Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Path: utzoo!utcs!jose From: jose@utcs.UUCP Newsgroups: comp.arch Subject: Re: Horror Stories (was: Speed is the one true performance metric) Message-ID: <1986Nov18.084754.26156@utcs.uucp> Date: Tue, 18-Nov-86 08:47:54 EST Article-I.D.: utcs.1986Nov18.084754.26156 Posted: Tue Nov 18 08:47:54 1986 Date-Received: Tue, 18-Nov-86 09:34:14 EST References: <1510@batcomputer.tn.cornell.edu> Reply-To: jose@utcs.UUCP (JOSE) Organization: University of Toronto Computing Services, general purpose UNIX Lines: 33 Checksum: 13693 (It has come to my attention that this line is NOT(?) nescessary!) Help help but to add my little story as well. About 4 weeks ago (yes! a month ago) I tried to power up one of my C64's as I usually do. After a few seconds I noticed that it had not initiallized so I knew something was wrong. After the usual obvious checks (is it plugged in, etc...) I got out my trusty multitester and looked at it and noticed that a power line had 3v when it was supposed to have 12v! For many days I could not find the source of the problem, so I kept on looking and eventually decided to replace components at random (remember this ?-) and that's where I found the source: It turned out that a diode was put in backwards (wow!) in the power supply but it was able to function for 9 months. Eventually the diode died and began to act as wire. When presented with a choice of going through a diode of a wire there is very little to choose. The 7812 got no current and half of the system did not have the right voltage... Who said micros are "simple"? -- Jose A. Dias University of Toronto Computing Services ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- The above ascii characters are not, have not ever been, or will ever be, the opinion of anybody, being, or super-intelligent shade of the colour blue. They were just a fluke. They were put together by randomnly selecting phrases from Vogon poetry... ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- uucp: {decvax,ihnp4,utcsri,{allegra,linus}!utzoo}!utcs!jose bitnet: JOSE@UTORONTO 300/1200: (416)535-5360 (As the crow flies... :-)