Re: My monitor only displays strange characters....HELP!

[nathan@cco.caltech.edu (Nathan Mates)]

In article <49sovv$2jme@majestix.uni-muenster.de>,
Arne Voigtlaender <mr.pixel@uni-muenster.de> wrote:
>Hi there!
>I've been given an old Apple //e... The power supply was damaged but
>I've repaired it. But now, after the reparing of the power supply, the
>monitor only displays strange characters like @ (the whole screen!).
>Does anybody know of this problem? Does anybody know what is damaged
>or what's to do? Please mail!! Thanx. -PiXEL

   Apparently, that's what hex code 00 displays as, a sign that your
computer is never getting around to clearing the screen to empty
(technically, all spaces) after a powerup, in which the memory's all
0s. I'd guess that your system has got a problem in rom or worse.

Nathan Mates
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