S100 address buss troubleshooting

[Randy McLaughlin]

From: <shoppa_classiccmp at trailing-edge.com>
Sent: Sunday, June 05, 2005 11:49 AM


>> Be careful after turning off the computer and don't pull the cards
>> until you are sure the voltage levels have dropped
>
> For that matter, if yours has a power switch on the front panel, be
> careful what you touch in the vicinity of that switch, even after
> you've turned it off!
>
> The rightmost switch was truly a "user wires it how he wants" switch,
> and when you bought an IMSAI it came with artwork to let you make a
> transparency layer that matched the function you chose.  (Which is
> why I find these arguments about keeping original front panel
> transparencies so amusing.)
>
> Tim.


All of the S100 systems I've dealt with have had the line power exposed 
somewhere, none would ever pass UL testing.


Randy
www.s100-manuals.com