Path: utzoo!attcan!utgpu!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!rutgers!cs.utexas.edu!sdd.hp.com!samsung!munnari.oz.au!comp.vuw.ac.nz!gp.govt.nz!zl2tnm!don From: don@zl2tnm.gp.govt.nz (Don Stokes) Newsgroups: comp.sys.dec Subject: Re: More MVII Hardware Help Message-ID: Date: 14 Oct 90 11:53:56 GMT References: <1990Oct13.112742.612@spcvxb.spc.edu> Organization: Me? Organised? Lines: 26 terry@spcvxb.spc.edu (Terry Kennedy, Operations Mgr) writes: > In article , don@zl2tnm.gp.govt.nz (Don Stokes > > I just pulled my MicroPDP-11 (11/73) to bits, and located the power > > harness (under a *lot* of dust). It's part number 70-20450-01, with > > yellow connectors, but separate coloured wires. > > Winner! Winner! You have one of the flaming power harnesses 8-) Oh wonderful. I'll see if I can hassle a new part out of DEC. What's the story on getting fire hazards replaced outside warranty? Service contracts? You gotta be kidding! > You'll get blackening of the +5V (red wires) at the connector body. You may > also get discoloration of the connector pins. She seems ok at the moment, no discoloration of connector or cable attachment (I took off the black cap) -- I even threw caution to the wind and stuck a finger on the +5V wires after running the thing for a while. I also took off the black cap over the attachement of the wires to the connectors. Can't hurt to get it changed though -- *if* it can be done on the cheap! Don Stokes, ZL2TNM / / Home: don@zl2tnm.gp.govt.nz Systems Programmer /GP/ Government Printing Office Work: don@gp.govt.nz __________________/ /__Wellington, New Zealand_____or:_PSI%(5301)47000028::DON