I have to say a special thank you to Todd- who performed my first actual fix for the repair days. I've mostly been helping install Irix on SGI and giving away stuff- but I decided to come yesterday and try and get some things actually fixed. Todd not only identified 2 bad caps, but he had extras, and then helped installed them. He really did it all while I watched. The repaired PSU worked and it powered up my new-from-ebay DEC Personal DECstation 5000. It was an amazing feeling and I learned a bit to id these bad caps. I'm going to get some equipment and try to do some myself. Here are my photos from the day: https://imgur.com/gallery/ANp00f1 <https://imgur.com/gallery/ANp00f1> I hope everyone close by can make some time and attend these days as they are a great way to share knowledge and experience between members. -andy
On Mar 31, 2019, at 4:07 PM, Jeffrey Brace via vcf-midatlantic <vcf-midatlantic@lists.vcfed.org> wrote:
We had about a dozen members working on their machines and VCF machines Saturday and Sunday. Most did two days while some did one day. Bill Dromgoole and Duana Craps had worked on the Univac 1219B in the museum for the past week. They can give an update later as to their progress. David Gesswein worked on the museum's PDP-8. He will send a report later. There were others working on various projects. I got there midday and wasn't able to work on anything Saturday. Sunday I took VCF's turn at the InfoAge front desk. Evan can fill you in on what he was working on as well as the others.
This time we went to a new place: MJ's for Saturday dinner. Everyone liked it. Afterwards we played Cards Against Humanity which is always a fun time. Sunday morning we went to a new place: Mariner's Cove for breakfast. Also great food!
The next workshop is April 13 & 14.
-- ========================================= Jeff Brace Vice President Vintage Computer Federation