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

[Lars]

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?
>

I have replaced capacitors too, on car electronics and stereos, with great
success.  Even you can get better capacitors that don't dry out.