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- From: icebbs@ramlink.net (Iceman of the Inner Circle)
- Newsgroups: comp.sys.cbm
- Subject: Re: My C128 died! Please help!
- Date: 7 Jan 1996 09:35:24 GMT
- Organization: Inner Circle BBS - 304.697.0101
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- In article <basil.820896327@rain.org>, basil@rain.org says...
- >
- >
- >A little while ago I foolishly tried out a bunch of parallel printer
- interfaces
- >on my working Commodore 128, instead of using one of my cheaper and more
- >plentiful Commodore 64's.
- >
- >On a couple of the interfaces I tried, the C128 would not even power up
- while
- >the plug was in the cassette port, as if it were drawing more power than
- the
- >C128 could supply. When I removed everything, the C128 powers up but no
- longer
- >can access any disk drives. This prevents C128 mode from booting as it
- insists
- >on trying to load from the disk drive, though C64 mode works fine other
- than
- >the disk drives.
-
- Ahh why do you guys do this stuff to yourselves? Lemme guess, did you
- plug them in while the computer or drive was on? Donna do that anymore!
-
- So you have replaced the CIA's and still notta? Did you test the CIA's
- before putting them in? The replacements that is. Usually that is the
- correct tack to take. And I imagine that your floppy drives still work am I
- correct? I would say that if you go back and check all of that again, and
- it still doesn't operate then you have a problem for sure. Unless you are
- skilled with a probe (logic), happen to have an osciliscope handy, or are
- generally lucky at guessing, I would check the Microprocessor next, from
- there I would start looking at blown resistors in the CIA path. If you
- actually blew a trace off the board bury it and say a prayer. If you would
- like step by step repair contact me directly via email and I'll do what I
- can to help you.
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