IBM 5155 analogue display fault

[Tony Duell]

> agree or not. But it's certainly food for thought, and 5155's are going
> to be common as muck for a long time to come (second only to Osbornes I
> think; I don't want to see another one of those damn things in my
> life!). 

Actually. I've mever seen an Osbourne... The only portables I have of 
that sort of size are the IBM 5155 and the HP IPC.

> It's the irreversable stuff I don't like - people cutting holes in cases
> or tracks on PCBs to modify them etc.; reversible things I have no

But PCB tracks can be easily un-cut -- just solder a piece of wire over 
the break. Wire-wrap wire (stripped, of course) is ideal for this.

-tony