8 Oct
2007
8 Oct
'07
4:07 p.m.
Patrick Finnegan wrote:
On Sunday 07 October 2007, Rod Smallwood wrote:
You guys may very well be right on that, but still, I'll probably go
through the motions anyway. It's just what I normally do.
From what I can tell, looking at various stickers on and inside the
unit, and comments from the donor, this system probably has not seen
electricity in its veins for about 13 years. The last markings I see
indicate 1994 as the last time it saw any recorded service. I don't
know if that's long enough or not for these more 'modern' '80-ish caps
to 'go bad' (what's the proper word for that exactly?) to the point of
needing to be reformed.
Anyway, I'll probably do it anyway, if for no other reason than to get a
better understanding of how all the components in the chassis tie together.
- Jared
That will give you a list of the boards.
Note of caution do not try to turn it on. The power supplies will
need some work. You need to reform/replace any electrolytics.
11/750s aren't that old (early 80s), and shouldn't need reforming. It
appears that William Donzelli agrees with me, and I'm sure he has more
experience with this than I do.