30 Jul
2006
30 Jul
'06
1:36 a.m.
On 7/30/2006 at 1:01 AM Don Y wrote:
David Griffith wrote:
The Altair MITS 8800 also has an AC switch set up this way, which made for
"interesting" times when probing. A compromise might be just to cover the
traces with something that will avoid any bare conductors "zinging" you,
such as PCB resist. Althernatively, one could simply bypass the switch on
the front panel and switch the mains power externally--that's a change that
can be easily reversed.
Just some food for thought.
Cheers,
Chuck
If I'm reading things right, the Imsai 8080
directly switches AC power
through the front panel power switch. Can someone suggest a relay
circuit
to remove the need to run so much power through
the front panel?
Is there a reason *why* you don't want to switch it the
same (original?) way?