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- From: wnipper@ix.netcom.com(Ken Nipper)
- Newsgroups: comp.sys.cbm
- Subject: Re: Tech problem w/ C-64
- Date: 9 Mar 1996 05:23:56 GMT
- Organization: Netcom
- Message-ID: <4hr4lc$aha@cloner4.netcom.com>
- References: <Pine.SV4.3.91.960304045813.19559A-100000@jovanet.com><4hfgvb$h9u@charnel.ecst.csuchico.edu> <222@ppse.win-uk.net>
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-
- In <222@ppse.win-uk.net> ppieroni@ppse.win-uk.net (Chip Pieroni)
- writes:
- >
- >
- >In article <4hfgvb$h9u@charnel.ecst.csuchico.edu>, Phil Hoff
- (phoff@ecst.csuchico.edu) writes:
- >>The Sandman <runner@jovanet.com> wrote:
- >>>
- >>>
- >>> I'm having technical difficulty with a C-64 setup of mine. I
- have
- >>> a 1541 drive, the C-64 console, and a connector for a television.
- After I
- >>> connect everything and turn on the console and disk drive, the
- console
- >>> LED lights up (faintly) and the main power LED and the access LED
- for the
- >>> 1541 drive light up... The drive stays in a state of constant
- access, and
- >>> only goes back to a neutral state when the console is turned off or
- the
- >>> cable to the drive is disconnected. As for the television output,
- the
- >>> screen turns from the snow w/ noise to a dark blue screen w/
- horizontal
- >>> lines and no noise...
-
-
- there is a 7407 chip on the 1541 logic board near the cable connectors
- that smokes regularly. replace it.
-
- troy
-
-