15 Nov
2008
15 Nov
'08
4:02 p.m.
On Tuesday 11 November 2008 16:35, Ian King wrote:
OTOH, I can still recall one machine (that I sold!) back when that acted up,
and after a bit of troubleshooting I found _a bad jumper_ in there...
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From: cctalk-bounces at classiccmp.org [mailto:cctalk-
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Sent: Tuesday, November 11, 2008 1:10 PM
To: General Discussion: On-Topic and Off-Topic Posts
Subject: Re: Plug-n-Play for vintage machines?
On Tue, 11 Nov 2008, Sridhar Ayengar wrote:
...or wear out. Not too long ago, I found that the DIP switch on my
DSD-440 was just plain worn out. - Ian I've always preferred dip switches over
jumpers.
Solder pads don't get knocked off, nor bumped into different positions