On Sunday, May 8, 2022 at 4:44:24 AM UTC-7, Robert Roland wrote:
> On 8 May 2022 05:28:09 GMT, Paul F”rster  
> wrote:
> >I suggest 
> >taking the VIC chip out and clean the contacts, then put it back in. This can 
> >be easily done if the chip sits in a socket. If it's soldered in then you may 
> >have some soldering to do.
> From what I understand, the VIC2 is always in a socket. It is, 
> however, likely to be one of those cheap single-wipe types which are 
> notorious for having bad connections. 
> -- 
> RoRo
right, i misspoke about 1571, it is the first version and uses just iec power cord.  but it won't power up.  I have book on trouble shooting and repairing C64, but since I now have three working 128s, fixing the C64 work will be on back burner, as will 
troubleshooting the 1571.  First order of business I guess will be to convert all the physical floppies to d64, and get the ram expansion running with GEOS.

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