At 17:34 3/30/2000, Andrew Grebneff wrote:
>snipping wires. Finally the engine stopped when a certain unspecified wire
>was cut, and this caused the computer to wipe its memory clean. So he

More likely they fried the computer with a voltage spike.  These things
don't generally like to have stuff connected and disconnected with power on
-- some stuff, anyway.  Figuring out which involves careful reading of the
service manual and/or a fair bit of electronics knowledge and willingness
to trace out the circuits on the board.

david
David Beierl - Providence, RI
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