|
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2nDQxb5yMEI The glitching is kinda freaky, I've disassembled it and soaked the logic board in electronics cleaner, if it still doesn't work I'll go over it with a soldering iron and reflow the main chips but other than that I'm not sure what could be wrong It has a MC6847 gpu and I think the vram is mostly OK, as far as I can tell the z80 CPU is stalled since it's normally supposed to beep when you press keys. I wish I had a logic analyzer or at least an oscilloscope to look for signs of life
|
# ? Mar 15, 2017 19:50 |
|
|
# ? May 9, 2024 23:43 |
|
mostly ok? why mostly? I mean maybe you're right about the cpu being stalled but i don't know how you're ruling out a dorked framebuffer given what's on the screen
|
# ? Mar 15, 2017 20:27 |
|
My thinking is that the graphics chip is able to read video memory, at least partially since it is able to produce these garbled but stable displays I replaced a couple capacitors and now it's trying to communicate All the information I've found online complains about how hilariously cheaply made these things are, there's bodge wires going all over the place inside it at this forum http://www.vz200.org/forum/index.php r u ready to WALK fucked around with this message at 21:11 on Mar 15, 2017 |
# ? Mar 15, 2017 21:07 |
|
pity bump
|
# ? Mar 16, 2017 06:04 |
|
op's computer is hosed, mate
|
# ? Mar 16, 2017 08:24 |
|
Give up and buy a mac
|
# ? Mar 16, 2017 10:51 |
|
nine inch monitor - pretty h8 machine
|
# ? Mar 16, 2017 15:05 |
|
THERE ARE 387.44 MILLION MILES OF PRINTED CIRCUITS IN WAFER THIN LAYERS THAT FILL MY COMPLEX.
|
# ? Mar 16, 2017 15:22 |
|
r u ready to WALK posted:I wish I had a logic analyzer or at least an oscilloscope to look for signs of life time to buy a scope!
|
# ? Mar 16, 2017 15:27 |
|
Killer Low Life posted:Give up and buy a mac i've had the same problem with macs too
|
# ? Mar 16, 2017 15:28 |
|
flakeloaf posted:nine inch monitor - pretty h8 machine nice
|
# ? Mar 16, 2017 20:05 |
|
Gazpacho posted:THERE ARE 387.44 MILLION MILES OF PRINTED CIRCUITS IN WAFER THIN LAYERS THAT FILL MY COMPLEX.
|
# ? Mar 16, 2017 21:05 |
|
did you try turning it off and then turni
|
# ? Mar 16, 2017 21:23 |
|
Killer Low Life posted:Give up and buy a mac OK I bought a Mac, now what https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4-2fPlit5Uc I still think I need that scope
|
# ? Mar 16, 2017 21:34 |
|
take it to the firing range
|
# ? Mar 19, 2017 04:59 |
|
get rid of all your computers and never look back
|
# ? Mar 19, 2017 10:27 |
|
Dongslayer. posted:take it to the firing range I would never! Computers are our friends, we should help them when they're not feeling well! Fatal Error posted:get rid of all your computers and never look back This sounds tempting though, my computer janitor job is getting outsourced to Bulgaria anyway
|
# ? Mar 19, 2017 11:12 |
|
|
# ? May 9, 2024 23:43 |
|
friendship is a relationship between equals. a computer is not your friend. you are its Lord and God.
|
# ? Mar 19, 2017 14:56 |