Ah, here’s the culprit! A 470uF capacitor in series with the deflection joke ...

2025-05-15 21:09:51 UTC

Ah, here’s the culprit! A 470uF capacitor in series with the deflection joke vertical coil reads about 1/10 of the rated capacitance. The TDA1170 is perfectly fine! That was an easy repair. #IBM #repair #retrocomputing #capacitor

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