lee@chsun1.uchicago.edu (dwight lee) (06/29/90)
I turned on my trusty old Apple ][+ the other day to catch a quick game of Threshold, but instead of booting up normally as it has for the past nine years, it did... nothing. At first the power light didn't even come on, and when it finally did, the computer didn't autostart. After a few power cycles, the machine finally coughed up a beep and started to boot. Unfortunately, the machine doesn't reliably boot anymore. Sometimes it does, and sometimes it doesn't. The interesting thing is that when the ][+ does boot, the video screen dims whenever the disk drive is on. Has anybody else encountered a like problem before? Is it my power supply, or is it my controller card or is it something else? My configuration: Apple ][+ 64K, Videx Ultraterm, Hayes Micromodem, two Disk ]['s with controller, NMI card. Thanks in advance for any assistance rendered. I can't let the machine die or else I won't be able to boot any of those old Broderbund copy-protected originals. <sigh> -- Dwight Lee lee@chsun1.uchicago.edu 815-758-1389
tomk@pro-grouch.cts.com (Tom Kelly) (06/30/90)
In-Reply-To: message from lee@chsun1.uchicago.edu Try removing ALL CARDS and power ][+ up and see what happens. Then put cards back one at a time (with power OFF) and power up again until it doesn't work. Then you will have found the problem. Send E-Mail if you need more help (include VERY DETAILED INFORMATION). UUCP: crash!pro-grouch!tomk ARPA: crash!pro-grouch!tomk@nosc.mil
toddpw@tybalt.caltech.edu (Todd P. Whitesel) (07/07/90)
Try removing all cards. If you still get the same problem your power supply is on its deathbed. If you can reproduce the problem by adding cards back and the order doesn't matter, then it is also your power supply. I had exactly the startup problems you described a while ago and it was the power supply (Apple's standard supply is disgustingly weak). Todd Whitesel toddpw @ tybalt.caltech.edu