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After 5 years of non use, what precautions should I take before turning on a Commodore CBM 3016?
(lemmy.blahaj.zone)
I've finally taken the jump into retrocomputing with something I've always wanted to own, a proper Commodore PET, or CBM 3016 to be exact!
The seller said 5 years ago when it was last turned on, that it worked perfectly fine. However I do wanna take some precautions before reawakening it. Not that something blows after all this time.
I however am still pretty new to retrocomputing and wanted to ask the experts on here, If/what I should first inspect under or over the hood before turning it on? Thanks in advance!
Don't know the chemistry behind that, but if it's start to read/write info could that not cause corruption? It just seems like your bios and OS would be unimpressed
What do you mean? Electrolytic caps should only be used for power rails, them failing means the DC is either absent, at the wrong level and/or with excessive AC components.