Followup to Toshiba 3100e

From: Jason Willgruber <roblwill_at_usaor.net>
Date: Fri Sep 4 22:20:00 1998

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> From: Russ Blakeman <rhblake_at_bbtel.com>
> To: Discussion re-collecting of classic computers
<classiccmp_at_u.washington.edu>
> Subject: Re: Followup to Toshiba 3100e
> Date: Friday, September 04, 1998 10:54 PM
>
>
> Oh I know the type your talking about, square 286 clamped in with
pressure
> contacts on all four sides. The last one I saw like that was in a Delta
Gold I
> had over 10 years ago. It had the white thermal compound on it to the
heat sink
> cover but of course that unit had more than enough air flow being a
desktop
> case, unless you got sloppy and let the ribbon cables block the air. I've
only
> worked on 2 T3100's and that was external work so I can't attest to what
may be
> inside.
>
They were supposed to have the terminal compound between the chip and
processor. Toshiba didn't put the compound on, leading to another
premature failure and more excess heat.
>
> So the hard drives are a special type huh?
>
They were made by JVC and had a 26 pin (IIRC) connector, with no power
connector. My WANG WLTC has the 10MB version of the JVC drive, and my
Tandy 1400HD has an ALPS 20MB with the same connector. I think they were
fairly common in old laptops, but just fairly hard to find now. The drive
usually didn't go bad in the Toshiba. It was the controller. I know two
people who replaced the HD, only to find that it didn't work, either. They
sent the HD's back to the company and scrapped the computers.
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         -Jason
(roblwill_at_usaor.net)
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Received on Fri Sep 04 1998 - 22:20:00 BST