The Sinclair QL Forum

Finally arrived so I can actually use it

Means nothing to me.... A TrumpCard?

(Oh, I thought the OT here is just for pretty good meals.... )

I have been annoying rob and VP on chat waiting from bolts for my trump card to connect the 7805 to the heatsink so I can actually use it!

A M3 nut and a M3 x 10mm or M3 x 6mm (depends on if heatsink fitted) machine screw normally work well

Mark

1024MAK wrote:A M3 nut and a M3 x 10mm or M3 x 6mm (depends on if heatsink fitted) machine screw normally work well

Mark

According to my calipers the hole in Trumpcard is smaller than an M2, I used M1.6 bolts.

Ahh, what a strange size PCB hole for a regulator

Is a heatsink fitted?

Mark

Yes the heatsink is also the vanity cover.

And yes its a very odd choice of hole, there is penty of room on PCB there for a M3 hole through and the casing would only have needed a lip a little extended.

Hopefully you can just see the regulator peeping out.

Not very "Miracle-alike"....

Better Lighting

I've seen it from the first pic, thanks anyway, but it's not very "Miracle-alike", isn't it?

Interesting to see, I never realized, that the TC isn't an SQB, no PAR port.