>	2 somewhat related questions here:
>
>	1 - I've heard that there is some floating point emulation support
>either in the works or already finished (sorry, I am somewhat recent to
>the list, so you may have answered this one a million times ;-)) So, would
>the LC040 in my 540c be able to work with a more recent kernel?
>
>	and 2 - this is not quite as related, but I just got a used drive
>from a guy here in town. It's a 1.2 GB Micropolis drive in an APS external
>case, but whenever I turn it on it starts to smell like something is
>burning... and then this last time I actually saw smoke start to pour out
>of the ventilation holes in the side. I've tried both the Micropolis drive
>and a Toshiba 170MB drive, and the bad smell came both times. I popped
>open the case and tried to see what might be the problem. I'm assuming
>it's a problem with the power supply... though I saw a little yellow solid
>that looks like it might have melted onto the power supply, or been melted
>from a part on the power supply. The guy told me it was doing this, and he
>gave it to me for just the $2.69 it took to ship it to me. I was going to
>try to use it to experiment with my powerbook using NetBSD, but I don't
>want to ruin the drive, which seems like it works perfectly fine (I would
>try it in my Quadra, but it's an IDE and I don't think it has an internal
>SCSI connector, does it? Does anyone know if APS might replace the case,
>or at least the power supply? I'd like to get this drive up and running so
>I don't screw up my working NetBSD drive tinkering with my powerbook 8-)
>

Try replacing the fan. Mine died too, but it make a minatory screech in the
process, which gave it away..
Try just disconnecting the fan first - APS won't sell the fan as a part & I
had to pay $20 for a replacement.

Dan Killoran

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