For your first Model T I wouldn't recommend a "parts only" computer. > > The only caveat is that Model T's taken out of storage often appear to > novice or non-users as "dead". They put batteries in, the screen doesn't > show anything or it shows garbage and they give up. > > What causes this is the RAM containing random data, combined with the NiCd > not being fully charged up. > > So often non-working units actually work. Anyway it's possible you could > get a deal on a unit that is apparently dead. But if it is someone from > this list selling, if they say it doesn't work, it probably is really > broken. > > Maybe communicate with the seller as to why they think it is broken. > > My recommendation for your first unit is a Tandy 102. Least problems, most > users... > > -- John. > > >
