2 Dec
2004
2 Dec
'04
9:49 p.m.
On Fri, 2004-12-03 at 00:27 +0000, Tony Duell wrote:
Personally I'd reverse the connector and do the job properly. I don't
like keeping bodges...
I can't decide on that one - if it was a previous owner bodge I'd fix
it, but as it's a factory bodge it makes it somewhat quaint :) If I
ever come across another identical machine I'll have to see if that's
the same - maybe it was an error in assembly instructions rather than
some worker having an off day...
You didn't tell me the bulb was still in-circuit!
well you know now :-P
I'll dig out the console lead for it later and see if it's all healthy -
looking good so far though.
cheers
Jules
Argh!. You want to find the idiot who built that
system and connect his
private parts to selected points on the mains side of that PSU :-)
Yahuh. I'm going to tie a label to that cable to remind me to connect it
backwards the next time the machine's in bits - grr! I would therefor try a respecable load on the 5V line
and see what happens!
Turns out my series light bulb was screwing it up when under a slight