Hi all, A while back I asked if anyone knew how to open the case of this early luggable, and there were crickets. Well, I pulled it out today with the intention of poking and prodding, and I magically got it to open!
There's a top piece that is fastened to the front bezel with two apparent screws. But it is also snapped in to the rear cover in a manner that is not readily apparent or discernable. If one removes two screws at either end of the rear cover, the rear piece will cantilever back ever so slightly, and the latching of the plastic pieces will separate without damage. The power supply assembly is fastened to the bottom of the case with a couple of screws that come up from below/outside, so I'd already removed those. It should be relatively simple to rotate the assembly so that I can remove the screws holding the PCB to a backpiece, providing access to the PCB so I can replace the 30+ year old electrolytics. Given the symptoms, this seems like the most likely root casuse.... -- Ian -- Ian S. King, MSIS, MSCS, Ph.D. Candidate The Information School <http://ischool.uw.edu> Dissertation: "Why the Conversation Mattered: Constructing a Sociotechnical Narrative Through a Design Lens Archivist, Voices From the Rwanda Tribunal <http://tribunalvoices.org> Value Sensitive Design Research Lab <http://vsdesign.org> University of Washington There is an old Vulcan saying: "Only Nixon could go to China."
