Subject: Re: Death notice: MicroVAX II
To: Jonathan Sturges <jonathan@cc.odu.edu>
From: Dave McGuire <mcguire@rocinante.digex.net>
List: port-vax
Date: 12/03/1995 15:32:28
On December 3, you wrote:
> It is with great sorrow that I announce the death of my MicroVAX II.
> 
> I turned it on today for the first time in awhile, and it literally 
> smoked!  Further investigation found that what appears to be a bypass 
> capacitor on the CPU board melted.  It's the little brown rectangular 
> thing nearest to the 32.768 kHz oscillator on the (left?) rear corner of the 
> board.  It even melted itself into the one immediately next to it.

  Next time you're out this way, stop by my place and bring some beer
with you.  Remember that stack of ka630 boards in my linen closet? :)


                           -Dave