Resurrection of Z80 Exidy Sorcerer and a Call for Help from HN
It's a beauty, fully kitted out with display, printer, disk drives, manuals and software, in the original boxes!
The original box: https://imgur.com/5xRFpjH
From Exidy, 390 Java Drive, Sunnyvale California! https://imgur.com/kagFrCC
It's a 32K model: https://imgur.com/7KFBjaj
Inside, the machine under its plastic dust cover: https://imgur.com/syAC3mF
The dust cover reveals the pristine machine: https://imgur.com/MwSLOup
Hidden at the bottom of the box, weirdly, a chip! https://imgur.com/52V0x3N
The original monitor: https://imgur.com/qviVnoZ https://imgur.com/qviVnoZ
Green phosphor no less! https://imgur.com/p1NGl2M
A bag of cables, including a joystick! https://imgur.com/s9kpfwg https://imgur.com/eibEq8L
The most beautiful floppy disk drives ever made: https://imgur.com/ssJq3Wj https://imgur.com/1kK3ole https://imgur.com/ADqTRum
That even have a little dust cover: https://imgur.com/fa3kRjD
But does this 40 year old machine work?
Yes! https://imgur.com/8toCU8T
In case you weren't sure, the stack begins from BF90 hex. https://imgur.com/HhcTkSz
BUT DISASTER!
I plugged it in and turned it on and it worked, but within 60 seconds there was a crackling sound and burning smell and I rapidly turned it off again.
OH NO!
What do I do? Dear Hacker News community: I’m trying to find someone who can help me with this. I believe the capacitors in these old machines are often a problem. Maybe it's that? How do I find someone here in Melbourne, Australia who knows how to replace capacitors in these old machines?
Hopefully I can get this beauty back to life and try to preserve the software contained on its floppy disks.