Re: Rainbow 100 PSU capacitor list

2019-03-01 Thread Warner Losh via cctalk
Since you don't hear the gears grinding in the rx-50, that's a failure fairly early on. The LEDs in the back of the case will tell you something. There's a table for LED codes in the Rainbow manuals somewhere. If NO LEDs are on, that tells you something too (they all light up on application of powe

Re: Rainbow 100 PSU capacitor list

2019-03-01 Thread Alan Perry via cctalk
I will look at that when I get back home after the weekend. > On Mar 1, 2019, at 2:01 PM, Warner Losh wrote: > > > >> On Fri, Mar 1, 2019 at 2:56 PM Alan Perry via cctech >> wrote: >> Initially it booted and ran for a while until I switched it off. >> >> The last time it responded to the po

Re: Rainbow 100 PSU capacitor list

2019-03-01 Thread Warner Losh via cctalk
On Fri, Mar 1, 2019 at 2:56 PM Alan Perry via cctech wrote: > Initially it booted and ran for a while until I switched it off. > > The last time it responded to the power switched, components powered up > and the FDD started operating. Then suddenly everything stopped like the > plug had been pul

Re: Rainbow 100 PSU capacitor list

2019-03-01 Thread Alan Perry via cctalk
Initially it booted and ran for a while until I switched it off. The last time it responded to the power switched, components powered up and the FDD started operating. Then suddenly everything stopped like the plug had been pulled. Now it does nothing (apparent) when it is switched on. alan

Re: Rainbow 100 PSU capacitor list

2019-03-01 Thread Alan Perry via cctalk
> On Mar 1, 2019, at 7:52 AM, Ethan Dicks wrote: > > On Wed, Feb 27, 2019 at 1:21 PM Alan Perry via cctech > wrote: >> Hi, >> >> I think that I need to re-cap the power supply in a Rainbow 100. Does >> anyone here know if anyone has put together a list of capacitors used in >> the power supp

Re: Rainbow 100 PSU capacitor list

2019-03-01 Thread dwight via cctalk
Maybe I need a little clearification. When you turn the switches off, it boots? Dwight From: cctech on behalf of Alan Perry via cctech Sent: Friday, March 1, 2019 1:35 PM To: Ethan Dicks Cc: General Discussion: On-Topic Posts Subject: Re: Rainbow 100 PSU capacit

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2019-03-01 Thread Rich Gopstein via cctalk
I just picked up a Remex paper tape reader from eBay and will be interfacing it to my PiDP-11/Simh PDP-11 simulator shortly. I've been looking for an affordable punch, but haven't found one yet. In the meantime, does anyone know where I could get paper tapes with the absolute loader and standalon

Re: Rainbow 100 PSU capacitor list

2019-03-01 Thread Ethan Dicks via cctalk
On Wed, Feb 27, 2019 at 1:21 PM Alan Perry via cctech wrote: > Hi, > > I think that I need to re-cap the power supply in a Rainbow 100. Does > anyone here know if anyone has put together a list of capacitors used in > the power supply that I can use to order parts? I don't have a list (I just got