On Fri, 22 Sep 2006 18:54:55 +0100, Malcolm Cadman <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>  
wrote:

> In message <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, Tony Firshman
> <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes
>
>> Rich Mellor wrote:
>>> Malcolm Cadman has given me a Gold Card for sale - however it has the  
>>> two
>>> outer pins on the 5V regulator shorted and a capacitor on the underside
>>> (underneath the 68000) - I presume it has been adapted for power  
>>> through a
>>> backplane - can someone remind me of the modifications which would have
>>> been made, so I can undo them....
>>>
>> The link is the only one I do. Leave the capacitor - that is probably
>> original.
>>
>> Tony
>
> You've reminded, Rich, that the Gold Card came from a "home-brew" QL set
> up that was disassembled.
>
> The capacitor looked to me like an at source modification.
>

Well it works nicely now :-)

Tony was right, all I needed was to remove the lead that shorted the pins  
on the regulator

-- 
Rich Mellor
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