Author: Steve B
Date: 11:23:30 03/02/06
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hi Erik Excellent post! having owned these computers for a long time my comments follow those of the repair expert from Sweden >Novag Constellations: Very well built and only rarely needs repair. The most >ordinary defect is that it starts beeping and lighting up all leds. The reason >for this is often bad contact between the ROM and the socket and it heltps to >remove the ROM and put it back again. live all of my plastic Novags i never had a problem with any only one Novag is bad..the Scorpio of course we do not count the Savants > >Fidelity: On the Excel computers it is common for some of the leds to go out. >This has to do with the soldering on the mainboard. Could also be some problems >with the adaptor. oddly i never had an LED go out in any of my Fidelities however in the wooden boards i am starting to see Reed switch problems but we are now getting past 20 years for some of these > >Saitek Turbostar: Some problems early because of bad mechanic solutions. dont own it but for Similar Scisys/Saiteks the defect i usually see is entire rank or files go dead not recognizing the pieces never only one square but an entire rank or file > >Conchess: Dependable electronics, but magnet sensors can go bad. The Achilles >heel for Conchess is bad gluing of the plastic support inside the computer, so >that the buttons sinks inside the board. probably the most poorly made chess computers ever made certainly the wooden Ambassador and Monarch are built like dog meat the plastic Escorter is ok the defects of the wooden boards are so numerous there are not enough keys on my keyboard to describe it just to name a few: sound malfunctions leds go out reed switches modules stop working the wood itself starts to warp and become loose buttons sink under the board Ad Naseau Regards Steve
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