Date   : Tue, 17 Mar 2009 23:40:53 -0000
From   : bbcmailinglist@... (Ian Wolstenholme)
Subject: Ugly beeb hacks

I have found paper clips very handy in Beebs.  The 1770 disc upgrade
needs a bit of wire to go across two pins in one of the chip sockets and I've
used a bit of paper clip to do that.  My first ever "Econet lead" was made
with 1-inch lengths of paper clip being pushed into the DIN socket holes
and soldered to some miscellaneous wire from a mouse.

Best wishes,


Ian

----- Original Message -----
From: Jules Richardson [mailto:jules.richardson99@...]
To: bbc-micro@...
Sent: Tue, 17 Mar 2009 18:34:32 -0500
Subject: Re: [BBC-Micro] Ugly beeb hacks

Rob wrote:
> 2009/3/17  <me@...>:
>> http://homepage.mac.com/mwongozi/things/papercliphack.jpg
>>
>> Bonus points if you can figure out what it's for. ;)
> 
> Yuck...

It could also be an emergency stop switch - thump the machine in a crisis and 
the paperclip falls out and shorts the PSU... ;-)



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