21 Mar
2014
21 Mar
'14
5:19 p.m.
CAD and bean counters. Using the latest CAD programs and simulations people
can design machines on the edge of properly working with little fudge
factor, then the bean counters trim some more parts away to save a few
pennies. You seen many newer motherboards with spaces for capacitors that
were never installed to save a buck. Back when machines were many thousands
of dollars and expected to work a long time designers were much more careful
in design. You also have the higher heat of operating systems.
-----Original Message-----
From: Tony Duell
Sent: Friday, March 21, 2014 5:11 PM
To: cctalk at classiccmp.org
Subject: Re: Osborne 1 blues...
check the powersupply capacitors, and all othe capacitors. they can
short or have taken a completely wong value over the years. changing
them all is a good idea.
can somebody please expalin why I rarely see capacitor failure, for all I
work on machines a lot older than this Osborne?
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