Subj : Re: Advice on the best drive emulator? To : Robert Roland From : Kenzo Date : Sun May 08 2022 06:35:53 On Sunday, May 8, 2022 at 4:44:24 AM UTC-7, Robert Roland wrote: > On 8 May 2022 05:28:09 GMT, Paul Förster > wrote: > >I suggest > >taking the VIC chip out and clean the contacts, then put it back in. This can > >be easily done if the chip sits in a socket. If it's soldered in then you may > >have some soldering to do. > From what I understand, the VIC2 is always in a socket. It is, > however, likely to be one of those cheap single-wipe types which are > notorious for having bad connections. > -- > RoRo right, i misspoke about 1571, it is the first version and uses just iec power cord. but it won't power up. I have book on trouble shooting and repairing C64, but since I now have three working 128s, fixing the C64 work will be on back burner, as will troubleshooting the 1571. First order of business I guess will be to convert all the physical floppies to d64, and get the ram expansion running with GEOS. --- SoupGate-Win32 v1.05 * Origin: Agency HUB, Dunedin - New Zealand | Fido<>Usenet Gateway (3:770/3) .