4 Oct
2011
4 Oct
'11
7:59 p.m.
Here, I'll start: Anyone know if the original
TRS-80 Model I power brick
suffers from the same failure modes as those old C64/VIC-20 power
bricks? Any repair options? I've got an old one that seems to be working
OK for now, just wondering if it'll stay that way...
Are they openable? I don't have one in front of me, and I don't
think I've ever looked.
Anything CAN be opened.
Although there are better ways, the most popular way was to decelerate it
with a hard surface, such as a wall or floor. A lot were opened on
failure at the 5th West Coast Computer Faire.
The usual repair was replacing the fuse.