[ale] OT: but PC related

Wed Oct 14 20:22:02 EDT 2015

Hehehe… With the old Commodore’s, Atari’s, Apple ][‘s, and TI’s I work with… They all get recapped as soon as they come in.  Most of these chips are irreplaceable (sigh).

I’m not taking any chances.

/Raj

From: ale-bounces at ale.org [mailto:ale-bounces at ale.org] On Behalf Of Lightner, Jeff
Sent: Wednesday, October 14, 2015 6:10 PM
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Subject: Re: [ale] OT: but PC related

20+ my eye.  Try 30+.   The XT replacement was the PC-AT (first 286 machine) which was introduced in 1984.

I remember working on the XTs back in the day.  (One job had a really impressive one – it had a 5 ¼” full floppy drive AND a 10 MB hard drive, our secondary system only had dual floppy drives instead.)   DOS 2.0 and Lotus 123 version 1a.

The PC-AT was exciting as it jumped us all the way up to 8 MHz processor speed.

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From: ale-bounces at ale.org <mailto:ale-bounces at ale.org>  [mailto:ale-bounces at ale.org] On Behalf Of Raj Wurttemberg
Sent: Wednesday, October 14, 2015 5:15 PM
To: 'Atlanta Linux Enthusiasts'
Subject: Re: [ale] OT: but PC related

I think there are two people on this list from the Atlanta Historical Computing Society (AHCS /  <http://atlhcs.org/> http://atlhcs.org/).  As a collector of vintage computers, it is part of my procedure to “re-cap” many systems and power supplies prior to testing. 

The electrolytic capacitors usually only last about 20 years.  

/Raj

From:  <mailto:ale-bounces at ale.org> ale-bounces at ale.org [ <mailto:ale-bounces at ale.org> mailto:ale-bounces at ale.org] On Behalf Of Boris Borisov
Sent: Wednesday, October 14, 2015 3:33 PM
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Subject: [ale] OT: but PC related

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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