Thank you for your replies. I appreciate them. Ruud Baltissen wrote: > Is it just the normal start-up sequence or the one a C128 does i.e. auto > start? The normal start-up sequence. > My advice: try exchanging the CIA's first. AFAIK they aren't soldered do > that shouldn't be much trouble. They are on my board. Any ideas which one is more likely to be the cause, or should I replace both of them right away? Bil Herd wrote: > Are you describing the color RAM for the 40 column VIC or > do you mean you get random colors on 80 column? I get random colors in 40 column mode. > What if the cursor is there but the same color as the background? :) I recall using the keyboard to type some chars, change colors, etc. I even tried typing LOAD"$",8 (a few times actually, to make sure I didn't mistype anything). To my misfortune, the drive didn't come up. :( > Don't laugh: Lick your finger and get it down around all of the > pins on the color ram and the quad buffer and look for any change, > if something changes based on your finger it probably is floating. I could never laugh at the man who made the "herdware" possible. In fact, I feel quite privileged talking to you. Still, I can't take your advice. The machine looks so brand new that I try to leave as few fingerprints on it as possible. Using saliva is out of the question. :) Maybe as a last resort... -- Laze Message was sent through the cbm-hackers mailing listReceived on 2010-06-24 21:00:11
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