[ale] OT: but PC related

[Boris Borisov]

I was surprised that such a small capacitor can shoot 3 inches of flame
with appropriate smoke

On Wed, Oct 14, 2015 at 4:10 PM, Jim Kinney <jim.kinney at gmail.com> wrote:

> You got a real, 20+ year old IBM PC XT?!?!? If it's easy, replace all and
> then video more tests to post the flamers on YouTube :-)
>
> On Wed, 2015-10-14 at 15:33 -0400, Boris Borisov wrote:
>
> I've got yesterday from craigslist IBM PC XT. Upon testing one of the
> tantalum capacitors exploded with flames :) Should I replace all of those
> or try just that one. Seem like should be fairly easy .
>
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