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- From: jamesch@ix.netcom.com (James Chamblin)
- Newsgroups: comp.sys.cbm
- Subject: Re: C64 problem
- Date: 26 Jan 1996 00:59:45 GMT
- Organization: Netcom
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- In article <4e8o9o$b59@milo.freenet.vancouver.bc.ca>,
- rbruce@opus.freenet.vancouver.bc.ca (rob bruce) wrote:
- >I had my 64c on for a couple days (I wanted to see how long it would
- take
- >for it to solve a problem) and the video now has Periods in every
- >character space. It doesn't seem to affect it. So I guess its the VIC
- >chip but is it easy to replace?
- >
- Before replacing any chips, press down on all the socketed chips. It
- could be that one loosened up over time. If one does need to be
- replaced, I would guess the character ROM. Seems to be the only chip
- that would mess up a character and yet still allow everything else to
- function correctly.
-
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