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Microbee Premium Plus+ | Construction Manual
1.a Introduction
Firstly, Congratulations on purchasing your new Limited Edition Microbee Premium Plus + kit
computer! Whether you have never had a Microbee before, or have been a Microbee fan for
a very long time, we hope that you enjoy the experience of building your own unit and
getting it to do things for you.
As mentioned above, the Premium Plus is a limited edition release with only 105 units being
made available in total. Although we will be designing other Microbee kits in the future, we
will not be re-producing the Premium case, so 105 units is the maximum number of
Premium Plus machines that we can supply. So, to state the obvious, not only do you have
a great kit to assemble & use, but you have a collector’s item as well.
1.b Requirements
Before you get started on the construction of your new Microbee, there are a number of
things that you need to do:
•
Read this construction manual completely
to see whether you have the knowledge
and skills to complete the assembly & testing of the unit. It is important to note that
once construction has started, the kit cannot be returned for a refund should you
decide that the task is beyond you.
•
Check off all of the components against the parts list
included at the end of this
manual – if anything is missing from the kit, please contact Microbee Technology via
our website (
www.microbeetechnology.com.au
) and let us know.
•
You will need the following items
to construct this kit :
A soldering iron with a good quality tip
Good to very good soldering skills
The ability to identify components & their values (color codes etc..)
Resin cored Solder (there is none supplied with the kit)
A pair of electronics grade side-cutters that facilitate close cutting (ie leaving
very little component leg left at the joint). This is particularly important when
assembling the key switch adapter PCBs.
A Philips head screw driver
A sharp hobby knife
A small pair of pliers
A basic multimeter (measuring DC Volts, and resistance)
Care & Patience!
Provided you follow the instructions in this manual and take time & care in doing so, you
should have a working Microbee very soon.
2.a Getting Started
The first thing to do is to set up a suitable workspace where you will be able to lay all the
components out and have room to assemble, solder and test.
