5 Sep
2011
5 Sep
'11
5:33 p.m.
At 06:14 PM 9/5/2011, Rob Jarratt wrote:
I am going to go with the "standard" part. If
the disk is corrupted I will
be able to rebuild it. I am more interested in the likelihood of permanent
physical damage to other parts, but that seems unlikely.
I'd say that's pretty unlikely. It'll work or not, but not damage anything.
If you can find an DS8837 or Signetics 8T37 it will replace the
original. For whatever it's worth, the 8837s in my stash of DEC ICs are
Signetics origin, probably rebranded with the DEC part number.
-Rick