Re: Transwarp IIe revisited

[mspangler <mspangler@gemsi.com>]

On Dec 5, 6:10 pm, mdj <mdj....@gmail.com> wrote:
>
> Certainly not normal... It's highly likely that you've got a bad RAM
> chip on there... I had some crashing problems with mine a few years
> ago so I replaced the RAM and all was well. If you've got a spare
> 65C02 that's rated high enough, you can save a little power and heat
> by switching to that...
>
> Matt

That reminds me of one of the oddest bugs ever. A transwarp in a IIe
that would not boot Prodos 1.1.1, or anything newer. But Dos 3.3 and
Prodos 1.0.1 booted, no problem at all. And it was Prodos, not Basic
System. I ran Prodos 1.0.1 and Basic System 1.1 (or whatever came with
Prodos 1.1.1) for a couple years until the CPU fried.

I did change the RAM, which did not help. AE tech support was
completely unhelpful, they denied it was even possible for that to
happen. Never did figure it out.

Mike.