CompuServe Messages

Tom, Is your problem with the monitor or the computer? The monitor going out sounds more like a broken monitor… The things that sound most likely to me are 1: Broken monitor- the 1084 series monitors frequently break their solder joints at the flyback transformer. (Well, that's the most common problem I see…) This causes the monitor to black out. Sometimes they are heat sensitive- after the monitor warms up, it breaks & blacks out. When it cools, it starts up again. It can also be mechanically sensitive- rapping it makes it come and go…. It's a fairly inexpensive repair. 2: Loose chips – They do work lose sometimes. Frequently, just pressing down with a thumb on the socketed chips will do the trick. Agnus, Denise and the ROM would be my first guess.. -Jim