Today I picked up a 6116cd from a lady on Freecycle.
She also has a 6400/200 that boots, but she wants $25 for it; so if anyone lives in the Poconos area of PA and is willing to pay that to liberate a machine, let me know and I will get you in touch with her. It includes a monitor, keyboard, mouse, scanner, and printer. Don't ask what brand the peripherals were, because I don't think she has any idea.
Anyway,
Along with the 6116cd came:
external zip100,
1705 multiscan monitor,
fastmac c.34 external modem,
HP scanjet 4c flatbed scanner,
HP deskjet 855Cse
I cringed upon first sight of the case because it was apparent that it wasn't well cared for and probably was used by small children...
http://i63.photobucket.com/albums/h149/aphetica/6116cd_01.jpg
but with a little bit of elbow grease, (and lots of GooGone) it turned out quite nicely.
http://i63.photobucket.com/albums/h149/aphetica/6116cd_02.jpg
Oddly, the inside of the case was pristine, with no dust to be seen.
I hooked it up through the display adapter to a 14" color plus display that I have (and know works) and switched it on. The PSU fan whirred, the speaker chimed, and the hard drive clicked along, but nothing showed up on the display. There wasn't even the familiar "static on" sound that CRTs normally produce. Double checked all my connections. Only cold lifeless charcoal gray.
I noticed there is one of those power out plugs on the back of the 6116 case to plug in a display... is there a chance that I need to use that in order to send a power-on signal to the monitor?
I've also read that some machines will give blank screens if they have dead batteries... maybe that's it.
Also, there is still some yellowing on the case that I couldn't get off with dish soap or GooGone. Usually my solution would be to paint the case, but I have always wanted a pizza box, and I want to keep this one natural. Does anyone have any solutions to fully restore it to its former beige-ness?
She also has a 6400/200 that boots, but she wants $25 for it; so if anyone lives in the Poconos area of PA and is willing to pay that to liberate a machine, let me know and I will get you in touch with her. It includes a monitor, keyboard, mouse, scanner, and printer. Don't ask what brand the peripherals were, because I don't think she has any idea.
Anyway,
Along with the 6116cd came:
external zip100,
1705 multiscan monitor,
fastmac c.34 external modem,
HP scanjet 4c flatbed scanner,
HP deskjet 855Cse
I cringed upon first sight of the case because it was apparent that it wasn't well cared for and probably was used by small children...
http://i63.photobucket.com/albums/h149/aphetica/6116cd_01.jpg
but with a little bit of elbow grease, (and lots of GooGone) it turned out quite nicely.
http://i63.photobucket.com/albums/h149/aphetica/6116cd_02.jpg
Oddly, the inside of the case was pristine, with no dust to be seen.
I hooked it up through the display adapter to a 14" color plus display that I have (and know works) and switched it on. The PSU fan whirred, the speaker chimed, and the hard drive clicked along, but nothing showed up on the display. There wasn't even the familiar "static on" sound that CRTs normally produce. Double checked all my connections. Only cold lifeless charcoal gray.
I noticed there is one of those power out plugs on the back of the 6116 case to plug in a display... is there a chance that I need to use that in order to send a power-on signal to the monitor?
I've also read that some machines will give blank screens if they have dead batteries... maybe that's it.
Also, there is still some yellowing on the case that I couldn't get off with dish soap or GooGone. Usually my solution would be to paint the case, but I have always wanted a pizza box, and I want to keep this one natural. Does anyone have any solutions to fully restore it to its former beige-ness?
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