Reply 40 of 123, by dkarguth
**** Update ****
I have talked to the owner today, and he is open to the idea of me refurbishing computers and helping him sell on eBay. The place used to be a computer repair shop, and when he showed me the old repair room, there were about 30-40 brand new in box PC-Jr computers just chilling in there. Like sealed in plastic wrap and everything. Sorry, no pictures, It was a sort of job interview situation and it doesn't seem very professional to be taking pictures of everything, 🤣
I am getting set up to do multilayer board repair (think repairing burnt/scratched traces up to 3-4 layers down in the board) and to do good quality component replacement with no damage at all to the board. I may eventually try to offer a repair service for old hardware, it just depends on how much time I have.
I recently aquired a NOS MFM/RLL/EDSI/SCSI/EDI hard drive tester from the early 90s along with a 30 pin SIMM, SIPP and EDO ram tester. Will be using those to verify functionality of all the computers before listing them. I am going to try to do something like refurbishing systems to like new specs (all new caps, calibrated floppy speed, repainted cases if needed, fully tested HDD) and bundling them with a keyboard and the original manual. He also has hundreds of good condition CRT monitors, so I'll see about testing those as well.
I'll give an update once I actually start restoring the stuff. I believe it's against the rules here to post ebay links, so I might find somewhere that allows it and post the links there. Expect stuff like NOS IBM hardware (5150, 5160, 5170, PC-Jr, various PS/2 systems), used systems of various brands, NOS IBM parts of all kinds, Compaq Deskpros, replacement MFM HDDs and 5.25" Floppy drives, and other neat stuff.
"And remember, this fix is only temporary, unless it works." -Red Green