A few classic computer photos

Tony Duell wrote: "'Ere, Bob, pass'us that 'ammer." "Why, Jim?" "Bloody oilpan bolt's stuck. Needs sum per-sa-shin!" "A'ight then.." *WHACK* *WHACK* *BAM* *WHACK* *CLANG* At which point Jim realises he's been trying to turn the bolt the wrong way, and has now ruined both the bolt-head and the threads. The air turns blue... Then he realises it's a customer's car anyway, and all of a sudden it's Not A Problem (tm). The job form is filled out as "Oil change done", and the customer leaves happy... until 1,000 miles later when the engine seizes up (or the bolt drops out in the middle of the road). There are some people I wouldn't touch near a paperclip, much less a screwdriver. Actually, the "operator level" service manual is included with the machine... or at least the Operator Level manual and parts diagram are. There's (just) enough info in the 570 OLS Manual and Parts/Wiring Diagram book to narrow down most faults to a given PCB. There aren't any schematics, but you can do PCB-swaps. Better than nothing if you've got another machine to cannibalise parts from... Consuming oxygen? Actually, do servoids do that? Wouldn't have thought respiration was necessary for droids... I could probably do the same -- Fluke 25 DMM, spare battery, CK toolkit, Antex 660TC soldering station, and my "cheap and made of monkey-metal" 'Pro'sKit' mini-screwdriver (good for small devices where the CK kit is too big). The CK also includes a full set of "Anti-Tamper" Torx bits (which will screw and unscrew both common types of Torx bit), a few hex bits and some sockets (VERY useful for realigning Sky dishes, even when the bolts have rusted). I usually bring an ASUS Eee 1000H netbook, Ericsson K800i (GSM triband mobile with 3G data and USB) with me as well -- on the basis that I can then connect to my home server (or anywhere else on t'internet for that matter) and grab any PDFs I might need. Saves dragging reams of paper around. So that'll be the OM-1 series then, but they weren't pure-mechanical.The aperture priority metering still needs 2x SR44 coin cells to run. Also, the motor drive (if you have one) needs 4x AAs. Full-mechanical? A Minox maybe? Or probably a Stereo Realist (which has been mentioned elsethread). -- Phil. classiccmp at philpem.me.uk http://www.philpem.me.uk/