jose@utcs.UUCP (Jose Antonio Dias) (03/17/85)
(It has come to my attention that this line is NOT(?) nescessary!) Hi ho! I finally decided to make the device described on page 34 of February's TPUG magazine. In that article a little add-on device attempts to make the 4040 a little more "humane." This device attempts to detect when the power is either going up or coming down. In other words: if the power supply is not appropriate then don't let any charge go to the read/write heads. Fine! This is something I would like to have as an integral part of my drive, since I allready have a green led telling me that the power is on... It all sounded like a great idea, so I bought the parts and started putting the thing together. But then I came upon a little snag: the article uses 18 and 9 volts to detted the power change. My problem is that I do not know which pins provide these voltages. My best guess would indicate that they are available from the power transformer on one of the pins. My question is simple: Which pins supply the above voltages? I would have tryied to get the info from TPUG's own BBS, but they've been having a little problem... Have you heard the latest? About 2 weeks ago someone, or someones, broke into TPUG's office at Avenue road and stole all their computer equipment. This poses a great problem, aside from not having the BBS going. What to do about the user's list? The list of users was kept on one, or more, hard-disk but now this list is in the possession of someone else. What can we do... Jose A. Dias University of Toronto Computing Services ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- The above ascii characters are not, have not ever been, or will ever be, the opinion of anybody, being, or super-intelligent shade of the colour blue. They were just a fluke. They were put together by randomnly selecting phrases from Vogon poetry... ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- ...{decvax,ihnp4,utcsri,{allegra,linus}!utzoo}!utcs!jose (As the crow flies... :-) -- Jose A. Dias University of Toronto Computing Services ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- The above ascii characters are not, have not ever been, or will ever be, the opinion of anybody, being, or super-intelligent shade of the colour blue. They were just a fluke. They were put together by randomnly selecting phrases from Vogon poetry... ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- ...{decvax,ihnp4,utcsri,{allegra,linus}!utzoo}!utcs!jose (As the crow flies... :-)