17 Mar
1998
17 Mar
'98
1:21 p.m.
How about initial procedures when you get some new treasure
recently saved from the greedy jaws of the salvagers. Things
like: blow out the dirt, check for burnt/obviously damaged
components, frayed or pinched cables, reseat socketed parts and
clean off any corrosion or "purple plague" on the IC pins, power
supply outputs, loose screws dropped in the power supply or
motherboard. And most important of all....make copies of the
schematics and boot disks.
Another idea for the FAQ: if it isn't restorable, at least pull
all the socketed ICs (and put them in static foam) so someone
else might be able to restore one. I keep a big box of old
parts from boards I have tossed.
Jack Peacock
17 Mar
17 Mar
1:30 p.m.
I've put a copy of the FAQ at
http://www.yowza.com/classiccmp/faq.txt
Note: this is not an official location, and it may disappear at some
point.
-- Doug
1:03 p.m.
On 17 Mar 98 at 13:30, Doug Yowza wrote:
I've put a copy of the FAQ at
http://www.yowza.com/classiccmp/faq.txt
Note: this is not an official location, and it may disappear at some
point.
-- Doug
Good. You received it OK then. I edited out the header lines on them
since I thought they weren't needed. I almost also included Tony Duell's
excellent soldering tips , since he was agreeable to someone's suggestion
that it be included. How do others feel about that ? I'm sure Bill wouldn't
object.
I kept a copy, but I'm sure that Tony could do a better job at editing and
even extending it. Hmmm Tony ?
ciao larry
RTFF
lwalkerN0spaM(a)interlog.com
6:29 p.m.
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2:54 p.m.
On Tue, 17 Mar 1998, Doug Yowza wrote:
I've put a copy of the FAQ at
http://www.yowza.com/classiccmp/faq.txt
Note: this is not an official location, and it may disappear at some
point.
This may as well be the official location since the "official" location is
inaccessible. I hereby declare Doug's address above the new official web
address since nobody else will.
Sam Alternate e-mail: dastar(a)siconic.com
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2:52 p.m.
On Tue, 17 Mar 1998, Jack Peacock wrote:
How about initial procedures when you get some new
treasure
recently saved from the greedy jaws of the salvagers. Things
like: blow out the dirt, check for burnt/obviously damaged
components, frayed or pinched cables, reseat socketed parts and
clean off any corrosion or "purple plague" on the IC pins, power
supply outputs, loose screws dropped in the power supply or
motherboard. And most important of all....make copies of the
schematics and boot disks.
Another idea for the FAQ: if it isn't restorable, at least pull
all the socketed ICs (and put them in static foam) so someone
else might be able to restore one. I keep a big box of old
parts from boards I have tossed.
Jeez. All of this stuff is in the FAQ. The problem is one of the
following:
A) Nobody can access it due to server problems at u.washington.edu
B) It doesn't get sent out to new subscribers
C) People ignore it
Sam Alternate e-mail: dastar(a)siconic.com
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Computer Historian, Programmer, Musician, Philosopher, Athlete, Writer, Jackass
Coming Soon...Vintage Computer Festival 2.0
See http://www.siconic.com/vcf for details!
3:11 p.m.
;-) Clearing the snow from my glasses, I saw Sam Ismail typed:
Jeez. All of this stuff is in the FAQ. The problem is
one of the
following:
A) Nobody can access it due to server problems at u.washington.edu
B) It doesn't get sent out to new subscribers
Both of these are true, AFAIK.
C) People ignore it
How can people be blamed for ignoring it, if it's not accessible?
Anyway, if it's O.K. with Bill Whitson (the owner of this list) I'd be more
than happy to post a copy of the FAQ (and anything else available on the
subject) on my web page, and change the subscription message to include
this URL for those of us (which is prolly most) with Web access.
Then when it's easily accessible, then snotty folks like me (when warranted
-- in this particular case I don't think it is) can say "Look in the
!)@(#*$&%^ FAQ!!!" ;-)
HTH,
"Merch"
--
Roger Merchberger | If at first you don't succeed,
Owner, MerchWare | nuclear warhead disarmament should
zmerch(a)northernway.net | *not* be your first career choice.
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