Partially garbled screen means what?

From: bill claussen <elecdata_at_kcinter.net>
Date: Tue Apr 24 14:36:37 2001

Hi Steve, on the commodore, the color is okay? if so then you probably
have a defective video ram I believe it is a 2114. I would also check
for ripple on the 5 vdc line, or if it is high or low. if so you may
have bigger problems than are apparent.

Bill

steve wrote:

> Hi,
>
> I have a few computers - C64, TI-99/4, that power-up
> with garbled characters on the screen.
>
> Otherwise, they seem to function correctly.
>
> What does this indicate?
>
> Bad RAM?
> Bad ROM?
>
> Thanks!
> Steve
>
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Received on Tue Apr 24 2001 - 14:36:37 BST

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