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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