Agreed. But I'm compelled to clean the unit as much as possible of dust and
debris.
prior to powering it on. Not sure if it is necessary, but a spray of canned air or
from a compressor does at least give me a little peace of mind prior to applying
power to a unit
that has been sitting for years.
Eric
Sellam Ismail wrote:
> On Sun, 15 Jul 2001, charles hobbs wrote:
>
> > I haven't run this machine in about 10 years, so who knows what will
> > happen if I try to turn it on...
>
> It'll work. There seems to be a prevalent misconception about the
> durability of microcomputers. Save for anything with huge transformers
> and caps in its power supply (i.e. S-100 machines) or Commodore 64s (which
> in my experience die inordinately), most computers will fire right up no
> matter how long it's been since their last go.
>
> I know Tony will cringe when he reads this but it's really not necessary
> to go through any precautions before firing up a modernish computer with a
> switching power supply.
>
> Sellam Ismail Vintage Computer Festival
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Received on Sun Jul 15 2001 - 14:41:28 BST