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Yes.Originally posted by norrahe View PostAre they getting on your fecking nerves?
A. Lot.
Ah. You might suppose that, but some can dream up really fantasmagorical pinouts totally removed from any possible reality.Originally posted by eek View PostIts a 50-50 surely half of them should get it right by chance.
This is the diagram I gave them:

Fairly understandable, I'd have thunk.
But no.
One laboured under illusion that the pin clearly marked pin 4 was, on the contrary, pin 1.
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I tried the "change all the electrolytic capacitors you can see" trick.Originally posted by BrilloPad View PostIf the GAL cannot fix it - no-one can.....
It didn't work.
In fact, I suspect it made it worse.
I think the line output transformer is buggered, but not in an entirely good way.Comment
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Decided to put one in and got Mr N to take tit for me as he has all the camera gear.Originally posted by FiveTimes View PostI don't have a linked in pic - and Im sitting at 95% complete until I add a picture.
He took one that I liked as I wasn't looking at the camera( was actually trying to shoo NorPuss II off my feet).Comment
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NorPuss II in his quest for map is trying to push Mr Ns laptop off his lap
He's currently warming his bum on the touch pad
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Its 24 years since I last played with computer chips and even I know that pin 1 usually is blatantly obvious.Originally posted by zeitghost View PostThis is the diagram I gave them:

Fairly understandable, I'd have thunk.
But no.
One laboured under illusion that the pin clearly marked pin 4 was, on the contrary, pin 1.
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Thankfully all bar one have now buggered off.
The last one didn't turn up until 14:00, so I suppose I'm stuck with him until 16:30.



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On which happy note, I'm now staggering off down the hill again.
Thank feck that's all over.


Byeeeee
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