Hi all --
At long last my Terak 8510/a is working again! I'd repaired the power
supply a couple of years back but the system simply would not behave
properly. I traced it down to some very unreliable IC sockets (they
were not high-quality when they were new, and the damp environment this
particular machine spent several years in before I got it did nothing to
help). I finally replaced about 40 sockets with some nice turned-pin
ones last week, and now the system is up and running and passing the
System Acceptance Tests with flying colors.
I do not have a keyboard or monitor for this system, and while it's
pretty easy to fabricate replacements (the video's just standard
composite, and the keyboard is an 8-bit parallel ASCII keyboard with a
few extra special keys) I'd love to find a set of originals.
If anyone has any spares in any condition, please drop me a line. (I'm
also interested in tracking down an original single-density floppy
controller just on the off chance...)
Thanks!
- Josh
