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- From: jamesch@ix.netcom.com (James Chamblin)
- Newsgroups: comp.sys.cbm
- Subject: Re: Need help with Commodore SOUND..Please..
- Date: 8 Jan 1996 07:17:38 GMT
- Organization: Netcom
- Message-ID: <4cqgei$m3t@cloner3.netcom.com>
- References: <an168742-0801960017230001@slip-56-10.ots.utexas.edu>
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- In article <an168742-0801960017230001@slip-56-10.ots.utexas.edu>,
- an168742@anon.penet.fi (Spimby) wrote:
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- >
- >I have 2 C-64s that I haven't been able to get any sound out of. One
- of
- >them was my own, and the sound worked fine when I put it in the box 5
- >years ago. I bought another one at GoodWill that seems to work fine
- (both
- >do), yet I can't get any sound out of either one.
- >
- >It's been a long time since I've used the C-64, and maybe i'm
- forgetting
- >something. A friend of mine bought a TRS-80 (no, I'm not kidding)
- today,
- >and he used the same CPU to TV cable and swicher...and he got sound.
- >
- >
- >Can anyone help me? Is there something I'm forgetting? I tried to do
- the
- >Poke statement that sets the volume to 15, but still no go.
- >
- >
- >Any help would be appreciated. Please post the replies to this group
- if
- >possible.
- >
-
- Quite often the solution is quite simple. Do you have the volume
- turned up on the TV? if you use a monitor, is the cable plugged in
- correctly? is the right cable plugged in? is the mnonitor sound
- working and turned up? is the cable working? It could also be that
- both SID chips are bad on both computers.
-
- On the subject of simple solutions, My supervisors spent days trying to
- get a new MAC to work. Couldn't figure it out until I came along, just
- unplugged it and pluged it into a different socket (my Sups hate it
- when I'm smarter than they are, which is why we probably never get
- along :D ).
-