NutmegCT
Experienced Member
Good day all.
My 1983 Osborne I finally decided to retire. Powered it up today, heard a "sizzling" sound and saw a bit of smoke come up through the top vent.
Pulled the plug, then tried a re-start.
Screen comes on, but 9 times out of 10 with garbage text. One time out of ten you can make out a "Insert disk in Drive A" on the screen.
Both drives are spinning. Insert system disk in A, close latch, hit Return, nothing more happens. No read light, etc. Reset button has no effect 9 times out of 10.
Prior to today, the Osborne worked fine. Booted system, ran WordStar, etc.
Transformer on the power board looks slightly blackened and smells very "hot".
Does anyone have a working power supply board to sell?
Thanks.
Tom in Connecticut
My 1983 Osborne I finally decided to retire. Powered it up today, heard a "sizzling" sound and saw a bit of smoke come up through the top vent.
Pulled the plug, then tried a re-start.
Screen comes on, but 9 times out of 10 with garbage text. One time out of ten you can make out a "Insert disk in Drive A" on the screen.
Both drives are spinning. Insert system disk in A, close latch, hit Return, nothing more happens. No read light, etc. Reset button has no effect 9 times out of 10.
Prior to today, the Osborne worked fine. Booted system, ran WordStar, etc.
Transformer on the power board looks slightly blackened and smells very "hot".
Does anyone have a working power supply board to sell?
Thanks.
Tom in Connecticut