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Since it seems you have one of the matching acrylic displays, you should be able to use that power button even if the one in the Cube is disconnected.

Excellent work and writeup, Steve!

Yes - Mark is a good guy! Now I just have to figure out how I can pay him the extra dollars he ate for the tariffs on these things. Doesn't seem fair to me that he should bear that cost! I'm sure the margins were slim on these pieces before the tariffs hit. My case is supposed to arrive...

Mine is in the mail!

A few bumps on the road, but nothing too serious. Figured out how to load software over serial today - very happy with the result!

Most VPNs disable traffic to the "local" network and only send packets from the machine out to the VPN host. This is considered the most secure option. It's also likely you can't see any local networked printers or file shares when the VPN is enabled. Many VPN clients have the option to turn...

Following, I have a few machines with the same issue.

Good troubleshooting! Glad I didn't bet my small money, then :-)

It's probably pulled away/fallen out of the little holder that keeps it up next to the clear plastic "window". If you are up to it, you can open up the machine, pull the logic board, undo the hard drive/floppy cage and take a look. You would have to do the same if you actually need to replace...

A Sol-20. "Driving when parked" at a local college many years ago. A friend set it up with me for restoration. It has some mongo caps in the powersupply that will need forming, and it's a foam and foil keyboard, so that will be it's own kinda fun. The stuff on top are schematics, logic block...

That's the way mine was when I got it.

I've seen the beige bezel in person. It's beautiful!

Nice grab! Let me know if you need help. I did a lot of work on mine when I had it.

So - we both win! ;)

You can blame me for the Sun stuff at FG - project I've been sitting on that I decided I just needed to move along. I'm hoping they'll find good homes. Sorry @Kai Robinson! Had I known you were wanting a U5, I could have sent you one. I'll keep my eyes open for another!