14 Nov
2004
14 Nov
'04
4:29 a.m.
On Sat, 2004-11-13 at 21:43 -0800, Al Kossow wrote:
I know that. Remember, I checked the PDP-7's power supplies
THOROUGHLY.
I checked capacitors on all the large supplies.
It's in
excellent cosmetic condition. I powered it up
You really should learn the basics about applying power to
electronic gear that has been off for some unknown period
of time.
It is an INCREDIBLY BAD idea to just go into a room full of
old computers and just randomly start applying power to equipment
in unknown condition. At an absolute minimum, you should check
the condition of the power supplies.
The Nord-10 had at least been powered up in
1993 (I found a system disk
backup with that date), and most likely later. The backup battery that
lets the CPU keep the contents of the memory and registers for a short
while actually contained a charge. I flipped that switch without
worrying the least bit.
Relax, I've got it all under contrJ;klj8977^%*&^
NO CARRIER
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Tore S Bekkedal <toresbe(a)ifi.uio.no>