[Coco] NitrOS-9 newbie needs some help

[Boisy G. Pitre]

James,

That certainly sounds like a reasonable explanation.  Of course, 
Cloud-9's Pro-Tector+ is probably a good deterrent to this problem 
since it buffers these lines going out to the bus.

In Nick's case, I believe he's using a disk controller plugged directly 
into the side of the CoCo, not with a Multi-Pak, so this probably isn't 
the problem. However it may explain the problems often seen when adding 
cards to a Multi-Pak.

Since we're on the topic of flaky CoCos, here's a question I have: is 
it possible that, over time, electrolytic capacitors in CoCos will dry 
up and loose their ability to hold charge effectively?  I know this can 
be an issue with older monitors.  What about gradual failure of other 
components (resistors?).

Just curious.


Boisy