XPost: sci.electronics.basics, comp.sci.electronics, sci.electronics.repair   
   XPost: sci.electronics.misc   
   From: daniel47@nomail.afraid.org   
      
   Daniel wrote on 26/6/24 7:11 pm:   
   > Daniel70  writes:   
   >> Daniel wrote on 19/6/24 5:32 pm:   
   >>> Phil Hobbs  writes:   
   >>>> On 2023-03-01 09:06, Daniel wrote:   
   >>>>> Hi folks I'm really new with electronics. Doing a massive project   
   >>>>> for a retro computer system and, as a prong of this project I'm   
   >>>>> attempting to locate a modern equivalent of the board components.   
   >>>>> Enter the tantalum capacitor. Having gone to digikey, mouser, and   
   >>>>> newark none of them seem to have the item I'm looking for in   
   >>>>> stock. What are the rules about alternate values? The tantalum   
   >>>>> cap I'm looking for, according to the service manual, has the   
   >>>>> following rating: 1uf,10v, +-20%. The DIP style cap that the   
   >>>>> board uses isn't in stock anywhere so would I be able to   
   >>>>> substitute this cap for 1uf, 20v, +-20%? Thanks, Daniel   
   >>>>>   
   >>>> Going up in voltage rating is fine.  There might possibly be an   
   >>>> issue if the effective series resistance (ESR) is higher, but all   
   >>>> solid tants have highish ESR anyway, so it's unlikely to make a   
   >>>> noticeable difference.   
   >>>> (Polymer tants are a different animal.)   
   >>>> Cheers   
   >>>> Phil Hobbs   
   >>> I know it's really late in the game but I wanted to thank everyone   
   >>> for their patient answers.   
   >>   
   >> Hey, at least you have (now) gotten back to us! ;-P   
   >>   
   >>> Alot has been going on in real life and had to take a long long   
   >>> break from the newsgroups due to that, and as well as forgetting to   
   >>> check in.   
   >>   
   >> Isn't it a bummer when Life gets in the way??   
   >>   
   >>> I'm catching up on hundreds of messages on newsgroups and on IRC and   
   >>> in the BBS scene.   
   >>   
   >> We'll still be here .... well, some of us. ;-P   
   >>   
   >>> I did order my components though, but haven't made much traction on   
   >>> the project I posted about.   
   >>> Someday.   
   >>>   
   >> "Someday" .... Isn't that a line from a song from way back when??   
   >   
   > Thanks m8. Actually had some progress this weekend. Got two spanking new   
   > computers and I have been working on getting them up to speed the way I   
   > like it. Primary computer is pretty much done. Secondary computer is 80%   
   > of what it's replacing and 0% of the additions I'll be adding on.   
      
   This HP Laptop is getting a bit long in the tooth (2007 vintage, I   
   think) ... so recently I went on a Shopping Spree and brought myself a   
   brand new Desktop for about $700   
      
   It hasn't made it out of the box yet .... I'm soooo used to using this   
   Laptop on a little T.V. Dinner-type table with the T.V. over the top of   
   the screen.   
      
   Having to convert to a Desktop Computer just seems to be too much trouble!!   
   --   
   Daniel   
      
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