[vcf-midatlantic] Monitor repair class test subjects
corey cohen
coreyvcf at gmail.com
Fri Mar 24 06:19:20 EDT 2017
Awesome. You know how hard it is to find date code correct capacitor smoke? I assume you were careful where you stored it. Worst thing is to find the perfect smoke, but it was stored wrong and now isn't salvageable.
corey cohen
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> On Mar 24, 2017, at 12:10 AM, Jeffrey Brace via vcf-midatlantic <vcf-midatlantic at lists.vintagecomputerfederation.org> wrote:
>
> Yes! I did save the smoke! I have it in a zip lock bag. I save
> *everything*. I'm a hoarders hoarder. You never know when you can use some
> capacitor smoke. It can be quite handy sometimes when repairing monitors.
>
> On Thu, Mar 23, 2017 at 10:03 PM, Ian Primus via vcf-midatlantic <
> vcf-midatlantic at lists.vintagecomputerfederation.org> wrote:
>
>> That's true, there are probably a few different broken things in the
>> warehouse.
>>
>> Did you remember to capture and save the smoke so I can put it back in?
>>
>> -Ian
>>
>> On Thu, Mar 23, 2017 at 8:35 PM, Jeffrey Brace via vcf-midatlantic
>> <vcf-midatlantic at lists.vintagecomputerfederation.org> wrote:
>>> There is a Commodore monitor that needs repairing in the VCF warehouse.
>> It
>>> smoked when Dan and I used it last year. I'm sure that there are many
>> more
>>> that need it.
>>>
>>> On Thu, Mar 23, 2017 at 8:09 PM, corey cohen via vcf-midatlantic <
>>> vcf-midatlantic at lists.vintagecomputerfederation.org> wrote:
>>>
>>>> Crap. I fixed all mine also!!!!
>>>>
>>>> corey cohen
>>>> uǝɥoɔ ʎǝɹoɔ
>>>>
>>>>> On Mar 23, 2017, at 7:26 PM, Ian Primus via vcf-midatlantic <
>>>> vcf-midatlantic at lists.vintagecomputerfederation.org> wrote:
>>>>>
>>>>> I'm getting my material ready for the monitor repair class I'm doing
>>>>> on Friday, and Jason I know is bringing a monitor with some faults as
>>>>> an example. Looking around, I seem to have fixed most of the broken
>>>>> things i had laying around that were obvious. I'll keep looking, but,
>>>>> has anyone got a monitor that has a fault that they think would make a
>>>>> good demonstration? I *think* Will had one he said he could bring that
>>>>> has messed up vertical, I can ask him to bring that along if he has it
>>>>> handy. But if anyone else has anything convenient, let me know.
>>>>> Preferably monitors that either are self contained terminals, or take
>>>>> composite video, to make getting some video on the screen simpler with
>>>>> limited amounts of hardware.
>>>>>
>>>>> Thanks!
>>>>>
>>>>> -Ian
>>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> --
>>> Jeff Brace - ark72axow at gmail.com
>>> Sent from my Commodore 64
>>
>
>
>
> --
> Jeff Brace - ark72axow at gmail.com
> Sent from my Commodore 64
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