And sadly, every passing day the number of chess computers which doesn't work will increase. There are components that degrade although not used: for example the pressure chessboards of Novag. Computers with a "ticking bomb" inside: those equiped with a NiCd battery, such as the SciSys Mark V. Others like Novag Savant, whose LCD... ¿dries?Steve B wrote:Every Collector of the old chess computers has a current crop of defective computers [...]
Some time ago I repaired a Novag for a friend, and then I discovered this amazing world. Since then I have documented some of the repairs I have done. My small collection consists mostly in these repaired chess computers.
This is the link: https://sites.google.com/site/proyectos ... es/ajedrez
Although I have not (yet) translated that section into English, I hope that Google Translator can help you.
I didn't mean to make complex technical explanations, although I recognize that some things are not easy to do. But pay special attention to this article:
(What I explain is true for some of the early 80s)
https://sites.google.com/site/proyectos ... edrez/nicd
If you don't know how to replace the internal battery, at least ask a technician to remove it. Otherwise it could destroy the electronic circuitry in a short term.
So ... this is my small contribution to the community for the survival of more chess computers.
Regards,
Gerardo M. (aka Berger)