Your machine may not have been messed with prior, all my electrolytics were dotted from the factory. Also, as far as the donuts go, there should be only 5. They don't go on all the posts. You can see which ones they go on in the exploded view of the technical reference manual for the 100 pg 58.
Rick On Wed, Jan 2, 2019 at 11:45 AM Charles Hudson <clh...@gmail.com> wrote: > With the timely advice of Mr. Adolph I managed to extract the motherboard, > replace the mobo battery and several capacitors and fit it all back > together again. > > With the board out it became clear that someone had been inside before me; > a number of the caps had black dots on them as though someone had > undertaken similar repairs in the past. > > Further evidence was the fact that a few of the "doughnuts" surrounding > the board mounts were missing. I substituted plumbing washers. > > Bottom line is that I was able to boot up from batteries and from 6 VDC. > I expected to have to figure out the secret handshake but as soon as I > inserted the alkalines I heard a beep and turning it over I saw a message > saying "Press the spacebar for menu". Obligingly, I did so and was > presented with the main menu. > > I summoned BASIC and printed a little congratulatory message. (At my > skill level this is the equivalent of a lunar landing.) > > Thanks to all who responded. On to conquer remote storage... > > -CH- > > > <https://www.avast.com/sig-email?utm_medium=email&utm_source=link&utm_campaign=sig-email&utm_content=webmail&utm_term=icon> > Virus-free. > www.avast.com > <https://www.avast.com/sig-email?utm_medium=email&utm_source=link&utm_campaign=sig-email&utm_content=webmail&utm_term=link> > <#m_4646864832374335280_DAB4FAD8-2DD7-40BB-A1B8-4E2AA1F9FDF2> >
