Osbourne 1 problems

From: Sark <ian_primus_at_yahoo.com>
Date: Mon Oct 14 14:06:01 2002

I recently accquired an Osbourne 1 computer. I turned it on and it
seemed to work, I was able to boot BASIC off of a floppy and I wrote a
couple little programs, (print hello world, count to ten, and count
forever, stuff like that). The picture on the screen was kinda dark in
spots, and while the computer was counting, it flickered to a very dark
and barely readable, then it went black all together. I tried turning
up the brightness and contrast controls, the only one that makes any
change on the screen is the brightness control. I can see the rasters
when the brightness is up all the way, but the contrast control has no
effect. The computer seems to still work though, I can turn it on, then
hit enter and it will boot from the floppy. Previously, when it was
working, I noticed the screen flicker when the computer accessed the
floppy drive. My guess is that there is something wrong with the power
supply. Does anyone have any ideas? I would really like to get my
Osbourne working again, it's a really cool little computer.

Thanks!

Ian Primus
ian_primus_at_yahoo.com
Received on Mon Oct 14 2002 - 14:06:01 BST