Tony Duell wrote:
That's
great. Unfortunately the CPU (a NEC D780C) died this morning
while I
For testing just pop in any Z80, Z80A CPU, etc You can worry about the
date code once you've got the machine working again.
I've been testing it
with a Sharp LH0080A which *seems* to work.
I know the original CPU is fried because when I fit it into the CPU socket
and try to power up the Ace, my power supply promptly goes into current
limit. If I use the LH0080, the current consumption is around 700mA.
As for your comment about 2114s being very unreliable, that's why I
suspected them in the first place. That and the fact they're getting quite
warm, bordering on hot after about five minutes powered up.
Later.
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Phil.
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