Also declaring my interest in one. I have one 200 unit but I would love to have a second for demos and shows. Willing to pay postage, packing, etc. Stop these came from Tom's massive sale?
-Josh On Fri, Apr 5, 2019, 8:46 PM Britt Dodd <brittman...@gmail.com> wrote: > Okay let me get these together and I’ll let you all know! > > Sent from my iPhone > > > On Apr 5, 2019, at 8:23 PM, Kevin Becker <ke...@kevinbecker.org> wrote: > > > > I've got a smallbacklog of projects myself but the Model 200 is > > definitely on my list of machines I want to get someday, so I'd > > probably be interested in one. I just have to finish refurbing my Model > > 1, start refurbing my Model 4, and build an IDE adapter for my Tandy > > 1400LT first, and then I'm ready to go! > > > > > > > > > > > >> On Fri, 2019-04-05 at 18:44 -0400, Britt Dodd wrote: > >> Good evening, > >> > >> Looking for a home for 3 Tandy 200 project machines. I'm sure they > >> just need some re-cap action, but I have enough projects to last > >> three lifetimes, and although I'm pretty handy at fixing things, I > >> just don't have enough experience to get these things working again. > >> They all seem to have a fault where, they will power on, but display > >> lines in video, no matter what I seem to do. I've pulled the battery > >> out (I think part of the problem is the lack of a battery causes the > >> memory to be initialized in a inconsistent state), and although I'm > >> not aware of widespread issues surrounding through-hole capacitors, > >> there seems to be some suggestions that re-capping these M200's will > >> fix them. > >> > >> That being said, I bought these in an attempt to repair them and give > >> them away to good homes, spurred by attending Tandy Assembly for the > >> first time last year. Hoping that I can either fix them, or donate > >> these to someone who can fix them, if anything to lessen the pile of > >> projects I currently have. > >> > >> First time poster, long time listener > >> > >> -Britt > > >
