Date   : Tue, 05 Mar 2002 22:13:45 GMT
From   : pete@... (Pete Turnbull)
Subject: Re: Umm, dead Beeb?

On Mar 5, 16:51, Chris wrote:

> Tried blowing, shaking, re-seating the ROMS, tapping, pressing and all
the
> normal techie tricks.
>
> Given that it managed to die when I wasn't even touching the thing makes
me
> suspect it's terminal ... I'm planning to hunt for a replacement from
ebay
> or sprow ..

Well, don't bin it.  It's almost certainly repairable, and even if you
don't want to spend time/money on it, someone else might.  No, I'm not
offering, I have enough Beebs and enough other things to do, and not
enought space and time :-)

If you have (or can borrow) a logic probe, you might like to check the
reset signal, especially where it gets to the 6502.  I assume you've tried
the BREAK key :-)  and tried reseating *all* the socketed chips, not just
the ROMs.  Another easy thing to try is removing all the large socketed I/O
chips to see if it does something different; that sometimes gives a clue as
to the area the fault is in.



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Pete                                           Peter Turnbull
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                                               University of York