RE: Dead PET

From: Brian Ketterling (tweel8502_at_hotmail.com)
Date: 2004-01-21 01:21:15

>From: "Ian West" <imw@drykid.plus.com>
>
>...I've just acquired a PET 3032.  Unfortunately, all it produces at
>power up is a series of faint green horizontal lines across the middle 
>third
>of the screen...

If nothing pans out in the computer itself, check the voltages in the 
monitor.  If they seem OK, look for bad electrolytics.  One particular place 
to look might be electrolytics associated with the pincushion amplifier.  
Also high-voltage and non-polarised units.

-- Brian

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