A new arrival... (update)

At 11:28 PM 11/10/1999 -0800, you wrote: Well... having managed to scare up some free (well, ok... uncommitted) time this weekend I was able to spend some time with the new kid in the house. Pulled his arm apart, and it turns out that the damage is not quite as severe as it appeared at first, but it is going to require some extensive work and probably replacement of the plastic shells. Had to replace the trim pots on the power supply board as they were broken (nearly off). Checked out all of the other boarsd and wiring, and it looked like was ok to go for first power-on and pwoer supply calibration. As per the manual proceedures, all of the system fuses were pulled and the charger (from the other HERO-1 in the collection) was switched on. The power supply/charger board calibrated without difficulty, and all voltages were stable within tolerances. So the charger was powered down and the fuses replaced. Deep breath and hit the switch... click... whine... "READY"!!! and "HERO 1.1" appeared on the display!!! Most cool! He passed the basic logic function and keyboard tests and the onboard clock/calendar were set and monitored for a time. This looks VERY promising! Probably all for this session... Extended logic tests and sensor calibrations come next. It has been a good weekend... -jim --- jimw(a)computergarage.org The Computer Garage - http://www.computergarage.org Computer Garage Fax - (503) 646-0174