[Coco] CoCo Disk System Power Supply Issue...

[Steve Batson]

Just a wee bit Gene... :)

I do have a technical background in electronics, but it's been many years since I did anything with it, and I'm very rusty. I've been mostly on the software side for several years. My PC Hardware knowledge is much better than my CoCo at this point, but most PC stuff is swapping cards, power supplies, etc.  I also will admit that I was pretty tired when I was looking at my system and posted that message, so that didn't help either.

In any case, I've been wanting dust off the hardware skills working on things lately so this CoCo is a good place to start. Next up is to replace a broken switch for a Reverse Video Mod in the CoCo 1, check and cleanup some other things inside, get it all tested before I spend a bunch of time on cleaning up the case which may include a paint job once I've got it solid electronically. :)




On May 9, 2015, at 9:33 PM, Gene Heskett <gheskett at wdtv.com> wrote:

> 
> 
> On Saturday 09 May 2015 23:47:34 Steve Batson wrote:
>> Thanks Gene...
>> 
>> I did come to the conclusion about the Transformer while I was
>> thinking about it before your message. In any case, I disassembled the
>> unit more so I could see and inspect everything. All transformer
>> voltages were good. No fried components, shorts or opens from what I
>> could see. I did end up repairing a broken connection to the board
>> from the transformer. All voltages were good, so I plugged it in and
>> the drive is working, talking to the controller and I was able to
>> access data on a floppy.
>> 
> I had faith in you Steve.  You have been on this list long enough to soak 
> up a wee bit of technical knowledge.  But sometimes you can't see the 
> trees for all the forest.  I was trying to identify the trees for 
> you. ;-)
> 
>> Now on to the rest of the stuff he gave me :)
> 
> [...]
> 
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