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Timbucus · 27th Feb 2020, 1:06 am

I have had a good many goes at the heat trick tonight and have managed to restore function on almost all the segments! From (where X was failed) on each iteration

OXXXOXXOX
OXXOOXOOO
OOOOOOXOO
OOOOOOOOO
OOOXO??OO - you can repeat the loop of the last two

I am also not certain of the two that are unused in SCIOS (marked as ??) but, they always tap out as working...

Neat trick however, that fourth one from the right which is the second most significant digit on the SCIOS address display seems to rapidly fail again - although another go will bring it back - temporarily I have strapped it to the 9th unused one which does work but, it is hardly ideal. I tried patch cables as well as it was acting like a loose connection but I think the capacitance of my fingers was giving it a bit of a boost and it just eventually fails...

Well worth trying and now I wonder why it works...

27th Feb 2020, 1:06 am	#259
Timbucus Octode Join Date: Mar 2019 Location: Barry, Vale of Glamorgan, Wales, UK. Posts: 1,364	Re: MK14 schematic revisions I have had a good many goes at the heat trick tonight and have managed to restore function on almost all the segments! From (where X was failed) on each iteration OXXXOXXOX OXXOOXOOO OOOOOOXOO OOOOOOOOO OOOXO??OO - you can repeat the loop of the last two I am also not certain of the two that are unused in SCIOS (marked as ??) but, they always tap out as working... Neat trick however, that fourth one from the right which is the second most significant digit on the SCIOS address display seems to rapidly fail again - although another go will bring it back - temporarily I have strapped it to the 9th unused one which does work but, it is hardly ideal. I tried patch cables as well as it was acting like a loose connection but I think the capacitance of my fingers was giving it a bit of a boost and it just eventually fails... Well worth trying and now I wonder why it works...