Restoration Log
Working notes from bringing one original Mini Pro back into service, newest first.
2026-07-08
Listed as broken. It needed a plug.
Why the 'faulty' Mini Pro I bought for under $1k AUD was never broken at all — a recap, a transistor hunt, and the accessory-socket dummy plug every new owner needs to know about.
2026-06-27
No dummy plug — no problem!
How to build the missing dummy plug: reading the remote socket pinout off the tape transport schematic, and a Frankenstein jumper made from automotive crimp ends.
2026-06-26
Finding the schematic
Google, Claude, ChatGPT and Gemini all struck out on Mini Pro documentation — but one half-right hint about a dummy plug, and one wrong-pin experiment, pointed the way.