On 22/12/12 19:27, Jason Adkins wrote:
ZX81 power supply that I made up about an hour before a gig that his old
band had, back in about 1992. It failed literally during the final
runthrough before packing everything up and driving to the pub -
fortunately I had my workshop keys for the wee computer shop I worked
in, so off we went, rummaged in the Big Bumper Fun Box Of Shite, and
conjured up a PSU.
"Right, that'll do for now", I said, "but it's really going to need a
proper one at some point". When I last saw it something like 15 years
later, it was still going...
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Gordonjcp MM0YEQ
>Somewhere my mate Malc's old HR16 is still around, with its butchered
> Don't get me started on Alesis AC wallwarts.....
>
ZX81 power supply that I made up about an hour before a gig that his old
band had, back in about 1992. It failed literally during the final
runthrough before packing everything up and driving to the pub -
fortunately I had my workshop keys for the wee computer shop I worked
in, so off we went, rummaged in the Big Bumper Fun Box Of Shite, and
conjured up a PSU.
"Right, that'll do for now", I said, "but it's really going to need a
proper one at some point". When I last saw it something like 15 years
later, it was still going...
--
Gordonjcp MM0YEQ