CrashOverride
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- Sep 22, 2022
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Success! I received the nut driver and proceeded to disassemble the keyboard. First thing I did was unplug the mylar and boot the machine. No error! Also, a nice surprise was that the hard drive works perfectly. It booted up to some Peachtree software.
Next step was to remove all the plastic rivets and get to the mylar. Just for fun, with just the mylar connected, I booted up again. This time I got a F0 301 error. However, I was able to hit F1 and continue. Fortunately I don't need to see what the keys are to know where to type! I was able to exit out of the Peachtree software and pull up a directory of the hard drive. I was also able to read a 3.5" floppy I had lying around from my 386 days. I tried the B drive with the 5.25" but I don't have any DOS disks. It didn't like my single density Atari disks. Maybe I just need to format one with DOS.
I'll remove and clean the mylar up with isopropyl alcohol and see if I still get that F0 error. After that, I'll do the bolt mod. However, slight problem - the black plastic base where all the keys fit into is cracked in the middle. I don't think I did it, as I was aware this could happen and was insanely gentle, but I suppose I could have done it.
Is there somewhere I can get a replacement piece? The IBM part number stamped on it is 1385796. If a replacement isn't available, or they are ridiculously priced, I'll just try and use what I have.
Next step was to remove all the plastic rivets and get to the mylar. Just for fun, with just the mylar connected, I booted up again. This time I got a F0 301 error. However, I was able to hit F1 and continue. Fortunately I don't need to see what the keys are to know where to type! I was able to exit out of the Peachtree software and pull up a directory of the hard drive. I was also able to read a 3.5" floppy I had lying around from my 386 days. I tried the B drive with the 5.25" but I don't have any DOS disks. It didn't like my single density Atari disks. Maybe I just need to format one with DOS.
I'll remove and clean the mylar up with isopropyl alcohol and see if I still get that F0 error. After that, I'll do the bolt mod. However, slight problem - the black plastic base where all the keys fit into is cracked in the middle. I don't think I did it, as I was aware this could happen and was insanely gentle, but I suppose I could have done it.
Is there somewhere I can get a replacement piece? The IBM part number stamped on it is 1385796. If a replacement isn't available, or they are ridiculously priced, I'll just try and use what I have.