Hello Bo,
Bo Zimmerman wrote:
> The basic symptom is a black composite start-up screen. Using a working
[...]
> Anyways, I'm a bit at a loss. I'm not very excited about the prospect of
> socketing memory and processor chips, just like I would ANY old C128, in
> order to fix it. The only other clue I noticed is a particularly hot
> running Z-80, compared with the Z-80 in the working C128 I'm using for
> testing.
Well, as the Z80 is the one which gains control after power-up, if it
failed, the C128 will not start up at all (blank screen). As this is exactly
your symptom and the Z80 is "hotter than normal", I would expect that to
be failed.
Just my thoughts,
Spiro.
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