[Coco] Weird CoCo3 problem...

[Gene Heskett]

On Saturday 16 January 2010, Brian Blake wrote:
>Well Gene (and I think Mike also), you were right. It's fixed. Got the
> 74LS138 in the mail yesterday, installed today and was playing Donkey Kong
> a few minutes later.
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>http://cocom3repack.blogspot.com/2010/01/its-fixed.html
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Chuckle.  Congratulations Brian. It always puts a grin on my face when my 
long distance diagnosis is correct.  Looks sweet BTW.

>Thanks for the help and tips everyone!!!
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>Brian
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>----- Original Message ----
>From: Gene Heskett <gene.heskett at verizon.net>
>To: CoCoList for Color Computer Enthusiasts <coco at maltedmedia.com>
>Sent: Tue, January 5, 2010 11:07:27 PM
>Subject: Re: [Coco] Weird CoCo3 problem...
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>Glad I could help.  And the PBJ board is ok for a memory boost, but I found
>the 2 meg disto kit, using more modern simm type drams but cmos, draws 1/10
>the power of the PBJ.  Virtually no heat with a 63C09 in the cpu socket.
>Mine runs on an old pc power supply with all the shack parts removed, and I
>can toss furniture blankets over it for a day at a time, 2F temp rise right
>over the middle of the grill where the memory sits.  The GIME is by far the
>hottest chip in mine.
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