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- From: dan@fch.wimsey.bc.ca (Dan Fandrich)
- Newsgroups: comp.sys.cbm
- Subject: Re: Memory chips on C64G?
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- Message-ID: <3119c8a8.19csn@fch.wimsey.bc.ca>
- Date: Thu, 08 Feb 1996 01:55:52 -0800
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- Organization: Fandrich Cone Harvesters Ltd.
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- In article <4f81b3$t0f@idefix.eunet.fi> smaug@iwn.fi writes:
- >I recently acquired a non-functional C64G (the one with grey breadbox-like
- >case and narrow motherboard). I traced a faulty 6526A, which I replaced,
- >until I noticed that the RAM chips (D41464-12) got REALLY hot.
- >So now I need new chips, but those are hard to find here. I'd get plenty
- >of 41256s, would they fit aswell? Or any other chips (my friend has
- >many old PC-boards)?
-
- A 41256 should work as long as you tie the extra address line on pin 2
- somewhere (like ground). Some motherboards do that for you already. Make
- sure you check the power supply before plugging that C64 back in--those
- RAM chips blew up for a reason!
-
- >>> Dan
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