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</o:shapelayout></xml><![endif]--></head><body lang=EN-US link="#0563C1" vlink="#954F72"><div class=WordSection1><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#1F497D'>Hehehe… With the old Commodore’s, Atari’s, Apple ][‘s, and TI’s I work with… They all get recapped as soon as they come in. Most of these chips are irreplaceable (sigh).<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#1F497D'>I’m not taking any chances.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#1F497D'>/Raj<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><div><div style='border:none;border-top:solid #E1E1E1 1.0pt;padding:3.0pt 0in 0in 0in'><p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif'>From:</span></b><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif'> ale-bounces@ale.org [mailto:ale-bounces@ale.org] <b>On Behalf Of </b>Lightner, Jeff<br><b>Sent:</b> Wednesday, October 14, 2015 6:10 PM<br><b>To:</b> Atlanta Linux Enthusiasts <ale@ale.org><br><b>Subject:</b> Re: [ale] OT: but PC related<o:p></o:p></span></p></div></div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#1F497D'>20+ my eye. Try 30+. The XT replacement was the PC-AT (first 286 machine) which was introduced in 1984.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#1F497D'>I remember working on the XTs back in the day. (One job had a really impressive one – it had a 5 ¼” full floppy drive AND a 10 MB hard drive, our secondary system only had dual floppy drives instead.) DOS 2.0 and Lotus 123 version 1a.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#1F497D'>The PC-AT was exciting as it jumped us all the way up to 8 MHz processor speed.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><div><p class=MsoNormal><i><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#1F497D'>Jeffrey C. Lightner</span></i><i><span style='font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#1F497D'><o:p></o:p></span></i></p><p class=MsoNormal><i><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#1F497D'>Sr. UNIX/Linux Administrator</span></i><i><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#1F497D'><o:p></o:p></span></i></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#1F497D'> <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#1F497D'>DS Services of America, Inc.</span><span style='color:#1F497D'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#1F497D'>2300 Windy Ridge Pkwy</span><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#1F497D'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#1F497D'>Suite <i>600 N</i></span><span style='font-size:11.0pt;color:#1F497D'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=PT style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#1F497D'>Atlanta, GA 30339-8461</span><span lang=PT style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#1F497D'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=PT style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#1F497D'> <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=PT style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#1F497D'>P: <i>678-486-3516<o:p></o:p></i></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=PT style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#1F497D'>C: <i>678-772-0018</i></span><span lang=PT style='color:#1F497D'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=PT style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#1F497D'>F: <i>678-460-3603</i></span><span lang=PT style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#1F497D'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=PT style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#1F497D'>E: <i><a href="mailto:jlightner@dsservices.com">jlightner@dsservices.com</a></i><o:p></o:p></span></p></div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><div><div style='border:none;border-top:solid #B5C4DF 1.0pt;padding:3.0pt 0in 0in 0in'><p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma",sans-serif'>From:</span></b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma",sans-serif'> <a href="mailto:ale-bounces@ale.org">ale-bounces@ale.org</a> [<a href="mailto:ale-bounces@ale.org">mailto:ale-bounces@ale.org</a>] <b>On Behalf Of </b>Raj Wurttemberg<br><b>Sent:</b> Wednesday, October 14, 2015 5:15 PM<br><b>To:</b> 'Atlanta Linux Enthusiasts'<br><b>Subject:</b> Re: [ale] OT: but PC related<o:p></o:p></span></p></div></div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#1F497D'>I think there are two people on this list from the Atlanta Historical Computing Society (AHCS / </span><a href="http://atlhcs.org/"><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif'>http://atlhcs.org/</span></a><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#1F497D'>). As a collector of vintage computers, it is part of my procedure to “re-cap” many systems and power supplies prior to testing. <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#1F497D'>The electrolytic capacitors usually only last about 20 years. <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#1F497D'>/Raj<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif'>From:</span></b><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif'> </span><a href="mailto:ale-bounces@ale.org"><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif'>ale-bounces@ale.org</span></a><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif'> [</span><a href="mailto:ale-bounces@ale.org"><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif'>mailto:ale-bounces@ale.org</span></a><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif'>] <b>On Behalf Of </b>Boris Borisov<br><b>Sent:</b> Wednesday, October 14, 2015 3:33 PM<br><b>To:</b> Atlanta Linux Enthusiasts <</span><a href="mailto:ale@ale.org"><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif'>ale@ale.org</span></a><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif'>><br><b>Subject:</b> [ale] OT: but PC related<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><div><p class=MsoNormal>I've got yesterday from craigslist IBM PC XT. Upon testing one of the tantalum capacitors exploded with flames :) Should I replace all of those or try just that one. Seem like should be fairly easy .<o:p></o:p></p></div></div></body></html>