Date : Tue, 13 Apr 2010 08:34:27 +0100
From : robert@... (Rob)
Subject: Dead beeb - easy tests
On 13/04/2010, beeb@... <beeb@...>
wrote:
> Hmm ... I have a couple of beebs with suspected RAM faults, and I've
> wondered before: is there a simple BASIC routine I can try that will
> highlight faults at certain addresses, so I can track the fault down to a
> particular RAM IC? Or if not a BASIC program, then something I could get
> put on a sideways ROM to install in suspect computers?
I've got a loose ROM marked "Memory test" that came with some school
equipment that I've not looked at. Will pop it into a machine and see
what it is, and will post an image if it looks like it will be useful.
Rob