On Mon, Jan 25, 1999 at 12:40:15PM +0000, Andrew Gale wrote: > Or you could always crack open the SAM PSU and connect the > modulator in its own box (or to the scart socket).
Or get a modulator from Maplin (assuming they still have them). > > Dunno. Several people have suffered from "colour loss" and > it's turned out to be lack of 12v supply. I think Ian or > Andrew had this problem. I had a mono sam for a while, due to crystal rot. It came back when I replaced the crystal. I don't think Andrew has had any problem with the 12V supply except that time when an incompetant repair person replaced the 12V zener with a regular diode, causing the voltage to go sky high. The Sam still worked though, until it unexpectedly blew up while I was fiddling with it (whether it was the fiddling or the voltage or both that caused it is unknown). I had a problem with the 12V on my +3 PSU, which I always fixed by kicking it until I found the dry joint on a capacitor leg. The only thing which that seemed to affect was the MIDI signal. imc
