Re: Strange display problem Apple ][c

[Jan <jan.kronlund@ahlsellref.fi>]

Interesting.... I never thought of that. Thanks for the hint. It�s back to the
drawing board...
Jan

Jon Bettencourt wrote:

> In article <390678C6.3A244A13@ahlsellref.fi>, Jan
> <jan.kronlund@ahlsellref.fi> wrote:
>
> > Here�s something new!
> > I got rid of the strange characters that were "glued" to the screen and it was
> > as I was told, bad memory. Since I did not have new memory available, I was
> > trying old chips that I removed from other IIC�s and, of course, they got
> > mixed up ;-)
> > But, now I have a new problem: The IIC will load PRODOS only until the welcome
> > screen, then it will beep and go into assembler (* prompt). If I press CTRL+C
> > and enter, it goes to Applesoft prompt and then I hit enter, I�ll get  13
> > square blocks and a beep. ???? What is this??
>
> 13 blocks seems like each character in the ?SYNTAX ERROR message:
>
> ? is 1
> S is 2
> Y is 3
> N is 4
> T is 5
> A is 6
> X is 7
>   is 8
> E is 9
> R is 10
> R is 11
> O is 12
> R is 13!
>
> Again, these problems seem like bad memory. Back to the mixing bowl...
>
> > No, it will not process any commands, just the blocks after each hit of
> > return.
> >
> > HELP...
> > Jan/Finland
>
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