Re: Help: my II is freaking out...

[Nama <forums6000@mac.com>]

Thanks Michael...I thought I'd have to do that.

Thanks for advice.

Phil


On Jun 28, 3:47 pm, "Michael J. Mahon" <mjma...@aol.com> wrote:
> Nama wrote:
> > Just got back home (Japan) from 2 months in the US, working.
> > I was looking forward to firing up My Apple II, but when I did the
> > screen/characters are kind of flickering, and many of the charcters
> > are garbled!!!! It was working perfectly before I left.
>
> > My only thought I had was that the character rom has freaked out, but
> > I wanted to ask here first befor I start pulling chips.
>
> > Any help much appreciated.
>
> Try reseating chips first...  And reseating any slot cards.
>
> In short, wiggle every connector to improve contacts worsened
> by oxidation.
>
> -michael
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