2023-07-31 at 2:50 PM UTC
Here we have a Japanese Panasonic FS-A1 MSX2 computer. Purchased a while back as "not working" on Ebay for around $50 or so...these usually sell for upwards of $180 for working ones.
The thing with these Jap computers is they come with AC Adapters that look like they will work on US electricity...however Jappy is 100V and doing so can fry your computer...I suspected this was the issue here.
I have a step down transformer (in the pic) for Jap stuff due to my years of tinkering so went ahead and bought it figuring it would be an easy repair.
It was indeed a case of some tit trying to use it on US voltage Replacing 3 regulators, 1 cap and 2 transistors brought it back to life.
ANOTHER SUCCESS STORY.
Repair done.
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2023-07-31 at 3:52 PM UTC
Jiggaboo a jack of all trades, nice soldering station.
Vinny will claim a coat hanger heated in a fire actually better to solder with. lol
That Vinny, he's an ornery fella.
2023-07-31 at 4:41 PM UTC
lol exactly the link I found.
It's a bit before my time of the 486 and Windows 3.1 playing lands of lore..monkey Island and so on..
But fair play though to mess around with the old tec considering I bought an old snes.
The BBC computer we all had the old maths teacher would make us load the computers in a line (cause apparently it would mess up the system,this was in 1999 ) and he'd make us shut them down again and then we would get them loaded up again and we would play snooker games where'd we would have to guess the angle to get them in the pot..
I don't know it was weird back then but I could never understand it at the time cause I could at the time an play the n64 or PlayStation...
It's crazy how technology goes.
He's probably dead now cause he was easily 60+ back in 2000
Lol, I'm surprised you were still using BBCs at school in 1999. I'm after a BBC but they are rarer than an American with an IQ over 100 here...and importing one is very expensive...I might have to break down though at some point and get one.
2023-07-31 at 5:08 PM UTC
They used a BBC on us at my school but I'm pretty sure we mean different things
2023-07-31 at 10:16 PM UTC
Originally posted by jerryb
Jiggaboo a jack of all trades, nice soldering station.
Vinny will claim a coat hanger heated in a fire actually better to solder with. lol
That Vinny, he's an ornery fella.
which part of your head am i occupying.
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2023-08-01 at 3:30 PM UTC
I've just a cheapo iron and gun. Most I solder is car wiring, many moons ago I was an electronic tech in the navy but about 90% of repairs involved just exchanging boards. Probably should have kept up with it, I could get up to speed on older stuff I guess.
2023-08-01 at 3:32 PM UTC
Originally posted by jerryb
I've just a cheapo iron and gun. Most I solder is car wiring, many moons ago I was an electronic tech in the navy but about 90% of repairs involved just exchanging boards. Probably should have kept up with it, I could get up to speed on older stuff I guess.
if you solder car wires a lot get those that are gas powered.
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