PDP 11 gear finally moved

[devin davison]

Thank you all for the information. Ive been speaking with Paul Anderson on
the phone, he went into great detail a general overview on how to get the
machine apart and general beginner details. He referred me to the
appropriate Documents on bitsavers, plan is to pick up some packs of paper
and get them printed out tonight.

On Sat, Jul 18, 2015 at 4:26 AM, Peter Coghlan <cctalk at beyondthepale.ie>
wrote:

> Rich Alderson <RichA at LivingComputerMuseum.org> wrote:
> >
> > > It is generally a good idea to re-form electrolytic capacitors in power
> > > supplies, and to bench check the power supplies (under some kind of
> > > load) before actually applying power to the whole unit.
> >
> > It is always a good idea to replace electrolytic capacitors in power
> supplies.
> > The rest of the advice is sound.
> >
> >                                                                Rich
> >
> > Rich Alderson
> > Vintage Computing Sr. Systems Engineer
> > Living Computer Museum
> > 2245 1st Avenue S
> > Seattle, WA 98134
> >
> > mailto:RichA at LivingComputerMuseum.org
> >
> > http://www.LivingComputerMuseum.org/
>
> Rich,
>
> Can you please clarify if this statement represents the policy of the
> Living
> Computer Museum or is it something more personal?  Perhaps some
> qualification
> or a re-phrasing would be useful as it does not appear to make sense as it
> stands?
>
> I think you may have seen or participated in some of the many discussions
> we
> have had on this topic on this list?  In light of these discussions, I
> find it
> hard to see how a categorical statement such as this one could be
> justified.
>
> Regards,
> Peter Coghlan.
>


On Sat, Jul 18, 2015 at 4:26 AM, Peter Coghlan <cctalk at beyondthepale.ie>
wrote:

> Rich Alderson <RichA at LivingComputerMuseum.org> wrote:
> >
> > > It is generally a good idea to re-form electrolytic capacitors in power
> > > supplies, and to bench check the power supplies (under some kind of
> > > load) before actually applying power to the whole unit.
> >
> > It is always a good idea to replace electrolytic capacitors in power
> supplies.
> > The rest of the advice is sound.
> >
> >                                                                Rich
> >
> > Rich Alderson
> > Vintage Computing Sr. Systems Engineer
> > Living Computer Museum
> > 2245 1st Avenue S
> > Seattle, WA 98134
> >
> > mailto:RichA at LivingComputerMuseum.org
> >
> > http://www.LivingComputerMuseum.org/
>
> Rich,
>
> Can you please clarify if this statement represents the policy of the
> Living
> Computer Museum or is it something more personal?  Perhaps some
> qualification
> or a re-phrasing would be useful as it does not appear to make sense as it
> stands?
>
> I think you may have seen or participated in some of the many discussions
> we
> have had on this topic on this list?  In light of these discussions, I
> find it
> hard to see how a categorical statement such as this one could be
> justified.
>
> Regards,
> Peter Coghlan.
>