14 Jun
2006
14 Jun
'06
11 a.m.
On Wednesday 14 June 2006 06:39 am, Ethan Dicks wrote:
On 6/14/06, Roy J. Tellason <rtellason at
verizon.net> wrote:
Good point, there.
I've also done a few keyboard repairs on c64s, mostly to deal with broken
keys, which usually involved a pretty complete disassembly and replacing the
broken part, but I don't recall ever taking apart an sx64 keyboard...
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On Friday 09 June 2006 01:28 am, Martin Scott
Goldberg wrote:
Check the keyboard and cable as well... does it do this when you power
it up with the keyboard disconnected? If so, then it very well may be
a 6526. If it does not, you might have a defective cable or a short
in the keyboard pads somewhere.
If you are lucky, it's a 6526 - there are lots more of them than SX
keyboards. Picked up an SX-64 (luggable C64) this past
weekend...
Went to power it up today, I get the normal startup screen and ready
prompt but oddly the cursor is stuck at the upper left corner of the
screen instead of down by the ready prompt. Can't type a thing, though
I know the keyboard is still working (cartridge games are able to read
the keyboard just fine).
Anyone have any idea what happened?
Sounds to me like it thinks the home key is stuck, maybe? It'll take a
6526 to fix that, let me know offlist if you need one, as I have plenty
of them (and other c= parts as well).