!HELP!! ALTAIR BLEW SMOKE!!!

From: Steve Leach <stevenaleach_at_mac.com>
Date: Sun May 25 15:41:00 2003

I just retrieved an Altair 8800B from long term storage. I blew away
the dust, checked for loose connections, and finally powered it up.
Lights flickered to life, and then smoke poured from the front panel.

I pulled it apart, and found a very crispy capacitor number C4 on the
front panel card. My first problem is that this capacitor is so crispy
that I have no way of determining the proper value. It is (was)
connected to a voltage regulator marked "F 79MO8 AUC 7535"
Received on Sun May 25 2003 - 15:41:00 BST