On Sun, 8 Nov 2009, Philip Lord wrote: >>> First thing I noticed was that there were many keys not working or >>> working sporadically, however I was still able to quickly write a >>> 'hello world' program to confirm that the basic was function >>> correctly. All seemed good until I tried to load a tape. After typing >>> 'LOAD' and pressing return the computer would freeze. I would not get >>> the 'press play now' message, and the tape drive would no longer >>> function. Turning the machine off and on again brought the machine >>> back to life, and the tape drive was able to move again through FF, >>> REW and PLAY buttons. Typing LOAD or SAVE would lock everything up >>> again. Sounds like a short in the cassette moter switching transistors, Q1 - Q6. Problems with the keys is normal for these computers. First thing to try is to take apart the keyboard and clean the contacts with alcohol. Message was sent through the cbm-hackers mailing listReceived on 2009-11-08 06:00:03
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