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

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

TA>RJT> MMC> Hi THURSTON.

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

TA>RJT> TA> No.

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

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

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

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

And now integrated circuitry and micro chips have even made
semi-conductors (transistors, diodes, etc.) almost obsolete!  :-(

Jay
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