7 Feb
2007
7 Feb
'07
7:50 p.m.
Sorry, forgot to add, you should pull it off AS FAST AS POSSIBLE to pull
your arm away from the charge that may arc from it.
-----Original Message-----
From: cctalk-bounces at classiccmp.org
[mailto:cctalk-bounces at classiccmp.org] On Behalf Of Julian Wolfe
Sent: Wednesday, February 07, 2007 9:20 PM
To: 'General Discussion: On-Topic and Off-Topic Posts'
Subject: RE: Humpty Dumpty
Start by pulling off the CRT anode, just slip your finger
under the suction cup and pull, and it should come off.
-----Original Message-----
From: cctalk-bounces at classiccmp.org
[mailto:cctalk-bounces at classiccmp.org] On Behalf Of Richard
Sent: Wednesday, February 07, 2007 8:47 PM
To: cctalk at classiccmp.org
Subject: Humpty Dumpty
Any ideas on how I would go about putting this humpty dumpty back
together again?
Its a Visual 500 terminal, and its significant because
a) in two years of monitoring ebay I haven't seen any other
Visual Technology terminals offered
b) it has graphics capability (Tektronix 4010 emulation)
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This thing was so poorly packed that even the spacing posts in the
keyboard were sheared off. The circuit boards don't appear damaged
and amazingly the tube doesn't appear damaged, but
obviously the case
is pretty heavily smashed. The ebay seller
accused me of trying to
rip them off by claiming damage and then made a big stink about me
giving them negative feedback. I think there was *one* inflated
pillow style spacer on the top of the unit when I opened it. They
also tried to claim that UPS packed it, which seems like utter
bullshit.
I've been thinking that I might be able to glue enough of
the pieces
of the case back together to get something stable
enough to
have the
electronics working again. (I've never
attempted to power
it on and
man, was I pissed when I opened up this box!)
I suppose it would be prohibitively expensive to try and
recast a new
plastic enclosure for it...
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