I've lost some precious equipment and irreplaceable data to lightning strikes in the past. So I can imagine how high your anxiety level was after that flood. It's wonderful to see you turning this into good content and getting your equipment back going! Kudos!

Sorry to hear about the flooding & loss of equipment, that water looks pretty gross. Glad you've been able to bounce back from that & get this Tandy going!

Thank you for the name check. I was not able to give much, but it is enough for a coffee whilst you start repairing one of your systems 😊

Respect! I'm happy you turned lemons into lemonade! I'm also glad to see this Tandy 1000 SX working again! Best of luck with restoring the other gems!

@VintageElectronicsChannel

2 ай бұрын

Thanks!

great to see your back, i would love to see the tascam 112 for the next video, i just got a seconded 122 mkii deck as my first one has issues with the motor, hopefully i can get that one fixed a well.

Praise the Sun!

I love these sort of videos. New to the channel. Is the music you're using from the PlayStation vita home menu screen?

@VintageElectronicsChannel

2 ай бұрын

Thanks for watching. It's from the KZread music library. I believe the song is linked in the description.

I do wonder if it is worth removing any socketable chips before drying, in case liquid is stuck underneath? (sorry for all the comments, I am commenting as I watch)

@VintageElectronicsChannel

2 ай бұрын

Very good point. I thought of that as well. Don't want the chips corroding in their sockets.

you honestly should have pulled every chip that was socketed, and cleaned the legs of the chips and the sockets , then use deoxit before putting chips back in. actually you also could have put the board in the oven at the lowest setting for 30 min to 60 min.. that dries it all out. then deoxit

@VintageElectronicsChannel

2 ай бұрын

After I uploaded the video and watched it, it occurred to me as well that the socketed chips should have been removed. Point definitely noted. I've still got a lot of equipment to go through, so everything I'm learning from this project will be applied to the next.

@RobCamp-rmc_0

2 ай бұрын

When I saw this comment I was worried about the Tandy’s ultimate fate; I’m glad that the comment was more along the lines of good practices advice than “had you done this it would have actually worked”. Best of luck on the rest of the stuff.

I'd recommend to buy a Air Compressor as using Bottled compressed Air is not very Environment friendly.

@VintageElectronicsChannel

2 ай бұрын

Good point!

@rubberduck4966

2 ай бұрын

@@VintageElectronicsChannel Another point is that the air coming out of the cans is very cold which could damage parts.