Re: Apple II text blink rate.

[Michael J. Mahon <mjmahon@aol.com>]

D Finnigan <dog_cow@macgui.com> wrote:
> Egan Ford <datajerk@gmail.com> wrote:
>> Is the blink rate adjustable?  If not, it is normal for different
>> systems to have different blink rates?  Thanks.
> 
> Yes, on the II and II Plus, let it heat up a bit (as the machine is on for
> a while). Text will blink faster! This is from my personal experience.

In that case, your timing capacitor is probably leaking (electrically).

Tolerances on capacitors are rarely better than +/-20%. 

-michael - NadaNet 3.1 and AppleCrate II: http://home.comcast.net/~mjmahon