Baker AWA12000 - Advanced Winding Analyzer III - tips

If you have one of these the first thing to do is to check the lithium battery - time to replace it if not done in the last ten years.

I found an easy way to extract the computer card by first removing the outer Com 1 connector and you can then use a long blade screwdriver through the exposed opening to unscrew the VGA, and Com 1 connectors more easily.

Next the hard drive - you may be able to copy it over to a Compact Flash (CF) card (4GB should be plenty) and plug that into the backside of the computer PCB.

Now you can also replace the printer connector with a dual USB port (V1.1) - just figure out where pin one goes and bend the bottom inside pin out of the way for polarized connectors. The USB connector on the computer card is on the top right just inside of the VGA socket on the PCB.

Lastly extend the Ethernet cable and replace the Com 1 socket with that unless you really need the Com 1 port...

Now you can print to a basic USB printer, use a flash memory card to extract the files, and connect the W2K machine to your shop network for even better backup capabilities.

John :-#)#

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