H7821 power supply in MicroVAX 3100, SCSI disk enclosures and others

Adrian Graham binarydinosaurs at gmail.com
Fri Jan 31 08:13:05 CST 2020


On Fri, 31 Jan 2020 at 13:24, Peter Coghlan via cctalk <
cctalk at classiccmp.org> wrote:

> The recent discussion on BSC protocol prompted me to dig out my Microvax
> 3100
> with DSH32 synchronous serial interface.  It had been idle in storage for
> several years and it wouldn't power up, only giving a brief flash on the
> diagnostic LEDs and a quick twitch of the fans.  There was a slight smell,
> like
> the stale air that comes out of a deflating tyre.
>

<snip>

Oh hells, thanks for the heads-up. I've got quite a few of those that have
also been in storage for several years. Time to add them to 'The List'

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Adrian Graham
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