Re: PLA replacement for C64

From: silverdr_at_wfmh.org.pl
Date: Wed, 29 Apr 2015 18:40:51 +0200
Message-ID: <55410993.206@wfmh.org.pl>
On 2015-04-29 17:57, Clockmeister wrote:

>>>> I'm also thinking to the ram ship, but I think I would rather have a
>>>> garbaged screen with a ram failure
>>>
>>> Not really. Only in some specific cases you get this kind of result.
>>> More RAM failures I had to repair manifested itself with no startup
>>> screen than with garbled content.
>>>
>
> Sometimes the temperature of the RAM chip (or lack thereof) is a dead
> giveaway especially if the problem is temperature sensitive. I've
> diagnosed faulty RAM and ROM by touch alone.

That's especially true with the x464 chips. If they run /burning/ hot, 
they're surely dead (and no startup guaranteed). It's less common with 
x164 but happens sometimes too. As you mentioned - either way.

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SD!

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