RJT>Matt Mc_Carthy wrote in a message to THURSTON ACKERMAN:

RJT> MMC> 07 Aug 2005, 07:43, THURSTON ACKERMAN (1:123/140), wrote to MATT
RJT> MMC> MC_CARTHY:

RJT> MMC> Hi THURSTON.

RJT> MM>>Do the paper feed rollers still turn?

RJT> TA> No.

RJT> MMC> Then there is not much hope other than to check the seating and
RJT> MMC> connections of the cables from the drive motor to the board.

RJT> MMC> The linefeed signals are either not getting from the processor to
RJT> MMC> the driver chips, or from the driver chips to the motor.  If you
RJT> MMC> can 'unplug' or 'release' the cables and re-seat them with no
RJT> MMC> benefit, it is probably going to be too difficult to trouble
RJT> MMC> shoot, and I would have to agree with the 'boat anchor' scenario!
RJT> MMC> :-((

RJT>Jeez,  doesn't anybody fix this stuff any more?  (Feeling more and more lik
RJT>this skillset I've been honing for decades now is completely obsolete...)

It may not help much Roy, but you are not alone in your frustration
(remember all the stuying we did about vacuum tube technology, only
to having to start all over again when semi-conductor technology
made the it obsolete ?-(

Stay young, OldAck.

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