On Wed, 20 Feb 2002, Owen Robertson wrote:
> I picked up a Honeywell 316 from a local scrap yard today. I gave the inside
Damn nice find! But you don't just "pick up" a Honeywell 316 ;)
> The power supply has no cord coming out of it. What is does have is a
> standard 3-prong plug sticking out of the back, just like the kind that
> plugs into the wall. So, can I just run an extension cord from it to the
> wall, or is there something more to it than that?
I would imagine this has some big fat caps that would need to be
brought up to nominal voltage slowly in case they need to be reformed. I
would definitely try to find a Variac to bring this up slowly over the
course of a couple hours, say 5 volts every 5 minutes.
Sellam Ismail Vintage Computer Festival
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