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- From: mvp@netcom.com (Mike Van Pelt)
- Subject: Re: Comm64 acting quirky
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- Date: Sat, 15 Aug 92 23:36:20 GMT
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- In article <1992Aug12.200059.24685@iitmax.iit.edu> nowlola@elof.iit.edu (Olatunji Nowlin) writes:
- >I was wondering if someone out there could explain to me whats wrong
- >with my C64...
-
- Does it seem to be temperature-related? Does it happen more often on
- hot days? If you leave the power supply unplugged for a while (hours)
- is the problem less likely to appear? If so, it's most likely a flaky
- power supply. The C64 power supply is infamous, and usually should be
- the first suspect for this sort of thing. My C64 was doing lots of
- flaky things, and suddenly was as good as new when I put a new power
- supply on it.
-
- Forget trying to fix the old PS; it's cast in a block of epoxy.
-
- Anybody know of a good source for these things? Or better, an
- alternative that's better made?
-
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