27 Apr
2005
27 Apr
'05
6:58 p.m.
On Thu, 28 Apr 2005, Tony Duell wrote:
Are you saying that it is OK to continue running a machine without even
checking it out after such a malfunction?
(I must get
round to fixing my TRS-80, last time I plugged it in it
let the magic smoke out... :-( )
One time when I powered up my Model 4, I got the
unmistakable smell of
burning tantalum capacitor, and magic smoke came out. The darn thing
continued to boot and has worked fine ever since. I assume a decoupling
tant decided to go short-circuit, but I've not got round to pulling the
case to check.