ScuzzBlog: Diaries December 2017 Entry 05th December 2017: Post: 3 Toshiba HX-10 - ' Outa Space Man ' OK scrub that last post. I was kinda annoyed at the MSX not working. So I lay there last night as I burnt out that nonsense that is sleep [ sleep... what a waste of time... bit like eating ] anyway, I digress, where was I... oh yes, I lay there and reflected on what I could do to fix my beloved Toshiba. YES.. I love an MSX machine. I then remembered vaguely having one of these busted. I jumped out of bed and reached in my thumb and pulled out a plum, or Toshiba with no electrical plug and a label that said busted 2005. Eureka. Sadly I had to sleep so this became a today project. Switches on the Toshiba to make me feel better .... And discover no SPACE bar working The Horror OK tools at the ready and fresh cuppa tea Time to swap out the old keyboard This will be the doner. Don't worry no Toshibas were hurt in the making of this scuzzblog post First a quick tour Remove the eight screws holding the keyboard in place Unclip the two keyboard connectors Way better idea than ribbons Carefully remove the keyboard This will now be transferred Checks the old keyboard for damage Oddity around the old keyboard space bar The replacement has better LED soldering And the grey connectors are all flat AND IT WORKED !!!! M A G I C !! Toshiba HX-10 running Microsoft Extended BASIC ( MSX Basic v1.0 ).. with QWERTY keyboard 73 keys and with graphics symbols CPU is a z80A running at 3.6Mhz Video display is TMS 9929A RAM 64kb - ROM 32kb and 16 colours The cartridge slot for games with joystick port I do like the HX-10... cracking machine Nice to have this one back up and running That is the SPACE bar plunger socket And the debris from distant users past All back in the box I did put a plug on the busted machine Not working ... Never mind. She gave of her keyboard . I can ask no more. The HX-10 KIT

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