Northstar Horizon Update

From: Bill Sudbrink <bill_at_chipware.com>
Date: Sat May 22 15:57:33 1999

> Finally, it occured to me that I had flipped the chassis over to put
> some new rubber feet on the bottom and wondered if I could have shifted
> something, like a loose screw or nut. So I removed the motherboard and
> looked underneath. LO and BEHOLD! A previous owner had replaced an
> LS series chip and its socket and had not CUT OFF the excess leads on
> the bottom of the board!!! When I shifted the machine, it pushed the
> leads against the bottom of the chassis effectively grounding them!
>
> Once those were clipped and a piece of anti-static foam inserted beneath
> the motherboard, the machine now talks to the terminal FAR more reliably
> than before.

Um... I thought that anti-static foam was conductive? Wouldn't that
be bad? Maybe I'm wrong.

Bill Sudbrink
Received on Sat May 22 1999 - 15:57:33 BST