Re: Apple II Plus EOL

[rummikub32@yahoo.com (Iosaef the Irascable!)]

"Bill Garber" <willy46pa@comcast.net> wrote in message news:<oo6dnfHV8fRId1aiRVn-sQ@comcast.com>...
> Well, if you haven't done so as yet, the first thing
> you need to do before running any vintage equipment
> is to remove, one at a time, every socketed IC, check
> to see that the pins are straight and clean, then reseat.
> I found on my II+, one 74LS138 to the left of slot 0, had
> a pin that was not in the socket, causing me to have no
> DEVSEL signal to slot 5. Once this pin was inserted into
> the socket, slot 5 worked as it should. Also a bad memory
> chip will cause the entire 16K bank to malfunction, depending
> on where in the chain the bad one is. Try that and if it
> doesn't help we'll look into it further, but I suspect that
> will solve the problem.

I was planning on doing that next, actually...  I haven't gotten
around to it yet, as I've got another potential horsetrade I'm dealing
with and it's equipment that I really, really want.  I'm more
concerned with repairing the keyswitches first, as not having a Reset
key is a bummer, and the dead shift key is the one I use all the time.
:)

...Josef