• Tandy TRS-80 M100 Issue

    From calcmandan@77:1/110 to All on Mon Jun 8 10:27:00 2020
    I have a TRS-80 Model 100 laptop with a bad row driver chip. Looking to see
    if anyone has spare parts that they're willing to sell.

    Specifically, I need the HD44103BLD driver chip. Below is an abstract from
    the technical reference manual page 4.

    To
    HD44102s
    | | | |
    | | | |
    | | | |
    | | | |-----------------o----------------------} To HD44102s
    | | |-----------------o-+----------------------} To HD44102s
    | |-----------------o-+-+----------------------} To HD44102s |-----------------o-+-+-+----------------------} To HD44102s
    | | | | o o
    | | | | |vvv |
    | | | | -++++-+-ooo- -oo-----
    _|_|_|_|_|||||_|_||||_|||__
    :------| |
    o------| M11 HD44103 |--} M12 HD44103
    :------|___________________________|

    I may be able to trade spare parts for your own restoration project.

    Ref: https://bit.ly/2BCuQeu
    Ref: Page 04 for schematic.
    REf: Page 75 for a picture of the pcb.

    I've been scouring the used chip market but I've come up with nothing and just bought a dead M100, won't power up, off ebay for almost free. I may be able to swap PCB's to test if that's the case. Otherwise, I will be attempting to restore the other one to factory new.

    Let me know,

    Daniel Traechin
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