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- KAYPRO-II U87 MODIFICATION
- FIELD SERVICE BULLETIN #4
-
-
- Early Kaypro-IIs have a circuit design problem that can cause the
- corruption of data on the floppy disk. This design problem was
- corrected on later versions of the Kaypro-II. Kaypro issued a
- Field Service Bulletin #4 to detail how to fix the problem with
- Kaypro-IIs in the field.
-
- The information in this note applies ONLY to Kaypro-II models
- WITHOUT the main circuit board identified as PC81-240A in the
- front right corner. Check the integrated circuit identified as
- U87 in the front right corner of the circuit board. It should
- have two small wires on each side of the chip. If it does not
- have these wires, they will have to be installed according to the
- following instructions:
-
- 1- Remove IC U87 from its socket.
-
- 2- Bend pin 1 of the IC out from the body of the IC.
-
- 3- Cut off pin 9 of the IC near the body.
-
- 4- Solder a wire from pin 1 to pin 6 of the IC.
-
- 5- Solder a wire from pin 12 to pin 15 if the IC.
-
- 6- Reinstall the IC, leaving pin 1 out of the socket.
-
-
- 15 12 9
- v v v
- --+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+--
- | |
- > 74LS390 (U87) |
- | o |
- --+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+--
- ^ ^
- 1 6
-
- Pin number I.D. is determined by the notched end of the chip.
- Remember, when working with IC chips, be careful of static
- electricity and use a heat-sink when soldering directly to an IC
- chip to avoid excessive heat transfer to the chip itself.
-
-
- Bill Crocker
- Detroit Metropolitan Kaypro Users Group
-