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In a message dated 6/29/00 3:41:18 PM Central Daylight Time, 
patchell at silcom.com writes:

>     My Wise 50 terminal (old ascii dumb terminal) started spewing smoke
>  on tuesday.  The flyback transformer was arcing over.  I didn't know
>  where to get a new one, but thought a freind of mine that collects old
>  stuff might have something to scab parts out of.


 Hello, 
 I used to repair Wyse terminals where I used to work a few years back.  In 
addition to the flyback (and esp. since there was smoke), you might want to 
check and/or  replace the bipolar cap that is physically right next to the 
flyback. This cap along with Q202 and C202 (horz. xstr. and cap) had a very 
high failure rate in these power supplies.

   Sincerely,
  Andrew Sanchez