NetNews Usenet Archive 1992 #16/NN_1992_16.iso/spool/comp/sys/atari/8bit/3837

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From: [e-mail] (Nicholas J. DiMasi)
Subject: Re: Dead 1050
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Date: Fri, 24 Jul 1992 02:35:12 GMT
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Well, the ol' Alchemist brought up an interesting point  (about  the  spare
Tandon  mechanisms  -  I gather that most/all 1050's use these, i.e. if one
has a spare mech from American Tech.-V. for a 1050, it's  a  Tandon?).  Our
(SCAT's)  8-bit librarian bought one of those mechs, and put it in, and her
previously dead 1050 worked for a short (?) time, but then stopped  working
(dead,  as  I  understand it).  I paid her a visit to drop off a submission
(to the library), and we took the 1050 apart, and I poked at the chips (but
didn't  reseat them because I didn't know how to remove the  board;  but  I
noticed  that one or two connectors seemed loose.  I pushed it/them back in
tighter,  and we tried the 1050 with half the case on (as I recall)  -  and
it  worked.   But  when  we  put the whole thing together, it  died  again.
Now,  her  husband won't  let  her sink any more $$ into 8-bit eqpt repairs
(they  are  going  to  get  her a PC- compatible :-/).  Any suggestions for
fixing this  thing  for (almost)  free?   That  is,  is  there  anything  a
non-electronics-tech (I'm really a s/w person) can do to fix this?

Thanks for any help,

Nick DiMasi

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