Re: Restoring rubber keyboard on a logic analyzer

2018-04-29 Thread Chuck Guzis via cctalk
Answered my own question. The repair stuff is called "Aquadag E": https://semicro.org/products/carbon-paint-conductive https://www.ebay.com/itm/AQUADAG-CARBON-PAINT-ARCADE-MONITOR-TV-CRT-CATHODE-REPAIR-SPARES-30-ML-BRUSH-/261808496366 Should work a treat in this application. --Chuck

Re: Restoring rubber keyboard on a logic analyzer

2018-04-29 Thread Chuck Guzis via cctalk
On 04/29/2018 08:44 PM, Tony Duell via cctalk wrote: > It's not cheap (and IIRC you have to use the whole lot in one go), but > Chemtronics make a kit to repair such keypads. Possibly worth it for > a useful instrument though. > > In the UK you can get it here : > > https://uk.rs-online.com/web/

Re: Restoring rubber keyboard on a logic analyzer

2018-04-29 Thread Fred Cisin via cctalk
On Mon, 30 Apr 2018, Tony Duell via cctalk wrote: In the UK you can get it here : https://uk.rs-online.com/web/p/conductive-adhesives/3888673/ and I guess it's also available across the Pond. Silly thought: Half a century ago, there used to be a conductive glue that was peddled to the general

Re: Restoring rubber keyboard on a logic analyzer

2018-04-29 Thread Tony Duell via cctalk
On Sun, Apr 29, 2018 at 11:29 PM, Maciej W. Rozycki via cctalk wrote: > On Sun, 29 Apr 2018, Paul Koning via cctalk wrote: > >> So that's the answer: graphite powder. I now have a working analyzer >> again. It will be interesting to see if the graphite wears off >> eventually, I suppose it might

Re: Restoring rubber keyboard on a logic analyzer

2018-04-29 Thread Maciej W. Rozycki via cctalk
On Sun, 29 Apr 2018, Paul Koning via cctalk wrote: > So that's the answer: graphite powder. I now have a working analyzer > again. It will be interesting to see if the graphite wears off > eventually, I suppose it might but that's ok, I can just do it again. Many years ago I used graphite ob

Re: Identifying bad RAM on Amiga 1000 WCS board

2018-04-29 Thread Ethan Dicks via cctalk
On Sun, Apr 29, 2018 at 12:25 PM, Richard Sheppard via cctalk wrote: >> There are hand-drawn schematics floating around but they don't appear >> to match the production hardware > > There is a service manual - "Amiga Computer Model 1000 Preliminary Component > Level Repair PN 314038-02" which doe

Re: Restoring rubber keyboard on a logic analyzer

2018-04-29 Thread Paul Koning via cctalk
> On Apr 26, 2018, at 12:32 PM, Electronics Plus via cctalk > wrote: > > Easier solution is to apply some conductive light lube. Radio Shack used to > carry it, and I repaired a LOT of remote controls with it! > > Cindy I made a successful repair. Here are the steps I used: As I mentioned,

Re: Identifying bad RAM on Amiga 1000 WCS board

2018-04-29 Thread Richard Sheppard via cctalk
> There are hand-drawn schematics floating around but they don't appear > to match the production hardware There is a service manual - "Amiga Computer Model 1000 Preliminary Component Level Repair PN 314038-02" which does show those PALs on page 1-25 "Amiga piggyback PCB assy #327139" Richard S

Identifying bad RAM on Amiga 1000 WCS board

2018-04-29 Thread Ethan Dicks via cctalk
Hi, All, I've been doing component-level diagnosis of a bad Amiga 1000 WCS board and since I was unable to find this information anywhere, I thought I'd post it to the list so that it's in the hands of more than one person. For an Amiga 1000 that starts up with a turquoise screen and never asks f