Free: TRS-80 Model 4 (Perth, Western Australia)
Tim Gilchrist
about 9 months ago, I posted here about a Video problem in a rescued
Model 4 (see quoted post below).
As these things tend to go, projects that were 'more important' have
been taking up my time. So, I've decided that it really has to go to
someone who will give it a good home.
I'd prefer someone local to come and collect it, although I'm willing to
entertain shipping it somewhere. Given it's in Perth, Western Australia,
shipping to pretty much anywhere is going to be fairly expensive.
I'm not likely to check the group very often, so mailing me directly is
your best bet. Remove all but two of the i's in the domain to reply.
Tim
P.S. Thanks to those people who did reply to my original questions...
and sorry I didn't get to thanking you before!
> Hi All,
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> I'm a Tandy newbie, so apologies in advance for anything obvious/wrong/silly :)
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> I rescued a Model 4 from the kerbside a while ago which has a video fault.
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> Essentially, the beam appears to be always on. Every scanline is drawn, as is the retrace. There doesn't appear to be any variation in the brightness, other than the retrace being a little dimmer (which makes sense, I suppose).
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> If there are any TRS-80 hardware gurus out there who might identify it as a common/known (fixable) issue for this hardware, I'd be very happy... I'm not confident enough poking around near HV circutry to do any live troubleshooting myself.
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> If anyone is keen to help, I can supply pictures.
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> If noone is able to help but would be interested in providing a loving home for it, let me know. I'm in Western Australia though, so postage may be expensive if you're somewhere else :)
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> Tim
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> (remove all but two i's from the domain name to mail me, or just reply in group)