Recent content by Worblehat

Unfortunately not completely or even close. It’s possible that if I had the patience of Job my approach might have worked in the end, because I did continue to see some improvement. But it was so slow and tedious I eventually gave up. I couldn’t see any way to get at the membrane either. I’ve...

So, I’ve been having some luck with repetitively - some might say obsessively- pressing the keys from slightly different angles. Several that weren’t working at all are now working reliably, and a few more are starting to come back. It’s a bit tedious but as it’s producing results I’ll keep...

I recently acquired a Qume QVT-102 terminal. The display is in great shape, the keyboard ... well, not so much. Pretty much none of the keys work as they should. A few can mostly be counted on to produce a character on the screen if I press them firmly. A few more can be coaxed to produce a...

A 44 year old Teleray Terminal, 3900 series, was being used as a doorstop in another department at the university where I work, so I had to stage an intervention ... No fun carrying it down 2 flights of stairs, but I'm pleased to report it's now in a place where it will be cared for a little...

Ah, the Spartan ... I first heard of the Spartan a few months ago. The Mechanical Engineering dept. at the university where I work was cleaning out a storage closet and came across a couple of boxes of what they thought were "Apple II cards". And they were right, kind of. After a bit of research...

Hi, Asking for a friend ... could anyone recommend a service that could repair a floppy drive from a 512K Mac? Ideally located in the Toronto area but my friend might be willing to ship it further afield. thanks, John

I'm hoping to revive a C. Itoh 467 colour terminal that recently came my way. In truth, it is a thing of beauty and is mostly working very well indeed. But there are a couple of problems with the keyboard, namely a couple of characters that just plain don't work (press the key and nothing...

Hi, I've recently come across a mystery device made by Electrohome in 1983 with audio/video inputs that may (or not) have something to do with Canadian videotex (ie Telidon). The FCC registry identifies it as a "computer peripheral" but not much more info than that. Photos below. Anyone have...

A while ago a couple of Altairs were donated to a collection that I'm in charge of, an early model 8800 and an 8800b. Neither work. Of the two, the 8800b is in the best shape, but missing a couple of key components (CPU card and RAM). I'm going to set that one aside for now. Instead I want to...

I'm working on a digital art restoration project that just turned up a box of 200 8 inch floppies from the early 1980s and I need to get the data off of them. I've done some data recovery work in the past using a kryoflux but only on 5.25" and 3.5" disks. I'm looking to buy a reconditioned 8"...

Just thought I should close the loop on this one. I did the adjustment as recommended, and it worked! Thanks again for the help and advice. I've attached a shot of the adjusted screen, showing the test pattern in all its glory. I didn't find much indication of heat-related damage or any other...

That's funny. I have this VT125 with a slightly wonky monitor and I was searching the forums to find out if anyone had posted about a similar topic ... only to find pictures of the actual VT125 unit itself. Yes, I was the one who snagged it from the Physics building, for a smallish collection...