Hi Keith, I will take you up on that offer, thank you. I'd like more than one since I'm sure I'll manage to mess up the replacement :-) I'll email you off-list. I doubt I can get them any sooner then you, and I'll be more than happy to pay for shipping and whatever number of ribbons you're prepared to let go of :-)
Thank you for you offer Sir, it is much appreciated! Cheers, Bert On 2020-07-29 19:30, kjohnson3...@gmail.com wrote: > Hey Burt, > > Funny you mention that. I had the same problem with my M102. I tried to > glue the tracks down and it didn't work for me. > > I'm actually going to be placing an order on Aliexpress tonight. I found > 100 ribbons for $20. > > They will take till early September to get here. I would be willing to > mail you one when I get them... I would like a few spares... but 100 is > overkill. > > If not I can post the specs. and you can order them yourself. > > Keith > > On Wed, Jul 29, 2020 at 7:12 PM Bert Put <b...@bellsouth.net > <mailto:b...@bellsouth.net>> wrote: > > Hi, > > Watching all the recent activity about the bad memory battery > replacements scared me sufficiently to go ahead and open up my M-102 and > M-100 to check them. I did, and sure enough the battery in the M-100 > had started to corrode but luckily with very little reaching the > motherboard, so I whipped that puppy out, and I'll hit up arcadeshopper > for some replacements :-) The M-100 is back together (minus a battery) > and working great. > > The battery in the M-102 looked OK but I think I'll go ahead and replace > it as well. Cheap insurance. However, I messed up the re-assembly of > the ribbon cable for the keyboard. I agree with Josh that they cheaped > out on building the M-102, although it was still working after 30 years > so I guess I can't really complain :-) > > I have not succeeded in re-installing the ribbon cable into the edge > connector on the keyboard end. It turns out that it's difficult to get > a straight-line force to insert the edge. Some metal tracks on the end > of the ribbon have moved and I'm concerned that if I keep fiddling with > it I'll tear it up even further. I've left it disconnected while I > think about it some more. I'm wondering if I can glue the tracks down > on the ribbon or something similar? The keyboard connectors on the > M-100 are much more sturdy and I had no trouble at all getting that back > together. > > Any thoughts about how to proceed from here? The keyboard ribbon cable > on the M-102 is the only problem at this point. All the caps in both > machines looked good, no sign of swelling or leakage. > > Cheers, Bert > > p.s. the REXCPM is going into the working M-100. That was always the > plan since the M-102 has a REX classic in it. > >
