yudelson@aecom.UUCP (Larry Yudelson) (03/13/85)
My 18 month-old Osborne died today; at least, its CRT did. The drives seem to work, but the screen is blank. I'm looking for pointers to any sources for repairs, help, etc., particularly in the NYC area. Thank you, Larry Yudelson (philabs|ihnp4|pegasus)!aecom!yudelson
klr@hadron.UUCP (Kurt L. Reisler) (03/16/85)
> > My 18 month-old Osborne died today; at least, its CRT did. The drives > seem to work, but the screen is blank. I'm looking for pointers to > any sources for repairs, help, etc., particularly in the NYC area. > A good place to start is your local Xerox Business Center. They have been providing national support to owners of the old OZ1 while Osborne was in Chater 11 land, and they continue to do so. Kurt Reisler (My other computer is an Osborne 1)
JALBERS@SIMTEL20.ARPA (Jon Albers) (03/16/85)
Is your Osborne an Executive or an Osborne one. If it is an Executive, and I is one of the first 3000 or so -- be warned------ There is a defect in the video board: I found this out from a friend who took a course in OCC products repair. It seems that on some of the very first Ozzie Execs there is a defect in the video board that after about the first 6-12 months begins to appear: A bad diode apparently fails, and causes a transister in the screen drive to be destroied---no internal monitor, and the repair (according to him) runs about $145 (you need a whole new monitor, apparently). HOWEVER, THE RF MODULATER STILL WORKS!! Use an external monitor (still runs about $100) and it will work. I hope this helps... Jon Albers JALBERS@SIMTEL20 -------