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 Post subject: Determining Gold Cap
PostPosted: Sun Sep 29, 2024 2:13 pm 

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Would the board pictured qualify as "gold cap"? i am just beginning and have a lot of boards from older equipment that don't seem to clearly fit a category.


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 Post subject: Re: Determining Gold Cap
PostPosted: Mon Sep 30, 2024 12:51 pm 

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No, that board is not a gold cap. Check out the video explaining Gold Cap & Gold Edge & CNC boards https://youtu.be/L2l0WqUzHg0


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 Post subject: Re: Determining Gold Cap
PostPosted: Tue Oct 01, 2024 8:15 pm 

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So, are boards with TO-5 packages gold cap? This board has gold TO-18 packages but if those don't count then I am not sure if TO-5 would. What is it that differentiates them?


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 Post subject: Re: Determining Gold Cap
PostPosted: Fri Oct 04, 2024 7:40 am 

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You do have what appears to be an board from an old HP test equipment.

The board has what I believe to be some 22 or so Tantalum capacitors. Which BS does buy. Also the gold cap, gold pin FETs. Not to mention the gold fingers.

Board could go as clean gold finger board. You might want to shoot Chris a photo of the board, both sides. See what he says. Might get bumped up from clean gold finger board. Won’t know until you get a reply from either Chris or perhaps Lost.

Nice board though!

RFIII


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 Post subject: Re: Determining Gold Cap
PostPosted: Sat Oct 05, 2024 2:01 pm 
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Clean gold finger card. Despite the junk it’s still enough.

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