11 Jun
2006
11 Jun
'06
1:25 a.m.
Tony Duell wrote:
[equipment manuals]
Yes, though this is frustrating. It helps if you have some
spare/disposable units that can give their lives for the cause! :>
Why> Apart from HDAs, I can't think of any classic computer device that
can't be dismantled non-destructively. Mind you, desoldering the HP9100B
ROM board from the address decoder and sense amplifier boards was a
stressful exercise. Since the internal track layout on that board is
critical (it's what determines the bit pattern of the ROM), if I'd ripped
out a via I'd have ruined the machine. I didn't....
service
manual for a simple thing like a mouse ;o)
Actaully, I don't have a mouse on this PC (probably the only PC in the
world not to have one, but...). But for things like mice it's often
quicker just to trace out the scheamtic than to do battle trying to get a
schemaitc from the manufactuer. I know I included schematics of the
appropriate mice when I traced out diagrams for the PERQ AGW3300 and the
HP IPC> But, even then, it can be difficult...
I have to sacrifice a couple of telephone sets in order to
figure out what's inside them so I can modify them for
Why? Can't they be taken apart without damage?
-tony