Date   : Sat, 06 Nov 2010 18:59:36 +0000
From   : jgh@... (J.G.Harston)
Subject: Composite Output Capacitors Gone - Hideous blurring

Alex Taylor wrote:
> Ben Collier wrote:
>> I got an old BBC Master as part of a job lot ...
>
> In case you don't already know, that's caused by the pack of 4
> alkaline AA cells going flat, causing the CMOS RAM to lose its
> contents. The machine can be made functional without replacing the
> batteries, but it will need a series of *INSERT and *CONFIGURE
> commands each time it is turned on, in order to restore sane defaults.

I'd not noticed you mentioning the BBC Master. Summary info on
resetting the CMOS RAM to sensible values here:
http://mdfs.net/Docs/Comp/BBC/ReConfig

Also, you could think of *SaveCMOS-ing the settings so you can
*LoadCMOS them back later: http://mdfs.net/System/Library

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