Hey Birt!'s video: Troubleshooting Vintage Computers 1 - Evaluation

This video kicks off a series on troubleshooting vintage computers. In this first episode we start with an evaluation of the system, checking the basic subsystems needed to make a computer work and then drawing upon what we discover to find a direction for further troubleshooting. This is a tentative list of topics for future videos in this series. Please have a look and let me know in the comments below if you have any questions and suggestions. 1. Evaluation 2. Diagnostic ROMs 3. Power supplies, Internal and external 4. RAM Faults and fixes 5. Address decoding 6. I/O 7. Keyboards 8. Tools 9. Soldering/de-soldering 10. Recapping 11. Cleaning Please consider clicking on the Subscribe button below and then click the bell icon. That way you will be notified when I post a new video. Thanks! Help support Hey Birt! https://www.subscribestar.com/hey-birt https://www.patreon.com/heybirt Hey Birt! On Social Media! Facebook: Soigeneris: https://www.facebook.com/Soigeneris-295527583797729/ Hey Birt!: https://www.facebook.com/HeyBirt/ Twitter: Hey Birt!: https://twitter.com/HeyBirt?lang=en Credits Beaded tantalum picture: http://www.proaudiodesignforum.com/forum/php/viewtopic.php?f=16&t=987 Bulging electrolytic cap: https://www.diyforums.net/how-do-i-know-if-a-capacitor-is-good-and-one.-do-i-test-i-thnx-from-...-126886.html Chiptune Thing No. 3 "Victory" by Steven O’Brien https://soundcloud.com/stevenobrien Creative Commons — Attribution 3.0 Unported— CC BY 3.0 http://creativecommons.org/licenses/b... Music provided by Music for Creators https://youtu.be/ujIMRIJ1JG8