[Info-vax] MIcrovax 3100-98

John E. Malmberg wb8tyw at qsl.net_work
Sat Nov 2 12:46:00 EDT 2019


On 11/2/2019 10:08 AM, Michael Moroney wrote:
> Aside: I have a VT220 which seems to have a similar power supply issue.
> Symptom is when powered on it seems to be 100% dead as if no power or a fuse
> is blown, but sometimes it would power on and be perfectly fine until powered
> off.  "Sometimes" became less frequently and now it is "never".  Maybe some day
> I'll dig it out and try to replace power supply caps, or maybe not.

At the last site I was at that had real VT220s, the original power 
switch tended to fail a lot.

The local Radio Shack had an exact replacement that could be installed 
only using a screwdriver as a tool.

Regards,
-John
wb8tyw at qsl.net_work





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