On 27/11/2015 19:38, "Terry Stewart" <te...@webweavers.co.nz> wrote:
> This self-satirizing flow diagram reflecting my experiences testing > computers in my collection may (or may not) amuse some on this forum. I'm > sure at least some can relate to the scenarios though... > http://www.classic-computers.org.nz/blog/2015-11-28-computer-collectors-testin > g-flowchart.htm That's what I've been doing for the last 2 months, all centred around fixing a PET4032. What started out as a 'well this hasn't worked since I got it in 2000, let's have a go' has turned into my living room and kitchen covered in electronic bits as I find things I'd forgotten about while looking for widget X or doofer Y and sources for missing/broken component Z. Add one tick for finding a Mac Plus with leaky caps and a soon-to-explode mains filter cap. Then I discovered I could use a ZX Spectrum board as a 4116 RAM tester with suitable mods for dual-boot ROMs etc so I've spent 2 weeks finding every Spectrum I have and fixing/cleaning up the ones that have bit-rotted away while discovering an awful lot I didn't know about these comparatively simple playthings. Today it's all going to come together and hopefully the outcome will be a fully working PET4032 and an extra diagnostic tool to add to the collection. Of course we all know something ELSE unexpected will happen. -- Adrian/Witchy Binary Dinosaurs creator/curator Www.binarydinosaurs.co.uk - the UK's biggest private home computer collection?
