Update: Received my 50lb Datapoint 2200 computer from Austria via regular post.

Santo Nucifora santo.nucifora at gmail.com
Mon Sep 23 16:43:25 CDT 2019


That is awesome.  Looks great!

Do a search on "crt cataract".  There is likely a plastic cover on the CRT
that is glued in place.  This can be removed and cleaned.

I have a Hazeltine 1500 terminal that the cataract was so bad, the plastic
cover fell off.

Good luck with the restoration!
Santo

On Mon, Sep 23, 2019 at 5:36 PM steven stengel via cctalk <
cctalk at classiccmp.org> wrote:

> Found a Datapoint 2200 in Austria that I wanted - I asked seller Viktor to
> pack it well, by wrapping it several times in big-bubble bubbewrap, until
> it was just a giant cube of bubble wrap.
>
> See pics here:
> http://oldcomputers.net/box/
>
> The cover was actually sent separately in another box so it didn't crushed
> by the 50 pound system.
>
> First, I have to rewire it from 220vac to 110vac.
> Second - what to do about that screen?
>
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