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Re: [LUG] Retro computers at the Paignton Tech Jam ...

 

> >Did you manage to fix it? Guessing it was possibly an old capacitor in
> >the PSU? Might bring up my tricked-out BBC B next month, with a Compact
> >Flash hard drive upgrade.
> 
> I've not fixed it. Don't really care enough about it right now, but
> I found many people on ebay selling a 3-capacitor bundle to
> refurbish the PSU which only costs a few quid, as well as others
> offering to exchange it for a refurbished one for a few quid more. I
> might fix it and sell it on. I never was that enthused by the BBC
> Micro - it was fun at the time.
> 

Fair enough, pretty pivotal for me, but then it was my first micro
(apart from the ZX80). Don't think I would buy a second one, but if you
have a floppy drive, or any other peripherals or boxed software, I'd
be interested :-)


> Gordon
> 
> 
> >
> >
> >On Sat, Feb 11, 2017 at 05:43:40PM +0000, Gordon Henderson via list wrote:
> >>
> >>Great fun!
> >>
> >>... until they catch fire. Ah well.. That's old computers for you.
> >>
> >>Gordon
> >>
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