Replacing failed powersupplies on qbus PDP-11s
Roy J. Tellason
rtellason at verizon.net
Thu Feb 5 18:04:27 CST 2009
On Wednesday 04 February 2009 04:27:42 pm Dave McGuire wrote:
> On Feb 4, 2009, at 3:19 PM, William Donzelli wrote:
> >> Heh...I think you have those time estimates reversed.
> >
> > You have not dealt with a modern, barely stocked, corporate lab
> > lately, have you?
> >
> > "Hey, I need a few 100 ohm resistors. Have any back there?"
> > "Nope, try Digikey."
>
> Ahh, suitly companies. Nope, I avoid them like the plague.
Too bad that's all there seems to be around these parts... :-(
That's why I'm doing a bit of contracting these days. Is it different where
you are?
> *I* have a well-stocked lab.
:-)
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