23 May
2002
23 May
'02
2:55 a.m.
Back in the days when these were made, power supplies were linear, and if the
thing's gone a long time without running, I'd suspect one of the smaller
electrolytic cap's in the PSU or the monitor's sweep circuit. Unfortunately,
these things aren't packaged in a way that makes diagnosis or servicing easy.
Dick
----- Original Message -----
From: "Cameron Kaiser" <spectre(a)stockholm.ptloma.edu>
To: <cctalk(a)classiccmp.org>
Sent: Wednesday, May 22, 2002 10:58 PM
Subject: Re: Recent score: CBM 8032
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Wow
wouldn't mind having one, as they are the grandaddy to the VIC-20
and C=64 machines. Some VIC/64 software is directly useable, other
software takes minor tweaks. Now you'll need the matching floppy
drives, and they use that (typical commodore offbeat) IEEE interface. I
guess use the common steps troubleshooting the p/s.
I've got a PET 2001-16B myself, and a C2N datasette. Works great.
To the original poster, yes, the power supply and/or fuse are likely
suspects. PETs are pretty tough systems.
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