2 Sep
2012
2 Sep
'12
11:49 p.m.
Hi Josh,
I'm having a real problem. A few months ago you asked about my 6205 /
6210 tek workstation components.
I have about 20 boards CPU, IO serial/scsi/disk/parallel , graphics
engines, frame buffers, and a multibus converter with disk controller
three chassis, an extra backplane, diagnostic card ( fits on the IOP
processor) 3 power supplies and about 100 lbs of
manuals plus the schematics and service manual for the IOP/ I/O processor.
My problem is this,
I 'm between jobs, Difficult to make it.
The chip collector people will pay, A lot.
I sold all my spare chips last month to make my mortgage.
All the boards have engineering sample parts and are quite valuable. To
them.
Software will be really hard to find,. I might have a tape that has the
IOP bootstrap code, but nothing is sure.
With the diagnostic card and the schematics, you might be able to get
the thing running.
Back to the "problem", I can get $1500 for just the chips I can pull
from the boards, I hate junking something so rare, but
times are tough
Are you interested?
Thanks,
Jim.
Josh Dersch wrote:
Hi all --
Working on recapping an old (failed) 5V supply in that Microkit
machine I picked up last week; the main filter capacitor is rated at
16,000uF 15V, axial. So far in my searches an exact (or even close)
match in an Axial form-factor seems to be unobtainium. I can find
snap-in or screw-in types but those are going to be clumsy to
retro-fit given the space it has to occupy. (plus they're pretty
expensive.)
How far off the original capacitance value can I stray before it
compromises the original design?
Thanks,
Josh