Re: My Apple ][+ is now very, very sad...

[winston19842005 <bjjlyates@bellsouth.net>]

On 7/14/07 2:38 PM, in article
1184438297.475850.294180@r34g2000hsd.googlegroups.com, "John"
<john8520@gmail.com> wrote:

> Ok, updates!
> 
> I just tested two things; putting an alternate video source on the
> Monitor ][, and connecting the ][+ to two TV sets. I first connected
> my dead //e to the Monitor ][. Though the //e itself is not
> functional, it crisply displayed all the pretty random chars that it
> displays every time it boots up, no lines or anything of the sort. To
> make sure, I connected my laptop to the monitor via an s-video - to
> RCA adapter, and it also displayed fine. (Though windows XP looks very
> odd on such a display)
> 
> I then brought the ][+ upstairs and tested it on two TVs, and got the
> same result as I got on the Mointor ][, except the waves of lines were
> in black and white not black and green, but that was to be expected.
> To make sure that the ][+ didn't kill the TVs and that the TVs
> themselves didn't have horizontal synch problems, I connected my
> laptop to them as well through the same s-video cable and it worked
> fine.
> 
> So I think we can now conclude that it is the ][+ with the problems,
> not the displays. I am going to try pushing on the chips next, and
> I'll report back as to wether or not that did anything.
> 
>
Too bad... You did make sure the composite connector on the II+ was solid?
I've had two //e's that both have a loose connector, affecting the video
(usually you lose the video, but...)