The title is a bit misleading, but I did travel 250 miles with a Macintosh! I picked up a Quadra and a ColorPlus display from Tim Colegrove (of The Byte Shop fame) in Boston and traveled back home to New Jersey. I took a bus from MA to NYC, hid the Quadra under my jacket, as my luggage policy only permitted one bag (which ended up being filled with clothes and the CRT). Once I made it to NYC, I lugged all 50 pounds on the subway, then to NJ Transit, then walked with it home when I got off the train.
I plugged them both in, and everything worked fine! I turned them off, went to eat dinner and came back an hour later. Tried to turn them on and there's next to no life from the monitor...
When I pressed the power button in, the green light came on for a second, but went out as soon as I let go of the button. I didn't hear anything from the CRT.
Where do I begin to repair this? I'm concerned about discharging a CRT this large, would this make it any safer? 112K ohms of resistance doesn't sound like its anywhere near enough to make it less scary. Could it just be an issue with the power switch or should I start by recapping?
I plugged them both in, and everything worked fine! I turned them off, went to eat dinner and came back an hour later. Tried to turn them on and there's next to no life from the monitor...
When I pressed the power button in, the green light came on for a second, but went out as soon as I let go of the button. I didn't hear anything from the CRT.
Where do I begin to repair this? I'm concerned about discharging a CRT this large, would this make it any safer? 112K ohms of resistance doesn't sound like its anywhere near enough to make it less scary. Could it just be an issue with the power switch or should I start by recapping?