From: Randy Dawson <rdawson16 at hotmail.com> Sent: Feb 14, 2010 10:45 AM To: classic computers <cctalk at classiccmp.org> Subject: RE: Getting to dislike tantalum caps Dwight, There was some criminal stuff going on with electrolytes in this era, from the asian manufacturers. Almost everybody associated with the type of electronics that was not 'throw away' remembers this. I had a note from a pro video repair shop, saying that to get a $15,000 pro video camera back in operation would require the replacement of all the tant caps, as they were all destined to fail, and yet another trip to the shop. Anybody else recall this? There was one chemical manufacturer pinpointed, that was supplying XR7 or whatever electrolyte to all the manufacturers. They shortcut their process and cut costs, and several years of electronic products were affected. Please pots your analog computer work! Have you read the Electronic Research Associates books out there (IIRC) Randy