FYI, it appears the pot is dead, dead, dead (well, it isn't potentiating, just letting a rather small bit through). That pot is so small and so very well soldered to the board that I don't think I can do anything about it. It appears that this M100 will become my donor.
My second system arrives this week. Thanks for all the help, folks! george g. --- Please note that this email is coming from my new account. Change the contact information you have for me to send emails to [email protected] Thanks! On Thu, Nov 4, 2021, at 12:19 PM, George Goodman wrote: > Hi all, > > My M100 display seems to have taken a turn for the dim. See the images in > this shared folder —> > *https://www.dropbox.com/sh/y1cpftct6dgqy2j/AAAEb3PmIC1b30qh7FV_WX4ea?dl=0 * > ** > I can’t point to anything that happened. I started an install of TS-DOS from > my Backpack and, once the Initial Program Load began, stepped away from my > desk to get a glass of water. When I returned a few minutes later I thought > the M100 had flat out died. I removed the Backpack and tried turning the M111 > on and off and even did a hard reset. No joy…I thought. > > I happened to sit down at my desk and catch a more extreme viewing angle of > the display. That’s when I realized that there was just a display issue. I > verified that I can start up Basic, make the system beep, open Text, etc. > However, I haven’t found anything that will get the display back to good > viewing from overhead. > > BTW, I did try the contrast dial and that didn’t have any impact. The images > in that shared folder were taken with the contrast at its highest. > > Does anyone have suggestions for debugging and fixing this? > > Thanks, > > george g.
