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From: cctech-admin(a)classiccmp.org [mailto:cctech-admin@classiccmp.org]On
Behalf Of John Honniball
Sent: 08 March 2003 10:51
To: cctalk(a)classiccmp.org
Subject: Re: ICL OPD/Merlin Tonto
I have one, but not a spare! :-(
It's in an ICL One Per Desk, and of course is capable of pulse-dialling
only. Have you considered repairing the one you've got?
I've been told they do tone dialling too, based on the unsupported DIP
switches in the telephony module. Haven't tried it though; all of my OPDs
are downstairs in boxes.
Has someone tried to desolder the chips? The damage
looks like it's
consistently opposite the pin 1 end of all the DIL parts. I'm sure
we could work out what's missing if you want to attempt replacements.
There's too much track damage unfortunately; whoever was removing the RAMs
really didn't care about the donor machine. Of course, anything's possible
with some sockets and wire-wrap, but TBH I only bought that machine for the
extras that came with it like spare microdrives and extended ROM pods with a
different version of Xchange.
cheers
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