Hi All,pried the reset button out so it mostly resets normally now but still no text, only raster. Also, I tried to open the thing up but one of the screws (yep, the last one) is badly stripped. I've tried several techniques to unscrew it, but it's stubbornly
I purchased a TRS-80, model 4 online a few years ago and now that I have fixed my model 3's started on the model 4. This is what it does so far...
I plug it in and the hard drive seeks. I see the raster on the CRT (but no diskette, or cassette prompt --- even if I hold the break key down). I also notice that the keyboard was trashed (several missing keys, and the reset button was jammed down). I
-Jeff
Hi All,pried the reset button out so it mostly resets normally now but still no text, only raster. Also, I tried to open the thing up but one of the screws (yep, the last one) is badly stripped. I've tried several techniques to unscrew it, but it's stubbornly
I purchased a TRS-80, model 4 online a few years ago and now that I have fixed my model 3's started on the model 4. This is what it does so far...
I plug it in and the hard drive seeks. I see the raster on the CRT (but no diskette, or cassette prompt --- even if I hold the break key down). I also notice that the keyboard was trashed (several missing keys, and the reset button was jammed down). I
-Jeff
On Sunday, November 6, 2022 at 8:01:59 PM UTC-8, ano...@gmail.com wrote:I pried the reset button out so it mostly resets normally now but still no text, only raster. Also, I tried to open the thing up but one of the screws (yep, the last one) is badly stripped. I've tried several techniques to unscrew it, but it's stubbornly
Hi All,
I purchased a TRS-80, model 4 online a few years ago and now that I have fixed my model 3's started on the model 4. This is what it does so far...
I plug it in and the hard drive seeks. I see the raster on the CRT (but no diskette, or cassette prompt --- even if I hold the break key down). I also notice that the keyboard was trashed (several missing keys, and the reset button was jammed down).
I'm in Illinois, BTW-JeffHi,
I saw in the https://forum.vcfed.org/ one time there was a shop that specialized in repairing TRS-80s ... all models ... I think it was in Texas ...
I'd say worst case donate the machine to the guy. At least he can fix it or use it for parts.
.
Sysop: | Keyop |
---|---|
Location: | Huddersfield, West Yorkshire, UK |
Users: | 307 |
Nodes: | 16 (2 / 14) |
Uptime: | 67:15:39 |
Calls: | 6,915 |
Files: | 12,379 |
Messages: | 5,431,811 |