Re: Apple II video problem

[philip@labtam.OZ.AU (Philip Stephens)]

rogtha@delphi.com wrote:

> I have an original Apple II. Every five minutes the video goes bye-bye.
> It either disappears or screws up. I lift the front of the unit and drop it
> an inch or so, and the video returns, but the keyboard doesn't work, so I
> push RESET and everything's fine for five more minutes.
> Any ideas?
 
Cyrus Roton replied:

>It might be a bad connection between one of the video jacks and its plug. 

It could also be the brightness (?) pot, found near the video connector on
the motherboard.  It's a small round pot that can be turned with a 
screwdriver.  I have an old Apple ][+ sitting in a cupboard, and it had
problems with the video blanking out late in it's life because the pot had
a loose connection.