22 Jul
2016
22 Jul
'16
1:44 p.m.
On 22/07/2016 21:23, "Pete Turnbull" <pete at dunnington.plus.com> wrote:
On 22/07/2016 20:36, Adrian Graham wrote:
Well, those A500s use a standard Master 128 power supply. I can fix
that :-)
Feast your eyes. Not pictured are the Dark Matter keyboards because they're
in another room probably weighing something down so it won't fly away...
http://binarydinosaurs.co.uk/acorna500.jpg
It'd be interesting to see if the Rodimes in there power up and start given
their sticky head problems, the label on the other one says 'disc works,
contains lots of useful stuff'.
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Adrian/Witchy
Binary Dinosaurs creator/curator
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On 22/07/2016 10:04, "Pete Turnbull"
<pete at dunnington.plus.com> wrote:
If you
have those, I would strongly recommend you arrange an offsite
backup. Say, about 170 miles north via the A14/A1 :-)
I remember why I've never fired them up, this is the label on the one with
the Beeb connecting podule:
http://binarydinosaurs.co.uk/acorna500label.jpg
Of course 'smoke' in these PSUs just means the mains cap has blown but I'm
not sure about the fizzing. 
