Hello everybody

[Drayson]

Hello everyone! I go by Drayson, my pronouns are they/them, and I have an obsession with electronics, vintage computers, and dragons.

I own a Commodore 64, a Commodore 1541 drive, and an IBM 5155 portable; all of which were sold not working but I fixed them; as well as a couple old computers and CRT displays rescued from an e-waste pile.

Spoiler: Pictures

 

[ritableouts]

Hello everyone! I go by Drayson, my pronouns are they/them, and I have an obsession with electronics, vintage computers, and dragons.

I own a Commodore 64, a Commodore 1541 drive, and an IBM 5155 portable; all of which were sold not working but I fixed them; as well as a couple old computers and CRT displays rescued from an e-waste pile.

Spoiler: Pictures

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Hi Dryson, I also have an IBM 5155 and it has quite a problem so it cannot work properly. I bought it at a scrap dealer for cheap. I'm planning on getting rid of it now so if you're interested I can give it to you.

 

[VERAULT]

I like to use all the pronouns.. it makes me sound sane when I speak to people.

Welcome to the forum Drayson.
What was the issue with the 5155? Tantalum capacitors or bad power supply?

 

[seaken]

Welcome to VCF Drayson. I also own and C64 and 1541. And an IBM 5162, currently in need of repair but formerly working. I have to finish troubleshooting it.

Seaken

I also have one of those Toshiba TV's

 

[Drayson]

Hi Dryson, I also have an IBM 5155 and it has quite a problem so it cannot work properly. I bought it at a scrap dealer for cheap. I'm planning on getting rid of it now so if you're interested I can give it to you.

Nah, I'm not interested. Thanks though!

I like to use all the pronouns.. it makes me sound sane when I speak to people.

Welcome to the forum Drayson.
What was the issue with the 5155? Tantalum capacitors or bad power supply?

Thanks. It was a tantalum capacitor on the floppy drive, and that was it other than the hard drive being a bit janky.

Welcome to VCF Drayson. I also own and C64 and 1541. And an IBM 5162, currently in need of repair but formerly working. I have to finish troubleshooting it.

Seaken

I also have one of those Toshiba TV's

Nice. Could you tell me what kind of remote works with the TV? Because it's stuck on RF input without it.

 

[VERAULT]

Thanks. It was a tantalum capacitor on the floppy drive, and that was it other than the hard drive being a bit janky.

Nice. Im working on two 5155's now and have a couple threads on the repair. The first had shorted tantalums on the board, pretty typical.

 

[seaken]

Nice. Could you tell me what kind of remote works with the TV? Because it's stuck on RF input without it.

Sorry, I think I had a senior moment. I went to look at my Toshiba TV and it turned out to be a SONY. I mis-rembered. My Toshiba is a flat panel LCD and it has buttons on the top that allow me to change the input, volume, etc. But I have always used Universal Remotes on these TV's. Just follow the programming instructions and keep entering codes until it gets recognized.

Seaken