9 Sep
2016
9 Sep
'16
1:29 a.m.
On 9/9/16 1:15 AM, curiousmarc3 at gmail.com wrote:
Yes, there were two, if I recall correctly. And while swapping memory
chips out for testing, I found one with a bent-over pin that had likely
been that way since it was installed in the 70s. It apparently worked
(at least back in the day -- it made contact with the pin in the socket)
but I decided to fix it anyway. We found several other ICs in the
system that had similarly bent pins, some of which were causing
intermittent problems.
In daily use at the LCM, we have had several RAM chips in our Altos
fail. Fortunately, the DMT (Diagnostic Memory Test) that runs when the
system goes idle finds them pretty quickly (and tells you where the bad
chip is, too...)
- Josh
On Sep 7,
2016, at 4:18 PM, Josh Dersch <derschjo at gmail.com> wrote:
Yep, the NEC uPD416D's are what we have in the Alto we recently restored.
And yeah, it takes awhile, but it's worth the effort :).
Have fun!
- Josh
Out of curiosity, did you find any bad RAM chips in your system? If so, how
many? I had only one bad one in one of my HP 85 (out of 8), but it definitely happens.
Marc