Back home again. I may get time for some retro stuff this weekend but I'm really tired after leaving Cornwall at 7:30am.

rubber_jonnie wrote: ↑Fri Apr 19, 2024 2:13 pm

stephen_usher wrote: ↑Fri Apr 19, 2024 1:14 pm Oh, only decoupling caps dislodged really then.

Mostly, but there are some that 'might' be resistors and are so damn tiny I'm not 100% sure what they are.

Oh, I see them now. Yesy, they look like tiny resistors. I'd not even noticed them in your picture before.

Oh, only decoupling caps dislodged really then.

Most TTL chips aren't being manufactured any more either as the fabs are only interested in high margin chips now.

Yeah. Thankfully it's back again this morning.

Eek! Almost as bad as sneezing with tiny surface mount capacitors on the bench.

Got down to my Dad's house in Cornwall this evening and found the broadband dead.

After about 45 minutes on the phone the BT it seems that there's a general BT Openreach outage in the area. Oh well, having to use my phone as a 4G relay.

Phew!

The Apricot Xi was having difficulty spinning up its hard drive again after being left a few days, so this evening I took the drive out again. After lifting the PCB I checked the felt on the brake and its operation. Seemed OK but dosed the solenoid and the pivot with some light oil. I also cleaned t...