On 11 June 2016 at 14:22, pdaguytom <pdaguy...@gmail.com> wrote: > Okay so I'm trying again, as the Classiccmp software is not letting my > post through with the correct name of the subject computer included in the > post (I've tried thrice). > My D#CM@TE II has begun behaving very strangely. > The computers began to develop keyboard issues a few weeks ago, which > resolved to be some or all of a set of small filtering caps (which on my > board, looked just like picofuses) that sit on the lines for the > keyboard/video port failing. Replaced those with 470pf caps (after I > incorrectly identified and installed picofuses the 1st time), the computer > now recognizes the keyboard, but now fails 9 out of 10 times to go through > a proper boot sequence, generating a randomly garbled version of the test > screen patterns and then sometimes attempting to boot the floppy (but > fails). > > Anyway, if anyone has a mainboard left over from a Spare Time Gizmos > project and would like to get sell it, I'd be interested. > > Thanks, > Tom
It did get through: ---------- Forwarded message ---------- From: pdaguytom <pdaguy...@gmail.com> Date: 11 June 2016 at 04:23 Subject: Decmate II motherbord To: "General Discussion: On-Topic and Off-Topic Posts" <cctalk@classiccmp.org> Looking for a Decmate II motherboard. Doesn't need to have the CPU. Thanks, Tom ---------- ---------- ---------- ---------- ---------- When you post to a mailing list with Gmail, Gmail doesn't show you your own message as unread. You wrote it, I presume it reasons, so you know what it says. -- Liam Proven • Profile: http://lproven.livejournal.com/profile Email: lpro...@cix.co.uk • GMail/G+/Twitter/Flickr/Facebook: lproven MSN: lpro...@hotmail.com • Skype/AIM/Yahoo/LinkedIn: liamproven Cell/Mobiles: +44 7939-087884 (UK) • +420 702 829 053 (ČR)
