Date   : Wed, 18 Aug 2010 09:00:22 +0100
From   : info@... (Sprow)
Subject: colour crystal adjustment in BBC master

In article <COL120-W569CE5B86B1A8AB5070823839C0@...>,
   paul aslin <station240@...> wrote:

> None of mine have that link fitted, I wish they did. Anyway looks like I 
> need to replace VC2 but as I said I have no idea what to replace it with. 
> Its listed as 5.5 to 40 pF, which is the problem as the closest I can find 
> is 8.5-40pf and 5-30pf, its guess work as to which would actually work.

I'd buy the 8.5-40pF one. The load cap for a crystal is never going to be as
low as 5pF for 17MHz, you'll be using the top half of the range,
Sprow.