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- From: mrdunn@csd4.csd.uwm.edu (Michael Robert Dunn)
- Subject: Re: Comm64 acting quirky
- Message-ID: <1992Aug18.180517.16403@uwm.edu>
- Sender: news@uwm.edu (USENET News System)
- Organization: Computing Services Division, University of Wisconsin - Milwaukee
- References: <1992Aug12.200059.24685@iitmax.iit.edu> <!97ma4.mvp@netcom.com>
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- Date: Tue, 18 Aug 1992 18:05:17 GMT
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- In article <!97ma4.mvp@netcom.com> mvp@netcom.com (Mike Van Pelt) writes:
- >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.
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- It can't be fixed, but it can be worked around. For the longest time
- I had my power supply sitting upside down in a pie pan with water in
- it, the power supply is more then water tight and the water keeps the
- power supply from over heating (although the water does get mighty warm)
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