18 Jun
2009
18 Jun
'09
11:03 p.m.
On Jun 18, 2009, at 5:30 AM, Johnny Billquist wrote:
While I agree with you here, I have to admit that, if my
PDP-11/70 had switching power supplies, I'd probably run it a lot
more often. I'd *never* make it an irreversible modification,
though.
Um. An 11/70 have switched power supplies normally. Did you remove
them and install large transformers? That would become a very heavy
machine in that case. :-)
Nope, see my other message...it already has large transformers,
and it is definitely a very heavy machine! ;)
-Dave
--
Dave McGuire
Port Charlotte, FL
But I
don't lioke changing the classic machine. Not even
replacing > PSUs
with switchers. The original PSU is part of the
design, and I
want to
> keep it that way.