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Subject: Re: Collector's Corner..Speculating On A Rare Computer..

Author: Steve B

Date: 18:17:51 01/26/05

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>Very interesting! And Sad!!!
>Have anyone tried to hack into it? Try to somehow wire the internal board into a
>custom screen or another input/output device? I take it that it is very
>difficult to do so!
>LCD f..a..d.i.n...g regards,


actually its not an electrical problem
the LCD pieces were generated by a powder like crystal that would be illuminated
when the screen was turned on
after almost 25 years these powder crystals have either all dried up or turned
black,thereby causing the screen to totally blacken

as a footnote..
i have a Savant Royale with the screen malfunction,BUT if i attach the Novag
Printer i can actually play a full game
i can touch the screen and even though i cannot see the lcd pieces,the processor
still works and i can print out a board diagram after each move and play the
game
this btw is not all that uncommon.
many Savants will still have a working processor
its the screen that has gone bad

Idiot Savant Regards
Steve





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