On Fri, 16 Mar 2018 21:23:15 -1000 Joel Roth <jo...@pobox.com> wrote:
> On Sat, Mar 17, 2018 at 05:05:30PM +1100, terryc wrote: > > On Thu, 15 Mar 2018 02:02:16 -0400 > > Steve Litt <sl...@troubleshooters.com> wrote: > > > > > In other words, these are now museum pieces, not computers. Use > > > them with their original software to do what they did so well > > > back in the day. Drive em around on Sunday afternoon and show > > > them off, but leave the real computers to computers made this > > > century. > > > > Gak, they are the reliable ones. > > Everything later only lasts for a few years and you have to buy > > another round of hardware. > > Often hardware is discarded due to failed electrolytic capacitors. > > People don't want to pay a couple hundred for a guy > who can spot a bulging can and solder in a new one. > > I just got an assortment of electrolytics from amazon for > around $15, 300 pieces! How do you solder those puppies onto a multilayer board? How do you get the old one off the multilayer board? SteveT _______________________________________________ Dng mailing list Dng@lists.dyne.org https://mailinglists.dyne.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/dng
