Re: Apple //c

[mairsil@my-deja.com (Ralph Glatt)]

Rubywand <rubywand@swbell.net> wrote in message news:<3B246CB5.9B49AC5B@swbell.net>...
> Ralph Glatt writes ...
> > 
>  ....
> 
> > I just tried it again, and now it works fine. Still, I have to wonder
> > why it was doing that. I know it was sitting for a long time, because
> > I found it in a second hand store, and it looked like it had been in
> > somebody's closet for the past 10 years or so.
> > 
>  ....
> 
>      Running it for a while may have helped to form-up some capacitors.
> 
>      Or, the video cable may have been making poor contact.
> 
>      Another possibility is that a socketed IC which was making poor contact
> was heated up and 'racheted' itself into a better connection. (You can
> sometimes achieve a similar effect by giving the computer a solid thump.)

Thanks, this sounds a little more plausible. I use the monitor with my
good //c constantly, and haven't had any problems with it until I
tried it on the //c I got at the second hand store. Still not sure if
I should use it for parts, or give it a good home.



Ralph