Well, here I am again soliciting advice from you guys. One of these
days I'll be able to answer someone else's question and I'll feel useful :).
Anyway. I picked up an IBM 5120 (i.e. the "really big and heavy" (with
emphasis on "heavy") variant of the 5100/5110) awhile back that has a
few issues and I've just now got enough spare time to take a look at
it. Finally got done cleaning out copious amounts of gooey black tar
that used to be foam 25 years ago...
There are two major issues, the first being the monitor, the second
being a ROS error on startup (which I suspect may be quite difficult to
solve...)
But I'd like to see what I can do about the monitor. The picture
exhibits a strange behavior that I can't say I've seen before. The
horizontal retrace seems to "fold" over itself in the middle (like the
electron gun is doing a "loop" in the center of the screen for each
line). I've taken a (terrible) picture of the fault and put it at:
http://yahozna.dyndns.org/scratch/5120disp.jpg). The picture's also a
bit jumpy. I've tinkered a bit with the various adjustments on the
CRT's PCB but it doesn't make any appreciable difference.
The monitor is labeled as a "Ball TV 90." I've done a bit of
maintenance on old Arcade monitors, mostly of the "cap kit" variety so I
know how to be careful around the HV sections, but I'm not much for
troubleshooting (yet). Any suggestions on where to start?
While I'm at it -- anyone have an archive of software for this thing
anywhere? I haven't found much, I'm looking for floppy images (the 5120
has 2 8" drives).
Thanks again for the advice...
- Josh