30 Jul
2003
30 Jul
'03
1:12 p.m.
I wish to pose this question with the hope that there is someone
else who has had the same thing happen to them, and/or can suggest
a cause/fix..
I have a Commodore PET 2001 16 N. Whenever I try to write or read
from tape (using 1530 drive) the computer freezes up
and I am forced
to turn off/on. After powering the unit back on, the screen is
filled
with garbled characters. Turing off/on does not fix. However if
I wait a day or two later the computer is OK and the garbled characters
no longer appear. I have reproduced this series of events twice
and again the computer "fixes itself." I do not want to try again
for fear of permanently ruining the machine. Any ideas about what
causes this? Anyone had this happen to them?