I've had pretty good luck with "industrial" cards, Sandisk usually. I think the adapter may make a difference though, I've had luck with some but not others on the 190cs.
PCMCIA always worked consistently though.
Hasn't been as picky as the the HP 100LX for sure lol
There's some games that...
Ah, that's true about the battery. This one also suffered that battery issue, I did forget about that small detail.
I dd see the 190cs restore! Definitely looking at that screen upgrade for mine, and it absolutely needs the caps replaced as stormy did.
That's gonna be my next big project I...
Wow, what a restoration!
I've been meaning to recap my 190CS as well.
Do you happen to have part numbers or spec for the caps still, by chance?
And wow the active matrix screen upgrade is glorious, I must do that to mine as well.
Have you looked into upgrading the CPU to a full 68040? I know...
So, the screen on my PB160 has generally kicked it. I'd already replaced the capacitors around the LCD and video quality had been as good as it gets for the 160 for some time.
I come down to find the screen black one morning.
From what I can tell, from some disassembly and recapping the...
Yeah, that's an issue with CF cards. Great for read-only systems, but otherwise tend to bork after awhile.
SD cards seem to do it a bit less, but I've still had some trouble.
I wish there was an easier way to pull the cards out of the machines for imaging, I'd love to just be able to pop the SD...
Is the battery alkaline on these? If so, I use a weak vinegar solution to remove the corrosion, and follow with a weak baking soda solution to neutralize the acid.
I've been able resurrect smaller devices like Game Gears with this method, along with recapping of course.
And yeah, the screen...
I wouldn't think 2GB would be an issue, I run 2GB partitions on my 160 and 190cs without trouble.
HFSExplorer, combined with BasiliskII (it's included) might work to get you a minimal boot setup written to a floppy. I've used that in Windows with a USB floppy drive and it worked like a champ.
Oh jeez, just looking at that and thinking about recapping it makes me cringe, and I've got a decent setup for it.
Bent pins on the other side of the through-hole, and traces on both sides are such a pain.
I almost hosed my NES PPU mod due to crap like that, there's 4 pins that connect to a...
The 140, 145, and 160 don't have this issue, just the leaky capacitors that need to be replaced.
Image quality overall on those is quite a bit lower than the active screens, though. I'd love an active matrix screen on my 160.
I've seen some use various sealants to re-seal the screens after...
So the screens that really suffer from this are the active matrix screens. They're not well-sealed, so moisture gets in and causes the vignetting.
Caps around the screen definitely do need to be replaced, they're likely leaking. Not really a cause of the vignetting, but it may cause other issues...
If you're really looking to start upgrading your core tools, I'd say start with this:
https://www.amazon.com/Hakko-FX888D-23BY-Digital-Soldering-FX-888D/dp/B00ANZRT4M/
There are some other decent options for fairly fine work that doesn't need tons of heat, here's a generally-portable one that...
Cool, do be *careful* removing the caps.
Excess and repeated heat will delaminate the circuit pads and traces from the substrate, remove the component as quickly as you safely can.
Look into an iron upgrade. 60W minimum is what you typically want, digitally controlled is a massive plus.
I got a...
Something isn't quite right then. Maybe that one cap was actually bad, although the chances of that are usually small.
Did you take pictures of the caps post-replacement? I do remember having an issue with half the screen being non-functional after I did mine, but IIRC it was just a cable...