68kMLA Supporter elemenoh Posted November 28, 2020 68kMLA Supporter Report Share Posted November 28, 2020 I'm attempting to restore a Mac XL that suffered some pretty bad rusting. The IO area of the motherboard all needs to be replaced. Does anyone here know what the values of the 8x choke inductors at the mouse connector? Photo Quote Link to post Share on other sites
stepleton Posted November 28, 2020 Report Share Posted November 28, 2020 Based on "DETAIL 'A'" in http://bitsavers.org/pdf/apple/lisa/hardware/lisa-motherboard-enhanced.pdf, they would appear to be 10uH. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
68kMLA Supporter elemenoh Posted November 28, 2020 Author 68kMLA Supporter Report Share Posted November 28, 2020 Perfect. Thanks @stepleton! Quote Link to post Share on other sites
68kMLA Supporter elemenoh Posted November 28, 2020 Author 68kMLA Supporter Report Share Posted November 28, 2020 I'm having a hard time locating the MLB resistor packs on this and the other available schematics. Are they 3.3k like the packs on the IO board? Quote Link to post Share on other sites
stepleton Posted November 29, 2020 Report Share Posted November 29, 2020 I'm not sure what MLB stands for. Do you mean the resistor packs like RP1 in your photo? Let me know and I might be able to take some measurements. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
68kMLA Supporter elemenoh Posted November 30, 2020 Author 68kMLA Supporter Report Share Posted November 30, 2020 @stepleton Yes I'm referring to the 'motherboard' which is basically a backplane. There are two resistor packs on it, including the one in my photo. I haven't bothered measuring since everything in that area is so damaged. The schematics for resistors packs on the other boards state 3.3k, but the packs aren't shown on the drawing for the motherboard. Thanks in advance for the help! Quote Link to post Share on other sites
stepleton Posted November 30, 2020 Report Share Posted November 30, 2020 (edited) I've now measured RP1 and RP2 on a Lisa 2/10 motherboard --- I expect the values should be similar for a 2/5 motherboard. The resistor packs are 20-pin DIPs. Oriented vertically, call the top-left corner Pin 1. Using a conventional DIP numbering scheme: - Pins 1, 10, 11, and 20 are all shorted together All remaining pins appear to be connected straight across the package with 50 ohms of resistance. So: - Pin 2 to Pin 19: 50 ohms - Pin 3 to Pin 18: 50 ohms - Pin 4 to Pin 17: 50 ohms And so on to - Pin 9 to Pin 12: 50 ohms Note that this arrangement is symmetric in all axes, so it doesn't matter if you get the resistor pack the wrong way round and put "Pin 11" up at the top left. Edited November 30, 2020 by stepleton Quote Link to post Share on other sites
lisa2 Posted December 1, 2020 Report Share Posted December 1, 2020 (edited) These parts are not just resistor networks, they are "RC Networks T-Filters" AKA "EMI/RFI Filters" My modern 2/5 and 2/10 clone boards use Bourns PN# 4120R-601-250/500 More info here: https://www.bourns.com/pdfs/601.pdf Hope this helps. Rick Edited December 1, 2020 by lisa2 url Quote Link to post Share on other sites
68kMLA Supporter elemenoh Posted December 1, 2020 Author 68kMLA Supporter Report Share Posted December 1, 2020 @lisa2 It looks like that part is discontinued and out of stock. Would 4120R-601-250/201L be a suitable alternative? https://www.digikey.com/en/products/detail/bourns-inc/4120R-601-250-201L/3593700?s=N4IgjCBcoGwJxVAYygMwIYBsDOBTANCAPZQDaIALGGABxwDsIAuoQA4AuUIAyuwE4BLAHYBzEAF9CAVnoAGRCBSQMOAsTIgAzHABMMKQhYgOXXoNETCAWh0Kl-AK5qSkclOZtOkEBMkhbriAASgDCAAQAFAAqVlEAnqy4AJRhAKIAsgCSYQBiApjsuHzM4kA Quote Link to post Share on other sites
lisa2 Posted December 1, 2020 Report Share Posted December 1, 2020 Yes, it appears that Bourns have EOL these last year, but Mouser still has them in stock ( the RoHS version ): https://www.mouser.com/ProductDetail/Bourns/4120R-601-250-500L?qs=izxORn%2FBzZchDGI8%2FT4C4Q%3D%3D Rick Quote Link to post Share on other sites
stepleton Posted December 1, 2020 Report Share Posted December 1, 2020 Thanks @lisa2, I didn't know about these parts. It's nice that you could make this network out of discrete components in a pinch. Do you know what the risk would be if you were to "Muntz" these filters away? Are they for signal integrity, safety, or compliance, or some mixture of the three? Quote Link to post Share on other sites
lisa2 Posted December 1, 2020 Report Share Posted December 1, 2020 (edited) 2 hours ago, stepleton said: Do you know what the risk would be if you were to "Muntz" these filters away? Are they for signal integrity, safety, or compliance, or some mixture of the three? My guess is that these are for EMI compliance, I don't think that if you jettisoned these parts it would have much effect. Many-many serial designs ( including the Tecmar Lisa four port card) do not use filters like this and work fine. The Macintosh does have these also, on the schematics they are listed as "DEGLITCH PACKS", and the SE the silkscreen on the Logic board says "FILTER". Rick Edited December 2, 2020 by lisa2 mac Quote Link to post Share on other sites
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