Hi all and thanks for the warm welcome and dire warnings (keyswitches are my nemesis...) and greetings from Sweden!!!
I have no idea why it came to pass that the Microbee got so popular here, on the other side of the world but there you go...
Back in 1980 I got my start on the Swedish ABC80 computer and about 2-3 years later I got my first look at the Microbee!
My plan is to start the Microbee on its own using a lower voltage power input, say 8-9 volts just to see how that goes!.
If that works then I will get started going through the diskdrive PSU... probably needs recapping!
I have a black belt in exchanging filtercaps though, as that has been the trend through almost all my retro computers!!
@ChickenMan - So the Model I was the kit-version and then the prebuilt version was the Model II presumably? Will snap some more pics later!
@someone - Keyswitches... have renovated many different keyboard types by now! Apple II, BBC B, ABC80 and ABC800! Next up... Microbee!
I have no idea why it came to pass that the Microbee got so popular here, on the other side of the world but there you go...
Back in 1980 I got my start on the Swedish ABC80 computer and about 2-3 years later I got my first look at the Microbee!
My plan is to start the Microbee on its own using a lower voltage power input, say 8-9 volts just to see how that goes!.
If that works then I will get started going through the diskdrive PSU... probably needs recapping!
I have a black belt in exchanging filtercaps though, as that has been the trend through almost all my retro computers!!
@ChickenMan - So the Model I was the kit-version and then the prebuilt version was the Model II presumably? Will snap some more pics later!
@someone - Keyswitches... have renovated many different keyboard types by now! Apple II, BBC B, ABC80 and ABC800! Next up... Microbee!