[HECnet] VT340 - I MUST HAVE ONE OF THESE

[Mark Benson]

On 5 Oct 2013, at 20:28, Dave McGuire <mcguire at neurotica.com> wrote:
On 10/05/2013 12:56 PM, Sampsa Laine wrote:
A 340 is nice. The 330 is pretty much the same, except for being
monochrome.

The problem with the 340 is that the power supply have a tendency
of blowing up with age. (I have two broken ones...)

Can they be replaced with anything sensible, i.e. could a qualified
electrician build a new one for not too much effort?

  Electricians do not do this sort of work.   They primarily pull cable
and run what amounts to plumbing and lots of physical construction.
What you're talking about is engineering.

I think it was a poor choice of words and he mean 'electrical engineer' :)

  It would likely be easier to repair the existing power supplies.   Are
schematics around?

That depends what components die and how directly replaceable they are.  

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