Re: I built a TM500 mainframe tester, and updated the design. Someone might find this useful?
Some time ago I had similar thoughts on accessing the connections to the pass transistors, as well as accessing the 25 VAC connections. I had a problem on one of my TM50X mainframes with one of these
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Colin Herbert
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Re: A question from the unwashed relative to: I built a TM500 mainframe tester...
Yep, the mainframe tester tests for short/leakage and beta, along with the DC and AC voltages, and phasing of the two floating AC windings.
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Jared Cabot
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Re: I built a TM500 mainframe tester, and updated the design. Someone might find this useful?
Hi Larry, I might well be interested in a board set, so long as the cost and shipping to London, UK aren't too crazy. I have been intending to build one of these testers for a while and have a few of
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Colin Herbert
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Re: A question from the unwashed relative to: I built a TM500 mainframe tester...
Yes, These will cause a cascade of failures with certain modules. I always try to at least diode check those pass transistors before inserting any module or powering up. So your Mainframe tester
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Michael W. Lynch
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Re: A question from the unwashed relative to: I built a TM500 mainframe tester...
The trick is a bad pass transistor can quickly kill a module, which can then go on to kill another slot in the mainframe, etc etc. Using a module (that isn't the purpose built tester) to test the
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Jared Cabot
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Re: I built a TM500 mainframe tester, and updated the design. Someone might find this useful?
I just used a prototype board and brought the pins out. I am sure that the traces on a dead plug in could be isolated and used as well. I find that many of the transistors read lower gain than
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Ed (SCSKITS)
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Re: Quick question 564B
Ok, Thanks Chuck.
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Stephen
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2230 storage deja vu
Hi all Quite a lot of years ago there was a topic posted here that went on for some time but never reached any conclusion as to the cause of the problem...unfortunately the exact problem I think I'm
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Kevin
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Re: Quick question 564B
It is a cute little scope, but very low bandwidth, something like 10MHz. Its HV transformer suffers from the epoxy disease that affects 547 scopes. They are quiet, not having a fan, and the plugins
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Chuck Harris <cfharris@...>
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Re: Slightly OT: How can I dissolve Potting Compound?
Dennis the 26 cm Spectral tubes are the most popular, used in physics labs These use 5 kV open ckt current limited transformers and run at 5 - 20 mA. The optical spectrum is dependent on gas mix, and
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Jean-Paul
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Re: Grid Bias Adjustment on 475A
The mesh is an electrostatic lens that magnifies the limited vertical and horizontal deflection to fill the viewing screen area. This is done to allow a lower deflection plate voltage on a fairly
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Chuck Harris <cfharris@...>
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Quick question 564B
Hi all, and Happy New Year 2021, Is a 564B a good grab, is it desirable at all? It¡¯s not considered a 500 series, right? 56x family I suppose... Thanks ?
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Stephen
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Re: How to clean Helitrim potentiometers?
Hello perhaps you are confusing Helipot a multiturn precison 3,5,10,15 turn potentiometer with internal 1 turn pcb mounted trimpots or single turn controls? If you can pr¨¦cis your questions with
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Jean-Paul
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Re: font/typeface for Tektronix binder spines - was Re: [TekScopes] Push button font
I'm sorry I arrive pretty late in the conversation. There are online tools to identify fonts, with easy yes/no questions. I used one once to find which font was used on Philips instruments (for a
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nicmatfr <nic_o_mat@...>
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Re: Slightly OT: How can I dissolve Potting Compound?
Dear Dennis: We worked on arc and gas lamp ballasts since 1970s. Then designed and manufactured 12 kV HV modules, in 1980s..1990s. The encapsulant is a very high solids epoxy, specially cured. We used
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Jean-Paul
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Re: I built a TM500 mainframe tester, and updated the design. Someone might find this useful?
HI Please,Larry,add me to the list.I am located at Spain. Regards.
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iMac
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Re: I built a TM500 mainframe tester, and updated the design. Someone might find this useful?
I would also be interested in a set of the boards, please add my name to the list. I am in Dublin, Ireland so I am aware that shipping will be somewhat more than the nominal amount suggested. I am
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Peter Mulvey
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Re: SC-502 transistor
Thank you to everybody! I have enough information to attempt a transplant. I'll post here the outcome Giovanni
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Giovanni IZ5PQT
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Re: Slightly OT: How can I dissolve Potting Compound?
Hi Dennis, I believe it's not worth the effort, I'd personally build a new one using instructions from Sam's Laser FAQ: https://www.repairfaq.org/sam/laserhps.htm#hpstoc You'll find wealth of
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Nenad Filipovic
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Re: Slightly OT: How can I dissolve Potting Compound?
Supposedly a 50/50 mix of formic and acetic acids will do the trick but I've never tried it. DaveB, NZ
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Dave Brown
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