Powering up a 20-year old MicroVAX II

[Roy J. Tellason]

> If it was plugged in but not switched on and something popped, it'll be
> the mains filter cap.  They *do* fail, and they're easy to replace.

In seeing photos of this in the process of dealing with it offlist,  it looks 
exactly like that's what it was.  When I asked about the markings on the 
failed parts I was told that they included "250V",  which is way inadequate 
for UK mains voltages...


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