Re: Reviving VT220?

2017-04-28 Thread Paul Anderson via cctalk
I have most VT100 family, some VT220 and VT330 parts, including all 3 colors of new VT330 CRTs. Please contact me off list if interested. On Fri, Apr 28, 2017 at 7:27 AM, Peter Coghlan via cctalk < cctalk@classiccmp.org> wrote: > > Hi all, > > > > A colleague and I are trying to get a VT220 work

Re: Reviving VT220?

2017-04-28 Thread Gregory Beat via cctalk
For your education, Google search "Flyback transformer" There are a number of rebuilders, replacements, and substations. B&H Electronics https://www.bhelectronics.com/products/dc-dc-power-products/isolated-flyback-transformers.html Pactran http://pactran.com/why-pacific-transformer/?gclid=CNWWzL

RE: Reviving VT220?

2017-04-28 Thread Rob Jarratt via cctalk
> -Original Message- > From: cctech [mailto:cctech-boun...@classiccmp.org] On Behalf Of Gregory > Beat via cctech > Sent: 28 April 2017 18:28 > To: cct...@classiccmp.org > Subject: Re: Reviving VT220? > > For your education, Google search "Flyback transformer" > > There are a number of re

Re: Tandon TM-100-1 electronics repair

2017-04-28 Thread Ethan Dicks via cctalk
On Fri, Apr 28, 2017 at 1:18 PM, Chuck Guzis via cctalk wrote: > On 04/28/2017 10:01 AM, Ethan Dicks via cctalk wrote: > >> So that's where I'm at - the drive was working before the power was >> jiggled and now it's not and it doesn't appear to be the >> electronics. > > Make sure that the head is

Re: Diablo 3x pictures

2017-04-28 Thread Al Kossow via cctalk
On 4/28/17 9:00 AM, Al Kossow via cctalk wrote: > The door latch and load lamp is driving me nuts. Dug out my extender card > this morning > to try and figure out why the driver transistors aren't turning on. Quick work once I could probe the IC pins. A gate on the J2 card was always assertin

Re: Tandon TM-100-1 electronics repair

2017-04-28 Thread Chuck Guzis via cctalk
On 04/28/2017 10:01 AM, Ethan Dicks via cctalk wrote: > So that's where I'm at - the drive was working before the power was > jiggled and now it's not and it doesn't appear to be the > electronics. Make sure that the head is making good physical contact with the medium. Sometimes the head susp

Re: Tandon TM-100-1 electronics repair

2017-04-28 Thread Ethan Dicks via cctalk
On Thu, Apr 27, 2017 at 11:17 PM, Mike Loewen via cctalk wrote: > On Thu, 27 Apr 2017, Ethan Dicks via cctalk wrote: > >> Additionally, for a testing framework to poke signals through the >> drive for debugging during the repair... > >You should check out a couple of disk utility programs for

Re: Reviving VT220?

2017-04-28 Thread Aaron Jackson via cctalk
Hi Tony, Thanks for the information, that is all very useful! I think I will open up my VT420 which is working nicely to compare the glow in the base followed by checking the voltages, as you describe. Thanks again! Aaron. Tony Duell writes: > On Fri, Apr 28, 2017 at 4:38 PM, Aaron Jackson vi

Re: Diablo 3x pictures

2017-04-28 Thread Chuck Guzis via cctalk
On 04/28/2017 09:20 AM, Al Kossow via cctalk wrote: > I wish I knew of a gasket material I could trust to survive. > Norprene is polypropylene based, as opposed to PVC, polyurethane, > etc. > > Home weather stripping is made from polyurethane. > > This is the stuff I'm going to try > http://www

Re: Diablo 3x pictures

2017-04-28 Thread Al Kossow via cctalk
On 4/28/17 9:13 AM, Tony Duell wrote: > On Fri, Apr 28, 2017 at 5:10 PM, dwight via cctalk > wrote: >> I'll have to give mine a look. I hate that foam. > > There seem to be 2 types. One turns to a sticky goo, the other turns to > dust. I refer to them both as 'Evil Foam'. I have just removed so

Re: Diablo 3x pictures

2017-04-28 Thread Tony Duell via cctalk
On Fri, Apr 28, 2017 at 5:10 PM, dwight via cctalk wrote: > I'll have to give mine a look. I hate that foam. There seem to be 2 types. One turns to a sticky goo, the other turns to dust. I refer to them both as 'Evil Foam'. I have just removed some from the drives of an RX01 (the older drives, on

Re: Diablo 3x pictures

2017-04-28 Thread dwight via cctalk
I'll have to give mine a look. I hate that foam. Dwight From: cctalk on behalf of Al Kossow via cctalk Sent: Friday, April 28, 2017 9:00:28 AM To: General Discussion: On-Topic and Off-Topic Posts Subject: Diablo 3x pictures Was working on some Drives this wee

Re: Reviving VT220?

2017-04-28 Thread Tony Duell via cctalk
On Fri, Apr 28, 2017 at 4:38 PM, Aaron Jackson via cctalk wrote: > Yes we checked for the glow. It's very dim but it is there. I will bring What do you mean by 'very dim'? It should be a distinct orange glow, best seen looking up the base of the CRT. I normally start by checking the CRT pin volt

Diablo 3x pictures

2017-04-28 Thread Al Kossow via cctalk
Was working on some Drives this week, and took some pictures of it disassembled. http://bitsavers.trailing-edge.com/pdf/diablo/photos/Diablo_33F/ The prefilter was orange crumblefoam. I took a look at my NOS ones and they have a greenish prefilter that still appears to be OK. The gasket going up t

Re: Reviving VT220?

2017-04-28 Thread Aaron Jackson via cctalk
Yes we checked for the glow. It's very dim but it is there. I will bring one home this weekend and check some of the surrounding components. Hopefully it is something very simple to replace. I'll have a probe. Thanks! Aaron. Peter Coghlan via cctalk writes: >> >> Thanks for the information, Pe

Re: Reviving VT220?

2017-04-28 Thread Peter Coghlan via cctalk
> > Thanks for the information, Peter. It makes me want to try and test a > few of the components around the flyback. > It would also be good to check the stuff like voltages on the base of the CRT and that the CRT heater is glowing. You could have a problem that is nothing to do with the flyback

Run/Stop switch from a Soviet S/370 clone

2017-04-28 Thread Liam Proven via cctalk
My flatmate has one of these. Just the small subassembly with the 2 push-buttons and a red light between them. Is this something that would be of interest to anyone? I'm trying to persuade him to eBay it instead of throwing it away. We've also got the plastic covers from a few disk packs, an empty

Re: Reviving VT220?

2017-04-28 Thread Aaron Jackson via cctalk
Thanks for the information, Peter. It makes me want to try and test a few of the components around the flyback. Thanks again, Aaron. Peter Coghlan via cctalk writes: >> Hi all, >> >> A colleague and I are trying to get a VT220 working again as it recently >> died on us. We are hoping to set up

Re: Reviving VT220?

2017-04-28 Thread Peter Coghlan via cctalk
> Hi all, > > A colleague and I are trying to get a VT220 working again as it recently > died on us. We are hoping to set up a few items for the mid-80s > (including this terminal) to show the graduands what it would have been > like if they were doing their CompSci degree 30 years ago. > > It look

Reviving VT220?

2017-04-28 Thread Aaron Jackson via cctalk
Hi all, A colleague and I are trying to get a VT220 working again as it recently died on us. We are hoping to set up a few items for the mid-80s (including this terminal) to show the graduands what it would have been like if they were doing their CompSci degree 30 years ago. It looks to me like t