Date   : Fri, 15 Mar 1985 23:19:14-MST
From   : Jon Albers <JALBERS@SIMTEL20.ARPA>
Subject: Re: Sick Osborne

Is your Osborne an Executive or an Osborne one.  If it is an Executive, and I
 is one of the first 3000 or so -- be warned------  There is a defect in the
video board:  I found this out from a friend who took a course in OCC products
repair.  It seems that on some of the very first Ozzie Execs there is a
defect in the video board that after about the first 6-12 months begins to 
appear:  A bad diode apparently fails, and causes a transister in the screen
drive to be destroied---no internal monitor, and the repair (according to him)
runs about $145 (you need a whole new monitor, apparently).  HOWEVER, THE
RF MODULATER STILL WORKS!!  Use an external monitor (still runs about $100)
and it
will work.

I hope this helps...

                                                       Jon Albers
                                                               JALBERS@SIMTEL20