[fpc-pascal] I found FPC v0.2 source code :-)

[Mark Morgan Lloyd]

waldo kitty wrote:
> On 1/29/2012 17:41, Lars wrote:
>> Anything that has Capacitors in it which use wet electrolytic, can dry 
>> out
>> with age. Old stereos that crackle when you turn up the volume are an
>> example.  In motherboards though it seems it's more a problem that
>> capacitors blow up and bulge out which is probably from usage rather than
>> idle age.
> 
> speaking as a hardware man, these components are easily replaced... in 
> many cases, if the board's traces are damaged, they, too, can be 
> repaired... i am still replacing capacitors on boards from that old 
> problem where capacitors were purchased from manufacturers that fell to 
> the capacitor espionage situation of some, what?, 15 years ago?

People who repair things are a dying breed. I'm waiting for spare cash, 
at which point my SGI PSU will be going off to somebody who claims to be 
able to repair it (blown semiconductor, no obvious major damage).

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Mark Morgan Lloyd
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