4 Apr
2004
4 Apr
'04
9:05 a.m.
On Sun, 2004-04-04 at 18:16, Witchy wrote:
Hi folks,
I don't know whether this has anything to do with the unfortunate storage
'facility' (I use the word loosely) forced on the volunteers at Bletchley
Park, but yesterday I rescued a DEC GIGI that was stuck (?) to a shelf and
left it in bits on a big radiator to get rid of any lurking dampness.
Unfortunately my ol' enemy the failing film
capacitor got me again and now
the room stinks :)
Now I'm pretty spooked!
I turned on the Apple /// earlier and bang - the 0.22uF cap in the PSU
let go, filling the room with smoke. Luckily I had a spare handy, which
seemed fortunate. Then I turned on the Torch I'd got yesterday after
putting one of my spare PSUs in it (the original was toast). Turned it
on and bang - smoke everywhere. Again.
Guess what - *another* 0.22uF PSU cap, identical to the one in the '///
had decided to blow up on me. That's three between us on the same day -
what's going on?? :-)
My throat's killing me now...
cheers
Jules