Ron Babb asked for info on repairing a Holmberg Musical Clock Model MC-17.

We still have ours.  However, when it quit playing, Holmberg responded but

did not offer specific suggestions and only stated that they were out of

business.  With the software being proprietary, it left us in a real bind

in terms of the usefulness (or lack thereof) of the Holmberg.



Then we got lucky.  Given that the Holmberg was of little use to us in a

non-playing condition, we turned it over to our seventeen-year-old computer

guru grandson to see if he could figure out anything.  He opened it up,

looked over the schematics s and discovered a broken wire.  The wire was

replaced and at this moment the Holmberg is playing.  Of course, we are

uncertain what will happen if there are other problems in the future.  We

wish there were some easy way to convert the Holmberg to playing some other

non-proprietary software.



We do have the owners manual for the Holmberg MC-17.  It contains mostly

instructions on how to play/use it.  There is virtually no mechanical or

software technical information.  However, if someone would like a copy, we

would be willing to scan it and send you a copy.  Our email is rebert@bw.edu.



Bob Ebert