4 Sep
1998
4 Sep
'98
3:20 p.m.
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From: Russ Blakeman <rhblake(a)bbtel.com>
To: Discussion re-collecting of classic computers
<classiccmp(a)u.washington.edu>
Subject: Re: Followup to Toshiba 3100e
Date: Friday, September 04, 1998 10:54 PM
Oh I know the type your talking about, square 286 clamped in with
pressure
contacts on all four sides. The last one I saw like
that was in a Delta
Gold I
had over 10 years ago. It had the white thermal
compound on it to the
heat sink
cover but of course that unit had more than enough air
flow being a
desktop
case, unless you got sloppy and let the ribbon cables
block the air. I've
only
worked on 2 T3100's and that was external work so
I can't attest to what
may be
inside.
They were supposed to have the terminal compound between the chip and
processor. Toshiba didn't put the compound on, leading to another
premature failure and more excess heat.
So the hard drives are a special type huh?
They were made by JVC and had a 26 pin (IIRC) connector, with no power
connector. My WANG WLTC has the 10MB version of the JVC drive, and my
Tandy 1400HD has an ALPS 20MB with the same connector. I think they were
fairly common in old laptops, but just fairly hard to find now. The drive
usually didn't go bad in the Toshiba. It was the controller. I know two
people who replaced the HD, only to find that it didn't work, either. They
sent the HD's back to the company and scrapped the computers.
--
-Jason
(roblwill(a)usaor.net)
ICQ#-1730318