Arcade Test Monitor

So this isn't a repair post but I am stoked about this. Finding a small test monitor is not that east I had been using a Commodore 1084d for the last couple years. One day it died a horrible death, so i slugged a G07 on my bench and it took up way to much real estate so on the hunt for a smaller one. I was checking out kijiji ads for monitor when i see my local church is selling there av equipment. I picked up a sony pvm-1343md, a wicked studio monitor full of inputs including a 9 pin rgb jack and its only a 13". So my advice is if you happen to come across a good monitor at a wicked price, Get it because you'll never know when you'll need one.

Data 29b

If your not familiar with this beast it's most likely one of the best programmers out there when in comes to old bi-polar proms and eproms. Ive been searching for one for a year now. I finally found one in mint condition with the unipak 2b. When i put it on the bench and flicked the switch i realized i had a problem. The unit did not pass the self test, Instead it showed garbage on the screen. Now I've come to realize 2 things about garbage characters its either bad ram or a address line stuck. I took it apart which is easy just take out the adapter module and remove the two screws on the panel underneath the then you'll see some 2114 ram. I popped these out and stuck them in my Modem-up programmer/tester and ran a test on the ram. Lucky me one was bad so i swapped it out for a known good one and the rest is history.