15 Jul
2001
15 Jul
'01
10:20 a.m.
Sellam Ismail wrote:
On Sun, 15 Jul 2001, charles hobbs wrote:
Speaking of which...I have a C128 that I bought about 5-years ago. It worked
fine when I bought it. I left it set up on the desk top, but I rarely turned it on
much after that.
Last weekend, I hooked it up to the TV and turned it on. The black and yellow
start screen came up, but it was just the black text area with a yellow border.
The BASIC language (e.g. "Commodore Basic 7.0"...) didn't start up.
I tried rebooting it, hitting the reset button, no luck.
Anyone else have this problem? Should I open it up and reseat all the chips or
something?
Thanks!
I haven't run this machine in about 10 years,
so who knows what will
happen if I try to turn it on...
It'll work. There seems to be a prevalent misconception about the
durability of microcomputers. Save for anything with huge transformers
and caps in its power supply (i.e. S-100 machines) or Commodore 64s (which
in my experience die inordinately), most computers will fire right up no
matter how long it's been since their last go.