PET help - test-drb@ccmp.vtda.org

30 Sep 2005

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 From: "Hans Franke" <Hans.Franke at
siemens.com>

Am 29 Sep 2005 14:41 meinte Star Master:

  I recently acquired through the generous efforts
of a member here, a
 Commodore PET 2001-32B. It boots up to just garbage characters on the
 screen. Any quick things I can check or a 'suspect' part?  
It's a PET, so first thing is just to press back all chips
firm into their sockets. Solves 98% of all Commodore problems.

Gruss
H.

Hi
 I'll make my standard comment here. Putting
DC#4 or similar materials onto pins before
putting things back together will make a difference.
This is especially true for the power pins that
would otherwise tend to over heat because of
contact resistance.
Dwight