TRS-80 without floppy drive

Tony Duell ard at p850ug1.demon.co.uk
Wed Apr 27 18:20:40 CDT 2005


> (I must get round to fixing my TRS-80, last time I plugged it in it
> let the magic smoke out... :-( )

One time when I powered up my Model 4, I got the unmistakable smell of 
burning tantalum capacitor, and magic smoke came out. The darn thing 
continued to boot and has worked fine ever since. I assume a decoupling 
tant decided to go short-circuit, but I've not got round to pulling the 
case to check.

-tony


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