Re: Apple //e Not Booting

["John B. Matthews" <nospam@nospam.invalid>]

In article <3_Sdnavfq-XAkBbWnZ2dnUVZ_qydnZ2d@giganews.com>,
 "Michael J. Mahon" <mjmahon@aol.com> wrote:

> Senor Wences wrote:
> > I found a 65C02 online that I have purchased. Thanks for the 
> > troubleshooting information, Bill. With any luck my //e will be up 
> > and running again. With the 65C02 pulled from the motherboard I get 
> > the same horizontal bar pattern, so hopefully a blown CPU is the 
> > culprit here.
> 
> ..or anything at all that prevents the reset code from running, which 
> could be several things.  Frankly, the likelihood of a CPU failing in 
> an unpowered machine is pretty low.

Would it make any difference if the machine was unplugged, rather than 
simply unpowered? In particular, is an unplugged machine more 
susceptible to damage from static discharge?

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