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  • original:complete-open.jpg;;width:457;;height:480
  • Main housing before assembly original:case-front.jpg;;width:640;;height:384
  • Inside the main housing, and the handle. original:case-inside.jpg;;width:640;;height:451
  • Misc. parts. Ground strap for keyboard connector, handle mountings, spring-loaded display panel hinges, and display cables strain relief. original:case-parts.jpg;;width:405;;height:480
  • Handle installed original:handle.jpg;;width:640;;height:324
  • Inside main housing -- handle attachment screws original:handle-screws.jpg;;width:640;;height:256
  • Front bezel original:bezel.jpg;;width:640;;height:368
  • Inside the front bezel original:bezel-inside.jpg;;width:640;;height:347
  • LED assembly was found cracked and pieces floating around inside the machine. It appears one of the LEDs had a molding mistake, which caused extra stress on the black plastic pieces, cracking them. I filed down the casting flash on the LED and epoxied the mounting back together. original:LED-holder2.jpg;;width:640;;height:431
  • Repaired LED assembly original:LED-holder.jpg;;width:565;;height:479
  • Installing LED, speaker, and keyboard wiring. original:bezel-wiring.jpg;;width:640;;height:381
  • LED and "speaker" wiring inside main housing. original:bezel-wiring2.jpg;;width:640;;height:313
  • Repaired LED assembly installed. original:LED-holder3.jpg;;width:640;;height:420
  • Front of main housing with handle installed. original:case-and-bezel.jpg;;width:640;;height:379
  • Drive cage enclosure installed original:drive-frame.jpg;;width:579;;height:480
  • Power supply after washing. Several capacitors were replaced, and a number of larger solder connections for heavier and hotter components were defective. original:ps-guts.jpg;;width:549;;height:480
  • Power supply chassis and fan. original:ps-chassis.jpg;;width:435;;height:480
  • Power supply reinstalled in chassis. original:ps-assem.jpg;;width:640;;height:464
  • Power supply cover original:ps-cover.jpg;;width:640;;height:436
  • Power supply reassembled original:power-supply.jpg;;width:564;;height:480
  • Power supply installed original:ps-installed.jpg;;width:640;;height:400
  • Inside of plasma display housing, showing cables. original:plasma-base.jpg;;width:640;;height:417
  • Plasma display cables routed through housing original:plasma-rear.jpg;;width:640;;height:412
  • Plasma circuit board. original:plasma-board.jpg;;width:640;;height:447
  • Blown 250V electrolytic capacitor from plasma board. I replaced all the aluminum electrolytics and tantalum caps on the display board. original:blown-cap.jpg;;width:564;;height:252
  • Plasma display panel mounted to housing half. original:plasma-assy.jpg;;width:640;;height:398
  • Roller for plasma display housing original:screen-rollers.jpg;;width:640;;height:460
  • Roller for plasma display housing original:screen-roller.jpg;;width:640;;height:480
  • Plasma display housing mounted to hinges and track rollers. original:display-assy1.jpg;;width:506;;height:479
  • Completed display with bezel. original:display-assy2.jpg;;width:543;;height:480
  • Plasma display cables original:plasma-cables2.jpg;;width:640;;height:480
  • Plasma display cables original:plasma-cables.jpg;;width:482;;height:479
  • Display controller board original:display-controller.jpg;;width:573;;height:480
  • Display controller board installed original:display-controller2.jpg;;width:640;;height:480
  • Cable to display controller original:display-controller3.jpg;;width:640;;height:480
  • Motherboard original:planar.jpg;;width:640;;height:452
  • Motherboard installed original:planar-installed.jpg;;width:640;;height:393
  • Hard disk drive original:hard-disk-top.jpg;;width:628;;height:480
  • Hard disk drive original:hard-disk-bottom.jpg;;width:640;;height:477
  • Floppy drive original:floppy-top.jpg;;width:640;;height:449
  • Floppy drive original:floppy-bottom.jpg;;width:631;;height:480
  • Assembled drive cage and cables original:drive-cage.jpg;;width:603;;height:480
  • Drive cage slides in original:drive-cage2.jpg;;width:459;;height:480
  • Drive cage slides in original:drive-cage3.jpg;;width:522;;height:480
  • Drive cage Faraday cage and drive cables installed original:drive-cage4.jpg;;width:472;;height:480
  • Before washing -- I forgot to photograph this piece afterwards. original:rear-cover-inside.jpg;;width:640;;height:373
  • Drilling out broken off plastic pivot in keyboard foot original:keyb-foot-1.jpg;;width:640;;height:455
  • New pivot for keyboard foot original:keyb-foot-2.jpg;;width:261;;height:174
  • Keyboard foot with new pivot pin installed original:keyb-foot-3.jpg;;width:640;;height:480
  • Keyboard foot repaired and installed original:keyb-foot-4.jpg;;width:640;;height:426
  • Keyboard membrane placed in keyboard upper housing original:keyb-membrane.jpg;;width:640;;height:300
  • Keyboard circuit board with new coiled cable installed original:keyb-pcb.jpg;;width:640;;height:274
  • Keyboard circuit board original:keyb-pcb2.jpg;;width:640;;height:295
  • Keyboard housings assembled. Keys not yet installed. original:keyb-nocaps.jpg;;width:640;;height:306
  • The original keyboard coiled cable was dried up and cracking. This one came from a 1990s vintage Lexmark IBM keyboard. The coiled section was too long to fit into the storage tray, so I unwound it on both ends to give the proper lengths, and "reset" its memory with a heat gun. New DIN plug was installed on the end. original:keyb-cable.jpg;;width:640;;height:271
  • original:complete-closed.jpg;;width:640;;height:354
  • Optional backpack adapter to hold two ISA boards. Outside of the housing pieces. original:Caboose-Housing2.jpg;;width:560;;height:480
  • Inside of the ISA board caboose housing pieces. original:Caboose-Housing.jpg;;width:640;;height:474
  • ISA board caboose housing. original:Caboose-Housing3.jpg;;width:640;;height:275
  • Caboose top cover and slider that operates the latches. That slider piece is a different type of plastic and has shrunk slightly over the decades. (the curve in the picture is an illusion from the camera being too close) The shrinking caused this piece to bind tightly against its guide pins inside the housing. I filed the guides down to fit the -new- dimensions of the slider. original:Caboose-3.jpg;;width:640;;height:338
  • original:Caboose-Parts.jpg;;width:608;;height:479
  • Guts of the ISA board caboose. The -5V regulator is on the right side (in a sleeve of heat shrink tubing). Oscillator signal needed by some video boards is generated by the 14.3 MHz oscillator and TTL flip flop. original:Caboose-PCB.jpg;;width:640;;height:305
  • original:Caboose-5.jpg;;width:615;;height:480
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