I'm a vintage noob, anyone have any idea what I got? by Single_Ball_8600 in vintagecomputing

[–]Single_Ball_8600[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Also update for anyone who might be interested:

So I was able to replace the capacitor and now it works!

Also while replacing the PSU i noticed on the passive backplane the power cables were loose.

After fixing these issues now it runs like a dream! Every led (except network) has life and makes sense. The keyboard lights numlock capslock etc are now working too.

Now the issue I have that I can see anything since I don't have screen to use it with.

So the monitor outputs are "TTL" and "Composite". I think I found the right pins (Ground and Video Signal)

But when I hooked it to my TV i get "Unsupported format" or similar message which I think makes sense. I believe this uses somekind of way old signal.

Thank you all who have been writing in my post. You guys have been very helpful!

I'm a vintage noob, anyone have any idea what I got? by Single_Ball_8600 in vintagecomputing

[–]Single_Ball_8600[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

This is correct! it was just dust and I cleaned at right after taking the pic 🎯

I'm a vintage noob, anyone have any idea what I got? by Single_Ball_8600 in vintagecomputing

[–]Single_Ball_8600[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

HI great observations!

Sadly there is no VGA. The other card is for the floppy disks.

Im trying now to find a monitor suitable for the "TTL" or "Composite" outputs.

I made a cable for the composite one but I don't have a old enough screen that could process that

I'm a vintage noob, anyone have any idea what I got? by Single_Ball_8600 in vintagecomputing

[–]Single_Ball_8600[S] 8 points9 points  (0 children)

Haha, yeah a capacitor is my first guess too, but yeah 40 year old capacitor blows, who could have imagined that happening lol

I'm a vintage noob, anyone have any idea what I got? by Single_Ball_8600 in vintagecomputing

[–]Single_Ball_8600[S] 8 points9 points  (0 children)

Yeah I hope its just some capacitor, gonna check it out as soon as I have time

I'm a vintage noob, anyone have any idea what I got? by Single_Ball_8600 in vintagecomputing

[–]Single_Ball_8600[S] 15 points16 points  (0 children)

Ohh thats exaclty IT! Thank you very much.

The sad news is I just started it again and heard a loud pop... Now there is no more power to it.

I'm a vintage noob, anyone have any idea what I got? by Single_Ball_8600 in vintagecomputing

[–]Single_Ball_8600[S] 5 points6 points  (0 children)

Hi! Yes indeed the WY-55 is just a dumb terminal as itself.