General > General Technical Chat

Someone in 1988 had a boring job...

<< < (3/10) > >>

Alex Eisenhut:
Just a header thing. But observe the plastic channel for the two cables coming from the heads. This thing's engineering is epic. The PCB even has grid coordinates silkscreened on it, A B C D 1 2 3 4,.

Nuts.

I put a screw with its washer in that formerly empty mounting hole and the washer easily touches the solder fillet. Oh well.

I'm having a great time taking this thing apart, it's so well made! I'm a huge dork for floppies you see.

austfox:
I'd say to prevent a short when someone is inserting or removing the mounting screw whilst the unit is still powered.

Alex Eisenhut:

--- Quote from: austfox on October 13, 2022, 01:15:20 am ---I'd say to prevent a short when someone is inserting or removing the mounting screw whilst the unit is still powered.

--- End quote ---

There is no mounting screw there in the assembly. I just put that screw there to see.

james_s:

--- Quote from: Alex Eisenhut on October 13, 2022, 01:17:42 am ---
--- Quote from: austfox on October 13, 2022, 01:15:20 am ---I'd say to prevent a short when someone is inserting or removing the mounting screw whilst the unit is still powered.

--- End quote ---

There is no mounting screw there in the assembly. I just put that screw there to see.

--- End quote ---

That doesn't mean there isn't a mounting screw when that board is used on a different model or revision of drive, or that they weren't planning on putting a screw there. The person laying out the PCB included a hole, they probably assumed it might get a screw.

VK3DRB:
Don't know why you infer this boring job is unique. There are many people in the electronics industry with repetitive, boring jobs. There is nothing more boring than staring at solder joints all day, everyday, by quality assurance or process people. Much of the electronics in your home will have parts made by people bored out of their brains.

Navigation

[0] Message Index

[#] Next page

[*] Previous page

There was an error while thanking
Thanking...
Go to full version
Powered by SMFPacks Advanced Attachments Uploader Mod