{"id":1134,"date":"2022-07-04T07:13:29","date_gmt":"2022-07-04T07:13:29","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/justanotherelectronicsblog.com\/?p=1134"},"modified":"2022-07-04T07:13:33","modified_gmt":"2022-07-04T07:13:33","slug":"restoring-a-siemens-luggable-computer-now-in-video","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/justanotherelectronicsblog.com\/?p=1134","title":{"rendered":"Restoring a Siemens luggable computer, now in video!"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

A while back I got a Siemens luggable computer from a friend. It’s a computer from the mid 1980s and it was not working anymore. The latest state was “smoke came out when I turned it on” so it needed some repairs. This is not a personal computer, but instead a computer made to program and debug Siemens Simatic S5 PLCs.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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This was kind of perfect as I wanted to try out something new. I wanted to try making a video thingy\/blog and see how that goes. So I guess this would be Just Another Electronics Video Blog? Don’t worry, it won’t replace the written blog, but I think that some topics are a little nicer on video and some are nicer written.<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n

Video time!<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

I created a YouTube channel to upload all that, and in the end it took a few days of work to fix the computer. A few days spread over several weeks due to Covid sadly enough.The power supply ended up having a few capacitors and diodes that where broken and the machine badly needed a clean.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

I also had some trouble creating a floppy drive for it, more on that in a bit. But in the end, it’s all up and running again!<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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