Sorry for top-post - it’s the yahoo app. So the purpose of the extra screen
layer is to prevent crt implosion?
How did you remove it?
It’s safe to remove it, as long as I don’t hit the screen with a hammer?
Thanks-Steve.
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On Tuesday, September 24, 2019, 1:34
On 23.09.19 23:36, steven stengel via cctalk wrote:
First, I have to rewire it from 220vac to 110vac.
Lucky you, I would have driven over if had known about it ! Only a one-day
return trip for me
Be carefully : some parts on the big cooling block are directly connected to
mains.
Ethan Dicks via cctalk wrote:
> On Mon, Sep 23, 2019 at 4:36 PM steven stengel via cctalk
> wrote:
> > Found a Datapoint 2200 in Austria that I wanted - I asked seller Viktor to
> > pack it well, by wrapping it several times in big-bubble bubbewrap, until
> > it was just a giant cube of bubble
On Mon, Sep 23, 2019 at 4:36 PM steven stengel via cctalk
wrote:
> Found a Datapoint 2200 in Austria that I wanted - I asked seller Viktor to
> pack it well, by wrapping it several times in big-bubble bubbewrap, until it
> was just a giant cube of bubble wrap.
Looks like it was worth it.
>
On Mon, Sep 23, 2019 at 09:36:20PM +, steven stengel via cctalk wrote:
> First, I have to rewire it from 220vac to 110vac.
I bought one of the 110-220 converters off ePay ("Superite"). It has
performed well for me for several years.
(IBM Power5s *really* want 220 if you have both power
That is awesome. Looks great!
Do a search on "crt cataract". There is likely a plastic cover on the CRT
that is glued in place. This can be removed and cleaned.
I have a Hazeltine 1500 terminal that the cataract was so bad, the plastic
cover fell off.
Good luck with the restoration!
Santo
Not only a happy shipping story, but one that involves international
shipping?!?!
Is that screen burn-in or something worse. I saw the photo’s before I read
that line below, and my instant thought was Ew!
Zane
> On Sep 23, 2019, at 2:36 PM, steven stengel via cctalk
> wrote:
>
> Found
Found a Datapoint 2200 in Austria that I wanted - I asked seller Viktor to pack
it well, by wrapping it several times in big-bubble bubbewrap, until it was
just a giant cube of bubble wrap.
See pics here:
http://oldcomputers.net/box/
The cover was actually sent separately in another box so it
