hey folks, Hope everyone is having a nice spring (in the northern half of the world anyways!). I've been working my way through my stacks of modelTs and as I fix'em I periodically need to get some parts. Planning to sell some of them. I have so many of them.
I'm in need of a timer chip, the uPD1990AC, found in most ModelTs (except T200 I think). Before I look for a source, does anyone have a spare lying around? Long shot I know. But worth asking. Speaking of long shot, I also needed a 40 Pin socket for the System Bus on an M100. I don't know why, but I guess I pulled one out of an M100 for some reason, and now I want to repair it. I figured - I would never find the original part. So old! But the original would be great! Well, I went into the office for the first time in 2 years yesterday. They are asking everyone to clear out their cubicles, and I work at a company that happens to have a lot of old time hardware engineers. There was a big bin for "scrap". I could not resist, so I peered into the bin. Could not believe my eyes. There, in the bin amongst a ton of standard e-trash, was a single RW 40 pin DIL machine pin socket! Can you bloody believe that. I should buy a lottery ticket ;). (but no timer chip!) Steve
