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   "Jim D"  wrote in message news:2019030600184029749-Not@ThisAddresscom...   
      
   > So if it's a rotary switch, how did we fry it ?    Humm ..... I believe   
   > it's the switch, that's where the signal appears to stop, but without a   
   > schematic of that board, who knows. It could be a chip, or some other SMC.   
   > Maybe the vibrations of operation tore the internals of the switch up ?   
      
   The switch probably failed simply from being used a lot.   
      
   > that reminds me, I have an NAD receiver downstairs that needs some small   
   > fix.  I should toss that thing in the junk bin, save whatever precious   
   > moments of my life I'd spend working on it to repair.   
      
   I sure hate to throw something away merely because it wasn't built well   
   enough.   
      
   > Not a Model A engine, but .... I watched a video on the 1930's ish Ford   
   > flathead V8 engine.  Not nearly as good as people's memory of it ... in   
   > some cases.  My uncle had one, in an old black 40 something coupe that   
   > rusted down in the field behind our house.  Old stuff had issues too, in   
   > that engines case, that it would quite easily overheat and crack the   
   > block.   
      
   But at least for the most part, those issues weren't deliberate!   
      
   > And the new Apple Macs  .... junk.  I'm hoping they get the 2019 models   
   > ports to where they will at least partially work with audio.  Otherwise,   
   > I'll have to baby these old ones I have now ..... or buy a Linux thing.   
      
      
   JimD   
      
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