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From: jon@csd4.milw.wisc.edu (Jon George Seidl)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.cbm
Subject: Re: C64 hardware reset
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Date: 8 Mar 88 15:17:15 GMT
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In article <17327@watmath.waterloo.edu> 221.162.fido!Geoffrey_Welsh@watmath.waterloo.edu writes:
>
>   There was a huge debate in the FidoNet "CBM" conference on the pros 
>and cons of shorting RESET to GROUND. <...stuff deleted...sorry...>.
> 
Taking a step back to shorting pins (what was it? 2 and 6) of the serial
I/O port to reset the C64, I finally got in touch with our local Electronics
guru. He told me that hooking a normally-open push-button to those pins WILL
give me the reset I want. However, he also told me that sending a static
electricity spark through that button will quite possibly fry the CPU.
He suggested using a opto-isolator with the reset. So, that will probably
be the path I take. Rather safe than sorry.

	By the way, THANKS TO EVERYONE WHO ANSWERED MY QUESTION!

						Jon

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