Brent Hilpert wrote: > Well that's neat. Thanks.
> I assembled the Cromemco kit version of the Cyclops > (The kit version presented an interface for a computer > rather than the scope drive of the magazine article. I was recently able to acquire the S-100 interface cards for the Cyclops. I'm hoping to take that step sometime this summer. > Hopefully you're more successful with your unit. Thanks. > (I think you'll find the MC7805 there is indeed plastic > not ceramic. Moto produced various power transistors > and regulators in those packages (case 90 in Moto parlance) > as well as a smaller version from the same plastic material) I think you're right. It is odd, not plastic like any IC I've ever seen. And it does have a purplish cast to it. > A 9V wall wart would probably do for the power supply I was worried about the "pseudo-DC" that most wall warts provide. > or remove the regulator At this point, I'm about to build the "real" supply anyway... Here are a few more recent photos: http://wsudbrink.dyndns.org:8080/images/cyclops-latest/P4070001.JPG http://wsudbrink.dyndns.org:8080/images/cyclops-latest/P4090001-2.JPG http://wsudbrink.dyndns.org:8080/images/cyclops-latest/P4090009-2.JPG Bill S.