Once again, the Glitchworks workshop saved my bacon last weekend when I noticed the 5V rail was climbing out of spec on my Nova. I removed the entire power supply board and brought it over to the CDL, where Jonathan and I desoldered the failing chip and installed a socket in record time. Once that Hakko desoldering iron was cleaned up, it worked a charm. While the Nova wasn't 100% after that, it wasn't trying to self-destruct any more. That sort of space to work on systems that need emergency repairs at the show is very much appreciated. Thanks again for the help,-Alexander 'Z' Pierson On Sunday, May 1, 2022, 12:45:56 AM EDT, Ethan Dicks via vcf-midatlantic <vcf-midatlantic@lists.vcfed.org> wrote: On Sat, Apr 30, 2022 at 6:47 PM Jonathan Chapman via vcf-midatlantic <vcf-midatlantic@lists.vcfed.org> wrote:
There was interest expressed in doing another S-100 repair workshop, where folks bring their own machines and we repair them. Jeff suggested in a VCF follow-up email with me that perhaps we plan it for one of the swapmeet/workshop weekends.
That sounds like a blast. I have a XOR S-100-12 stuffed with random cards. I'm sure I can track down manuals for most of them, but having some S-100 expertise on hand to reconfigure and test this would be fantastic. -ethan
Thanks, Jonathan