Darnit! UDA50 problem.

From: Tony Duell <ard_at_odin.phy.bris.ac.uk>
Date: Tue Nov 4 11:09:32 1997

On Tue, 4 Nov 1997 Philip.Belben_at_powertech.co.uk wrote:

> > You can always solder a jumper back in place.
>
> Oh, come on, Tony, _please!_

And what's wrong with solder?

>
> Individual socket pins from various types of connector (including D I
> think) fit quite well over these backplane pins. Crimp or solder a

There are some nice square socket contacts (with all 4 sides present, not
U-shaped ones that won't stay on the pin without a housing) in the Farnell
catalogue.

> short length of wire to two of these and hey presto! A removable NPG
> jumper. NB take care that these don't stick out so far as to foul on
> the case...

Hmmm... I'd not want to trust my machine to something like that. Sure it
will work. It's certainly useful for quick tests (I have a few jumpers
like that for exactly that purpose), but I'd not trust NPGs to a contact
that may fail or may short to 0V at any time.

I approve of home repairs and kludges more than most (heck, I'm probably
one of the few people here to have rewound an LA3 carriage motor, rebuilt
a Canon laser scanner unit, etc). But if you can do the job properly, and
if the necessary tools are cheap (heck, $8 is not that much), then why not
do so.

>
> Philip.
>
>

-tony
Received on Tue Nov 04 1997 - 11:09:32 GMT