Not sure why I enjoy doing this kind of thing so much... but whatever, I managed to score a WY-120 Amber phosphor terminal and am doing a full restoration. Tear down, full clean of components, pcb, casing, crt, replace capacitors & transistors.
My plan is to use it for various things... connecting to Atari diagnostics, also attaching a Raspberry Pi to it via serial & using it as it's own terminal system & also having the ability to SSH into my various machines.
Here are some photos of the process so far. I've ordered & replaced the old tired transistors with fresh NOS ones, I've also written down and ordered all the capacitors but I'm still waiting for them to arrive. The casing has had a good clean too.
FYI I *have* researched lots of safety videos on CRT discharging etc & am taking all precautions. First time I've worked on a CRT so I'm taking it slow.
Edit: added some maintenance documents I found, for preservation.
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