Date   : Mon, 20 Aug 2007 22:30:09 +0100
From   : zeem.uk@... (Alex Taylor)
Subject: Acorn Winchester formatting...

On 20/08/07, Jules Richardson <julesrichardsonuk@...> wrote:

> Brief hiatus at the moment, as one of the noise suppression caps in the B+
> system I was using for testing just decided it was time to fail - it looks
> like a scene from The Fog downstairs :-)

Hehe, I've had that happen to about 6 of mine (and an Apple IIe, a CBM
8050 drive, and a Triumph-Adler Alphatronic PC). The last one, I
didn't even bother switching it off, I just carried on using it as it
fizzed and smoked. Caused a lot of concern to the bloke standing next
to me though :-)

I normally just carry on using them after they've blown, but I did
have to rinse the case and PSU of one in detergent (and dry it
thoroughly), because it really did smell for days afterwards.

-- 
Alex Taylor