28 Jan
2014
28 Jan
'14
8:36 p.m.
On Tue, 28 Jan 2014, Dan Gahlinger wrote:
Just in reference to your comment on the caps.common
mythology is once the =
caps blow=2C that's it=2C board is gone.
I'm not got at electronics=2C don't know how true that is.
Not especially. But, you may have to repair damage done when they blow
(electrical damage, to other parts, as well as filling in the big
charred crater with epoxy, and running wires to replace all of the traces
that once went through there.
But it reminded me of another old related
question=2Ccould you today=2C bui=
ld a brand new 1541 with current parts?
No, but you could build a slightly used one, or a brand new work-alike,
such as flash RAM that pretends to be a 1541
When you are done, you WILL be got at electronics!