Silicon Graphics: Resurrection

[Moco Loco]

I don't know the first thing about things like this, but sounds cool and I hope you get it working I have one of these, broken of course.



It was working when I got it, but shortly after, my dad started experimenting with it and trying to connect it to the internet, and now it won't even turn on.

Anyway, good luck

[Aaron]

Originally Posted by Moco Loco

It was working when I got it, but shortly after, my dad started experimenting with it and trying to connect it to the internet, and now it won't even turn on.

Bummer. Fixing laptops is pretty much one of the most awful things, given the inaccessibility and proprietary-ness of most of the guts. Rescuing the contents of the hard drive (if you care) shouldn't be too bad, however.

I still have my Tandy 102 (TRS-80 laptop) from 1986. The space bar is tied on with a piece of string because it suddenly flew off one day (back in the late 80's) as I was madly typing BASIC code. I never bothered to revisit that quick fix!

Unfortunately, the primary storage on the Tandy 102 was a small bit of RAM with a watch battery keeping it alive. I'd set the machine aside and forgotten about it before moving out of my parents' house, and when I found it again a few years ago, the little battery had long since died, taking with it everything I'd ever created on the Tandy. I put a new battery into it, but haven't touched it again since.