********* SCI.ELECTRONICS.REPAIR FAQ *********

[Document Version: 2.50] [Last Updated: 11/22/96]


1. Copyright & Disclaimer

Unless otherwise copyrighted, documents are Copyright (c) 1993, 1994, 1995, 1996 by Filip Gieszczykiewicz.
All rights reserved.

Reproduction of this document in whole or in part is permitted if the following conditions are satisfied:

  1. This notice is included in its entirety at the beginning
  2. There is no charge except to cover the costs of copying
  3. The information presented herein is made available "AS IS" without any implied warranty and neither the author nor the site administrator is in any way to be held responsible for any damage, disability, or misinformation.
  4. The author/s must be contacted and his/their permission obtained, in writing, before any part of this archive is published on CD-ROM or outside the Internet and Usenet.


2. Preface

Greetings. My name is Filip "I'll buy a vowel" Gieszczykiewicz (filipg@paranoia.com) and I'm the keeper of the sci.electronics.repair FAQ Web site. That does not mean that I wrote all of the information, by all means. In fact, Samuel M. Goldwasser penned all the "Notes on Troubleshooting and Repair of..." (which is probably part of why you're reading this :-) There's a lot of other information by other sources, of course. Proper credit is given, if known. Corrections and additions welcome!

I am responsible for the CONTENT of these archives. Problems with the site you are accessing (like denied access, slow transfer, etc.) should be directed to the administrator for the Cookbook Archive, charro@ee.ualberta.ca or ftpadmin@ftp.unina.it for the Italy mirror. I can do little or nothing for these issues. Thanks.

WARNING: Please expect to have about 10MB of space to uncompress any of the archives below. The archives are approximately 3MB while the uncompressed directories are a bit over 6MB.. this will only GROW in the future :-)


2.1) Motto

This site is Optimized For LYNX (and NOTscape Certified) guaranteeing that ANYONE with ANY browser will benefit from it! Gee, what a concept...


3. Availability


3.1) On-Line browsing


3.2) Off-Line Browsing

"Unix format"
Generally meaning that your OS supports long filenames. I run Linux, without which this FAQ would not be possible, and the filenames are logical... a concept alien to DOS users. If your OS supports filenames longer than 16 characters, you can use this version as well.

"Text Prints"
This is a text dump of the HTML files. All the segments of the larger files are combined into large text files. You can handle them with a common word-processor or pager.

Archived as "Sci.Electronics.RepairFAQ-2.50.tar.gz" and compressed with GNU tar and gzip. Uncompress with
"tar -xzf Sci.Electronics.RepairFAQ-2.50.tar.gz"
This command will create a subdirectory called "Sci.Electronics.RepairFAQ.250" with all the files inside. Please read the file "Repair.doc" and "ReadMe.doc" before doing anything else.

"Local HTML"
A specially prepared version of the Official HTML version complete with intra-hyperlinks and cross-referencing. External links are trapped so you can browse the FAQ off-line. Since this FAQ is optimized for lynx, a text-only browser, any version of Netscape or other browser will do. No need to use 3/4 of your system's resources on the latest memory-pig from Netscape :-)

Archived as "Sci_Ele_RepairFAQ250_local.tar.gz" and compressed with GNU tar and gzip. Uncompress with
"tar -xzf Sci_Ele_RepairFAQ250_local.tar.gz"
This command will create a subdirectory called "REPAIR" with all the files inside. Please view the file "index.html" and "F_ReadMe.html" with your browser before doing anything else.

"DOS format"
Microsoft fixed a lot of things that were wrong with DOS except the most annoying, the filenames STILL have to be 8 characters with a 3 character extension (hence the "8.3"). I pity you... and don't really enjoy supporting this version as it requires a messy script to keep everything working. But that's life.

"Text Prints"
This is a text dump of the HTML files. All the segments of the larger files are combined into large text files. You can handle them with a common word-processor or pager.

Archived as "REP250.ZIP" and compressed with PKzip-compatible ZIP. Uncompress with
"unzip -d REP250.ZIP" (-d creates subdirectories)
This command will create a subdirectory called &REPFAQ.250" with all the files inside. Please read the file "REPAIR.DOC" and "README.DOC" before doing anything else

"Local HTML"
A specially prepared version of the Official HTML version complete with intra-hyperlinks and cross-referencing. External links are trapped so you can browse the FAQ off-line. Since this FAQ is optimized for lynx, a text-only browser, any version of Netscape or other browser will do. No need to use 3/4 of your system's resources on the latest memory-pig from Netscape :-)

Sorry, the DOS version is not yet ready! Please send your complaints to Bill Gates... It will take me a few weeks to get this going... free-time being what it is...


3.2.1) Where do I get...

Please note that the main site is in Canada and is being mirrored [thus far] in Italy. *PLEASE* pick the site closest to you. If you would like to mirror this archive in your country, PLEASE let me know. Send e-mail to filipg@paranoia.com. Thanks!

  1. ftp.ee.ualberta.ca
    The University of Alberta Circuit "Cookbook" archive MAIN site. It is mirrored by the following sites. The Cookbook Archive root is:
    /pub/cookbook/faq/repair/


  2. ftp.unina.it
    At "Universita' degli Studi di Napoli", located in Naples, Italy, you will find a mirror which should be quite handy for European users. The directory is:
    /pub/electronics/cookbook/faq/repair/


4. Notes


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