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Re: FAILED IIE MOUSE CARD ---- WHICH CHIPS IS LIKELY BAD?



buggie@musca.unm.edu (stephen e buggie) writes:
>I zapped my IIe mousecard in my stealth-IIgs.  Doesnt work at all.   In 
>fact, with mouse connected to the card, the IIgs self-test will not start!

>Which IC in this card has likely failed?

Not many chips to choose from:

6821	standard PIA
68xx	single chip micro
27xx	an EPROM
74LSxx	standard glue chips

I would check the EPROM first. Also the 74LS245 databus buffer if it has one.

>If anyone has a non-working IIe mousecard, I'd offer $3 plus $2 shipping 
>to get it to see whether, but chip desoldering and swapping, I could get 
>it to live again!

I have a couple of cards (but no mice) I picked up cheaply at a market day.
I have not even plugged them in yet to see if they work. One has had its
cable ripped off and poorly soldered back in place. 
-- 
David Wilson	Dept CompSci Uni Wollongong Australia	david@cs.uow.edu.au