6 Feb
2006
6 Feb
'06
9:29 a.m.
On Sunday 05 February 2006 04:35 pm, Philip Pemberton wrote:
Yep. They used a 1 amp bridge rectifier in there, which I've replaced a few
of with a 4A part having a similar form factor and which was purchased at
radio shack. :-)
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Member of the toughest, meanest, deadliest, most unrelenting -- and
ablest -- form of life in this section of space, a critter that can
be killed but can't be tamed. --Robert A. Heinlein, "The Puppet Masters"
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Information is more dangerous than cannon to a society ruled by lies. --James
M Dakin
Oh,
absolutely. Alas in the case of this sort of computer stuff it's a
matter of seeing what corners can be cut, what can be left out, etc (I
have an aversion to floppy drives without a track0 sensor, for example!).
The CBM 1541. (in)famous for the *BANG* sound you got when the head hit the
end stop. Probably why they ended up going out of alignment quite
quickly...
At least, I *think* it was the 1541. Same drive that had a stupidly
underrated power supply that tended to blow with the slightest provocation.