--- Philip.Belben_at_powertech.co.uk wrote:
>
>
>
> >> The old PETs don't AFAIK have the internal expansion connector - they have
> >> an edge connector sticking out at one side. Very useful for toggling
> >> RESET with a pair of tweezers!
> >
> > Don't miss!
>
> If I've got to the point where I need to hit RESET, it doesn't matter.
It doesn't matter to the software, but there's the risk of shorting things
together that don't want to be shorted.
> Occasionally I corrupted I/O registers and disabled the interrupts that
> serviced the keyboard. You'd better not miss when toggling IRQ with the
> tweezers!
I used to reset my development C-64 with a paperclip that I bent into a
hair-pin shape with a .3" or .4" spacing to fit the proper pins on the
expansion connector. I even melted a drinking straw and wrapped it around
the top of the loop for a "handle". It was my programmer's reset for
years.
-ethan
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Received on Wed Mar 22 2000 - 11:25:21 GMT