[time-nuts] Maintaining boatanchors (was Capacitor Failures)

Joseph Gray jgray at zianet.com
Mon Oct 25 17:50:04 UTC 2010


> +1 for the Willem Programmer's.... I had an older model (serial port
> connection), but I used it TONS of times fixing corrupt BIOSes
> on computers back in the days... I keep meaning to get me one of the newer
> USB models... Like you said, they have various adapters
> to support just about every popular socket out there and I know the
> voltage levels are adjustable (usually jumpers or buttons on the
> board).

The USB model I have does it all in the programming software. Very
easy to use. The only time I had to open the case was to move a jumper
for upgrading the firmware.

Joe Gray
W5JG



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