[Coco] HDB-DOS build fixes. Untested as of yet.

Gene Heskett gheskett at wdtv.com
Sun Dec 30 14:24:23 EST 2012


On Sunday 30 December 2012 14:20:58 Daniel Campos did opine:

> Em 30/12/2012 14:51, Charlie Pelosi escreveu:
> > And older version of the rom 1.1D works fine, so the config is good.
> > 
> > 
> > 
> > I do notice something hard to describe. When the coco 1 tries to do
> > I/O through DW the screen gets these very subtle verticle lines that
> > jump all over, almost like interference.....

Its quite likely that the electrolytic capacitors on your coco's board are 
dried out and suffering from high ESR.  After nearly 30 years, its to be 
expected.   That is today, 90% of the capacitor failures I have found over 
the last 20 years.
 
> > 
> > Charlie
> 
> Hi Charlie,
> 
> Do you know where I can get this older 1.1D ROM package ?
> Never saw the Color64 working with Drivewire and would like to test
> that.
> 
> Thanks!
> 
> Daniel
> 
> 
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