21 May
2008
21 May
'08
3:13 a.m.
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Well, if it were mine I'd clean it up and figure out what's what and how to use
it instead of returning it to the boring "original" spec.
I plan to use the Expandamem board (once I get the basic machine
running) but the hacked up stuff is ugly (and falling apart -- hot glue
doesn't work so well in the place of solder). The prototype board with
the EPROMS is all wired together on the bottom and tons of them are
dangling loose at this point :). It could be repaired, but I'll wait
until I'm feeling really ambitious before I take that one on.
Don't know why you need to replace the cap or
rewire the transformer, but
FWIW the original cap is 23,000 at 15; presumably it was increased to deal
with the increased current required by the extra boards. Don't know specs
for the transformer but it and the wiring look stock as far as I can see aside
from being heavier than the original so I don't see why you'd need the specs.
I mostly need to replace the capacitor because as it is, if I ever do
find an original cassette drive for this thing, it won't fit with that
huge thing in place :). That and I'm afraid of what a capacitor like
that might do if it dries up/shorts out. The wiring needs to be redone
in places because a significant portion of it was hot glued/electrical
taped together (not entirely obvious from the photos) and it's since
fallen apart.
FWIW, there should be 5 secondary terminals: 7 & 8
are the AC supply for
the monitor, 5 is ground, and 4 & 6 are the two ends of the 8-0-8 secondary.
Thanks for the info.
The EPROMS may be interesting; there were a number of
monitors, utilities
etc. supplied in EPROMs, and some disk/tape software packages also used
EPROMs for extra memory and copy protection; at least some of those
switches will be for selecting the EPROM to use. Dump 'em if you can;
they may be rare/useful.
I've dumped them, see http://yahozna.dyndns.org/computers/pet/ if you're
interested.
If the keyboard isn't an obvious hack, i.e. if it
fits the case and has the PET
graphics characters, it may be original; only the early models had the chiclet
keys and integrated tape drive.
It's an obvious hack, though it's the one modification that's done
fairly well. It's mounted on top of the case above the mounting holes
for the original cassette drive & keyboard. Unfortunately someone
spilled glue on it at some point :).
Thanks again for the info...
Josh
mike
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