[Arm-netbook] Olimex is making an "open-source" laptop...

[Luke Kenneth Casson Leighton]

On Sun, Feb 5, 2017 at 7:59 PM, Christopher Havel <laserhawk64 at gmail.com> wrote:

> each of the two that Osborne used, Siemens and MPI. The MPI one (a Model 51)
> has a defective spindle motor... it spins by hand, but not by electricity,
> so I suspect the windings have shorted out inside.

check the spring-loaded contacts (brushes).  you'll probably find
they've worn to nothing over time.