Okie doke. I'll just wait for it. I'm going to pull it apart anyway
just so I can retrobrite the exterior case and clean it. I got a desk
magnifier so i can zoom and look for any corrosion. I've been watching
tons of vids the last few weeks, including Birt's. Those are so
informational.
I especially liked when he tore down the power supplies from the C64
bricks of death and dealt with the filling. LOL, what a headache.
I'm confident the belts will be all I need, sweet. I ordered a big big
pile of them for $1.50. They were shipped within an hour of my order.
They'll be in before the tape deck.
And it turns out I have a normal tape deck needing belts, so this was
a double duty order. I'll be able to dub tapes again woot.
On 4/24/20 6:17 PM, Doug Jackson wrote:
I'm not confident that the capacitors will need replacing.
There are two factors at play here.
Firstly... in the PC era a major manufacturer of capacitors had a
failed run with a stolen electrolyte. That caused major issues for 5
or so years as devices failed with cap issues.
That's not normal. I've got audio gear from the 70s and 80s that is
running beautifully. Built long before the 2000s cap manufacturing
issues.
Secondly... It's normal to replace caps in valve gear... It's also
normal to replace the carbon composition resistors in them as well.
It turns out that components made in the 40s and 50s didn't have the
longevity.
My advice is to replace the belt and run the device first. Don't do
work unless it's needed.
Doug
On Sat, 25 Apr. 2020, 8:45 am B4 Me100, <[email protected]
<mailto:[email protected]>> wrote:
Here is a link to the service manual:
https://colorcomputerarchive.com/repo/Documents/Manuals/Hardware/CCR-82%20S
ervice%20Manual%20(Tandy
<https://colorcomputerarchive.com/repo/Documents/Manuals/Hardware/CCR-82%20Service%20Manual%20(Tandy>).pdf
On 24/4/20, 3:32 PM, "M100 on behalf of me"
<[email protected]
<mailto:[email protected]> on behalf of
[email protected] <mailto:[email protected]>> wrote:
>
>I just ordered this
>
>https://eur01.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.ebay
>.com%2Fitm%2F143565229494&data=02%7C01%7C%7C5cf9354759674f4823f208d7e8
>9f6d81%7C84df9e7fe9f640afb435aaaaaaaaaaaa%7C1%7C0%7C637233643739084075&
>;sdata=dlQYKVcY2MkgDLu7XxRZOfJWdwUc6ZKyErBbYkQqt1w%3D&reserved=0
>
>Also ordered a bag of 80 or so tape belts of various sizes.
>
>I'll replace the belts but I'm also sure the caps will be replacing.
>Anyone sell cap kits for it? I'm going to look for the service
manual.
>
>If I can't get it working, it'll be used for parts. He had a cheaper
>shipping method available so I took the plunge.
>
