[Coco] Coco Digest, Vol 173, Issue 7

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Okay, I could try that. Thanks for the suggestion. I do seem to recall reading somewhere tho that bad ram usually causes garbage to appear on the screen. My screen is completely blank...

I'll let you know how it goes.

Thanks,
Fred

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> Date: Sat, 4 Feb 2017 12:18:07 -0400
> From: Brian Blake <random.rodder at gmail.com>
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> Subject: Re: [Coco] Dead Coco
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> Try reseating the RAM as Henry said.
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> On Feb 3, 2017 10:22 PM, "Fred D. Provoncha via Coco" <coco at maltedmedia.com>
> wrote:
> 
>> 
>> 
>>     Hi all,
>> This should be a simple one for you. I'm sure you've seen this before. I
>> recently moved, and going through some old boxes of stuff I found an old
>> spare Coco that probably hasn't worked since the early '90's. It's a Coco3,
>> and I hooked it up to an old TV and turned it on and sure enough, as I
>> remembered, it's got a problem. It powers up, but I get a completely blank
>> green screen. I try inserting some cartridges, but it doesn't matter, I
>> still get the same green screen.
>> Any ideas as to what is wrong?
>> Fred ProvonchaStansbury Park, UT