In message <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, Rich Mellor <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes
>On Fri, 22 Sep 2006 18:54:55 +0100, Malcolm Cadman <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >wrote: > >> In message <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, Tony Firshman >> <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes >> >>> Rich Mellor wrote: >>>> Malcolm Cadman has given me a Gold Card for sale - however it has the >>>> two >>>> outer pins on the 5V regulator shorted and a capacitor on the underside >>>> (underneath the 68000) - I presume it has been adapted for power >>>> through a >>>> backplane - can someone remind me of the modifications which would have >>>> been made, so I can undo them.... >>>> >>> The link is the only one I do. Leave the capacitor - that is probably >>> original. >>> >>> Tony >> >> You've reminded, Rich, that the Gold Card came from a "home-brew" QL set >> up that was disassembled. >> >> The capacitor looked to me like an at source modification. >> > >Well it works nicely now :-) > >Tony was right, all I needed was to remove the lead that shorted the pins >on the regulator Excellent ! Gold Cards are robust pieces of kit. -- Malcolm Cadman _______________________________________________ QL-Users Mailing List http://www.q-v-d.demon.co.uk/smsqe.htm