14 Aug
1998
14 Aug
'98
6:30 p.m.
That
concerns me, as I'd rather not burn up a PDP-8/L (or the house).
What can I do to ensure the -8/L wont catch fire (or do anything else
equally bad) when I turn it on? I don't have a very good knowledge of
The standard drill - check the PSU on dummy load - certainly applies
here. Alas I don't know the PDP8/L (I have an 8/e and an 8/a), but I
guess if you either pull all the boards or unplug the backplane power
cables from the PSU, you can power up the PSU on its own and check the
output voltages with a meter.