> From: Adrian Graham
> Completely by chance one of the programme managers for STC at the time
> found all my postings ... in a last ditch attempt to give his stash of
> goodies away before he put them all in the local recycling.
> This means that not only do I now have two unused units and spare parts
> but I also have .. full documentation, a complete source dump AND the
> entire 8" disk set
Oh, that is _fantastic_ news. I'm so happy this was all saved.
> Another downside is I now know what's making my machine loop at
> startup.
Hey, the problem would be there whether or not you knew the cause - knowing
the cause is surely better than not knowing!
> the ASTEC 8151 was a bit of an achilles heel because of the way it was
> mounted upside down and only passively cooled
Any way (i.e. room) to add a small fan to help with the cooling? Sounds like
that's definitely indicated...
Noel