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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