Hi,

On 2015-11-06 21:56:00, Ed Vance wrote to Wilfred van Velzen:
  about: "Re: This echoarea":

 EV>> Try Your C=64, I'd think it would work since it boot up from ROM
 EV>> Chips instead of from a Hard Disk or Floppy.

 WvV>> I'm afraid of old capacitors that wouldn't survive the first turn on
 WvV>> of power after so many years. And that could also damage other more
 WvV>> vital parts. The same thing goes for the Amiga...

 EV> Soldering new capacitors on a Commodore 64 printed circuit shouldn't
 EV> be too hard to do. Finding the capacitors might be the hard part if
 EV> You don't have any place near by to buy them.

There's always the internet... But much too much work for a machine I won't
be using! ;)

 EV> If a electrolytic capacitor POPS it is easy to see which one on the PC
 EV> Board gave up the ghost. And then there is the smell.......

I've seen it and I have smelled it... :-/ ;)

Bye, Wilfred.


--- FMail-W32-1.69.11.142-B20151009