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Article #1304Re: Anyone (else) own a Geniac/Brainiac?
From: br... Brian Kantor
Date: Fri, 09 Feb 1990 04:55
Date: Fri, 09 Feb 1990 04:55
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As I recall, the big problem with the Brainiac was that it had cadmium plated screws instead of the brass ones that came with the Geniac - and the cad screws didn't make good contact when you turned the masonite disks to alter the machine settings, so your light bulb outputs would flicker. The cure was to polish the screw heads with fine crocus cloth or emery paper. I dunno what one of the young Turks who fix machines nowadays would say if you told him that you had gotten your start in computing polishing the heads of your disks with sandpaper.... I must have been all of ten years old at the time. - Brian
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