28 Mar
1999
28 Mar
'99
9:57 p.m.
At 09:58 PM 3/28/99 -0500, Megan wrote:
That would be Don Merz, I bought the 8/F front panel from him :-)
As for the power supply it depends on the vintage. If its the linear supply
(on 8/M's and 8/F's that would be before about 73 then you just have to
watch the caps. If its the switcher (mounted in the rear of the cabinet
with a panel that says "Don't operate for more than 15 minutes with the
cover removed" then the big danger is the switching transistors.
--Chuck
Now to go
through the bring up for a machine that may have been sitting
for too long. Any thoughts out there on the 8F power supply? I plan to
pull all the cards and load it so I don't cook anything.
Didn't a post come through here just earlier today about someone
offering a pdp-8/f power supply for $30?