5 May
2007
5 May
'07
12:58 p.m.
On Fri, 2007-05-04 at 18:08 -0400, Curt @ Atari Museum wrote:
Yeah, no kidding....
In video arcade machines - games like Pole Position boards all had the
WORST design "feature" --- the boards are mounting to the inside side of
the cabinet and the PCB layout has the battery and the top center of the
board which over course eventually deteriorated, burst open and oozes
battery acid to all of the adjacent components and traces. That's
I've just replaced the battery and repaired some eaten tracks in my Korg
Polysix synth. That's exactly what had happened - the battery
electrolyte has eaten its way out of the battery, run down its leg, and
attacked one of the buffers for the data lines.
Gordon