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Tidying Up An Analoy 1401 Alloy Analyser

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awemawson:
Then there were three - one for each Analoy 1401 and a spare.

awemawson:
I finished the (very) sticky task of removing the crumbling foam and associated double sided tape from the second analyser. Very much the same as the other one. This has 1990 stickers inside so is slightly later, but contrary to my recollection the firmware is the same according to the labels on the EPROMs.

One difference that I did notice is that the main body of the instrument is directly fixed to the case whereas the other one used anti-vibration stand offs.

Not started fixing the neoprene replacement foam yet, I need to let my head clear of the spirit / solvent fumes getting the double sided tape off. I'll tackle the new foam tomorrow when I get back from my Covid jab (Amusingly scheduled for  09:31 - not 09:30 or 09:25 but 09:31 PROMPT - remember the army are in attendance marshalling and doing some of the jabbing presumably with military precision  :clap:)

vtsteam:
Good luck Andrew. Let us know how accurately timed the vet is!

kayzed1:
Andrew, i took pat for her jab the other day.. Be prompt arrive ten mins before your appointment 1139am:

***(Amusingly scheduled for  09:31 - not 09:30 or 09:25 but 09:31 PROMPT - remember the army are in attendance marshalling***

I arrived at the gate house :poke: at 1127am signed in parked and walked 200mts to the end of a cue, masked and distanced we
wobbled along this cue for 20mins. We then got to a person who took details and part filled in a form, gave us the form> we entered
another cue: we spent 19 mins in that cue: then we got to the entrance to the hall, cleansed and proffered the form to an attendant 
who looked at it and pointed us to yet another cue:  :doh: we wandered around this cue for around 20 mins, my head had gone by now.
Pat had her jab from a very nice School nurse, who then pointed us to the small cue for admin. The admin lady tx'ed every thing from the
form to a PC, handed us back the form and Pat's confirmation of JAB. then pointed us yet again to a cue. this cue was to the exit, but we
had to go through another toll gate the person looked at the form and said OW! your exit time ( 1227 ) has long gone you may go straight 
to the exit :ddb: other people were having to sit for some time, i think to make sure they did not fall in a heap.. Good luck: Pat says she
just had an ache  in her arm...next morning all gone.  I go Sunday:

awemawson:
So the new foam got glued in and I put it all together but it doesn't work now  :bang:

Almost certainly broken cores in the umbilical cord - I found three and re-soldered them but I find fine work like 25 way D plugs hard going these days. I've put it to one side for the moment.


So I moved on to gas plumbing the Ceramic Chip Forge to cheer myself up  :ddb:

(Vaccine jab went smoothly - I was first through the process this morning but why they were setting times to the minuter goodness only knows. I went in at 09:30 and queued for ages while staff milled about and eventually after 25 mins I actually had the job (Astra-Zenica) - they tell me that they are doing 400 a day at that centre - I'm sure that throughput could be doubled or trebled if an Engineer was in charge!)

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