Re: How to work out unknown PSU replacement

2018-11-04 Thread Kyle Owen via cctalk
On Sun, Nov 4, 2018, 16:56 Mike Stein wrote: > > Neat trick; surprised I'd never heard of it before in my decades of > trouble-shooting. Then again, at my advanced age and senility I might just > have forgotten... ;-) > > Thanks! > > > Hah! Probably also best to discharge the caps before proceed

Re: How to work out unknown PSU replacement

2018-11-04 Thread Mike Stein via cctalk
- Original Message - From: "Kyle Owen via cctalk" To: "General Discussion: On-Topic and Off-Topic Posts" Sent: Sunday, November 04, 2018 4:48 PM Subject: Re: How to work out unknown PSU replacement On Sun, Nov 4, 2018, 16:23 Mike Stein via cctalk wrote: > &

Re: How to work out unknown PSU replacement

2018-11-04 Thread Kyle Owen via cctalk
On Sun, Nov 4, 2018, 16:23 Mike Stein via cctalk wrote: > > - Original Message - > From: "Adrian Graham via cctalk" > To: "General Discussion: On-Topic and Off-Topic Posts" < > cctalk@classiccmp.org> > Sent: Saturday, November 03, 2018 4:59 A

Re: How to work out unknown PSU replacement

2018-11-04 Thread Mike Stein via cctalk
- Original Message - From: "Adrian Graham via cctalk" To: "General Discussion: On-Topic and Off-Topic Posts" Sent: Saturday, November 03, 2018 4:59 AM Subject: Re: How to work out unknown PSU replacement ... > Today I’ll break out the ’tin foil covered sponge

Re: How to work out unknown PSU replacement

2018-11-03 Thread Adrian Graham via cctalk
> On 3 Nov 2018, at 01:27, Paul Berger via cctalk wrote: > > Are you saying that there is a capacitor between input? output? of the 79L05 > and the ground pins of the chips? If so that would seem pretty normal as it > is usually recommended that you have capacitors to ground on both the inpu

Re: How to work out unknown PSU replacement

2018-11-02 Thread Tony Duell via cctalk
On Sat, Nov 3, 2018 at 1:09 AM Adrian Graham via cctalk wrote: > > Hi folks, > > This week I managed to get my paws on a machine that I only ever saw in > ‘coming up!’ type magazine articles in the mid-80s. It’s made by a UK > manufacturer of Viewdata set top boxes and home micro modems called T

Re: How to work out unknown PSU replacement

2018-11-02 Thread Mike Stein via cctalk
- Original Message - From: "Adrian Graham via cctalk" To: "General Discussion: On-Topic and Off-Topic Posts" Sent: Friday, November 02, 2018 9:09 PM Subject: How to work out unknown PSU replacement Hi folks, ... Documentation on the Tandata PA is zero, if you s

Re: How to work out unknown PSU replacement

2018-11-02 Thread Paul Berger via cctalk
Are you saying that there is a capacitor between input? output? of the 79L05 and the ground pins of the chips?  If so that would seem pretty normal as it is usually recommended that you have capacitors to ground on both the input and output side of a 3 terminal regulator.  Are the ground pins o

How to work out unknown PSU replacement

2018-11-02 Thread Adrian Graham via cctalk
Hi folks, This week I managed to get my paws on a machine that I only ever saw in ‘coming up!’ type magazine articles in the mid-80s. It’s made by a UK manufacturer of Viewdata set top boxes and home micro modems called Tandata who were a split from Tangerine, the company that gave us the Micro