On Sep 28, 14:58, D. Peschel wrote:
> Marvin wrote:
> > Finally, I haven't checked the drives but are there common problems I
> > should look for when I start checking out the drives?
>
> Make sure the cables are aligned, otherwise you will fry a diode (it
> could beanother component -- I think it's a rectifier). This applies
> to the Disk ][ -- I don't know about other drives.
More likely you'll let the magic white smoke out of the 74LS125. It used
to happen regularly to drives that staff borrowed over a weekend.
--
Pete Peter Turnbull
Dept. of Computer Science
University of York
Received on Mon Sep 28 1998 - 20:09:13 BST