Re: [M100] DVI
Thanks for sharing; the price sounds reasonable, I don't think it'll take much to fix that flickering Mine has two normal 5 1/4 drives although they are in fact two-sided; I added the second drive myself and when I couldn't find a drive to match the original TEC drive I installed a pair of Panasonics. I haven't dug it out for a while but it is indeed pretty clean and although I haven't used it very much recently I've never had any problems with it. The 3.5" drives were just a fun experiment to see if they would work without any modifications; they did indeed, but of course without modifying the DVI firmware you still only have 180 KB per drive, regardless of single/double sided or 5 1/4 vs. 3.5" Nevertheless, if you don't mind being incompatible with anyone else there may be some slight advantage to using 3.5" diskettes; easier to come by, easier to store, maybe more reliable dpending on whom you listen to, etc. Hope you get that flicker sorted and have fun with it! m On Sat, Sep 17, 2022 at 8:16 PM Spencer wrote: > Hello Mike. > > I found it on ebay and paid $140 plus shipping/taxes. > > Does your have 2 5 1/4" or a mix of 5 1/4 and 3.5" drives? > > Your pics show the unit as really clean. Did you have to do any repairs > to it? > > Thanks > > On Saturday, September 17, 2022 at 02:28:28 PM EDT, Mike Stein < > mhs.st...@gmail.com> wrote: > > > I did find some pictures from when I was playing with 3.5" drives: > > [image: image.jpeg] > [image: image.jpeg] > [image: image.jpeg] > > On Sat, Sep 17, 2022 at 11:12 AM Spencer wrote: > > Hello Mike. > > I actually found an Tandy unit, but the video flickers in and out. Is > yours something you did or a Tandy unit? Would you mind sending a pic or > two? > > Thanks! > >
Re: [M100] DVI
Hello Mike. I found it on ebay and paid $140 plus shipping/taxes. Does your have 2 5 1/4" or a mix of 5 1/4 and 3.5" drives? Your pics show the unit as really clean. Did you have to do any repairs to it? Thanks On Saturday, September 17, 2022 at 02:28:28 PM EDT, Mike Stein wrote: I did find some pictures from when I was playing with 3.5" drives: On Sat, Sep 17, 2022 at 11:12 AM Spencer wrote: Hello Mike. I actually found an Tandy unit, but the video flickers in and out. Is yours something you did or a Tandy unit? Would you mind sending a pic or two? Thanks!
Re: [M100] DVI
I did find some pictures from when I was playing with 3.5" drives: [image: image.jpeg] [image: image.jpeg] [image: image.jpeg] On Sat, Sep 17, 2022 at 11:12 AM Spencer wrote: > Hello Mike. > > I actually found an Tandy unit, but the video flickers in and out. Is > yours something you did or a Tandy unit? Would you mind sending a pic or > two? > > Thanks! >
[M100] DVI
Hello Mike. I actually found an Tandy unit, but the video flickers in and out. Is yours something you did or a Tandy unit? Would you mind sending a pic or two? Thanks!
Re: [M100] 102 Keyboard repair help RQ
Hi Bambi, On the back of the 102 keyboard PCB, you can find the switch solder pads for the H key - they are labeled '51' on the silkscreen. Directly underneath it are the pads for that key's diode. (Every key on the matrix has a diode connecting it to the matrix). If you check that diode with a meter in diode test, does it read something like 0.6v ? Or does it read open circuit in both directions? -Josh On Fri, Sep 16, 2022 at 5:18 PM bambi.page wrote: > New member here. I have a 102 with a faulty non-working 'H' key. I > tried replacing the flexible contact pad but without any improvement. > I tried searching in the archive but that came up with an error. Does > a member have any advice about repair please? Thank you ~byes~ bambi >
