25 Jan
2011
25 Jan
'11
11:27 a.m.
Folks,
Picked up one of these wee beasts today at long last, Z80 CP/M and CP/N
machine from ~1981, complete with not-oft-spotted hi-res colour PAL boards
and incomplete as it's missing its floppy drive cable but I can probably
thieve one from the BBC Micro-style Cumana dual drives that I have in
abundance.
The case, PSU and mains socket tell me it's been stored somewhere damp for a
long time though I know for the last 10 or 11 months it's been on a shelf in
an electrical retailer warehouse so clean and dry.
Capacitors in the PSU notwithstanding, what else should I check before
applying 240V? Can the PSU be powered up slowly with a variac? I don't know
if it's a switcher or not but it's big enough not to be! Initial dismantling
hasn't happened yet...
Pic: http://f0p.co.uk/IMG_0571.JPG (1024x768 jpeg, 204k)
Thanks!
Adrian/Witchy
Www.binarydinosaurs.co.uk
