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Greetin's:

I have a Tandy 1400 laptop computer, dual disk drive, backlit LCD screen.
It's an obsolete beast, maybe 3 or 4 years old, but since I used it mostly
for word processing it fit my needs perfectly (semi-portable, etc.) 
Unfortunately the other night my wife spilled water on the LCD display
and shorted something out; the screen lost several "rows" of LCD's, thus
making reading your writing kinda difficult, if not impossible.

Now, I'd rather not buy a new computer right now, but the 1400 seems to
be discontinued and I'm not sure if I can get it fixed; and, if I could
get it fixed, I'm not sure I want to pay Radio Shack's fixit prices, since
basically all they have to do is remove the LCD screen as a unit and plug
another in (I've had the computer apart already and it's very easy to
replace. I also made note of the contacts on which several IC's are mounted
in the exact place where the water was dumped, so I have a good idea what
shorted out).

Question: if you were me and wanted to fix this thing, how would you go
about it cheaply? Should I find someone who knows how to troubleshoot
the circuitry to find out which IC's are burnt? Should and can I find
some mailorder place that sells LCD boards that would fit this computer?
Your suggestions are most welcome.

Thanks--

Ken

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Ken Zuroski
Department of English
Carnegie Mellon University
Pittsburgh, PA 15213 USA
kz08@cmu.edu
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