[Coco] Coco 1 263-3001 just goes to 'ok' prompt when turned on

[Darren A]

On Fri, Dec 6, 2013 at 7:54 PM, Arthur Flexser wrote:

>
> I thought memory refresh required the CPU to strobe various address
> columns or something.  Merely having power supply capacitors holding
> some voltage will do it??   I recall having tried holding down the
> reset button for a number of seconds and seeing memory deteriorate
> over that interval, when presumably the power supply caps were at full
> charge.
>
>
Memory should not deteriorate while the Reset button is held down. The SAM
is responsible for RAM refresh and, by design, it performs that task even
while Reset is being asserted.

Darren