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From: gjs@mtgzz.att.com (g.j.shevchuk)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.cbm
Subject: C64 thermal(?) problem
Keywords: help
Message-ID: <4567@mtgzz.att.com>
Date: 4 Oct 88 12:40:05 GMT
Organization: AT&T, Middletown NJ
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I'd like to get some ideas on the cause of the problem I've been having
the last several months with my 64.  When turned on, it works fine for
maybe an hour or so, and then at some point the screen image starts
breaking up in various spots with speckles, and within 15 - 30 seconds
the whole screen is just a random array of multi-colored speckles.  It
almost looks like a crystallization process.  The system is then locked up,
not responding to any keyboard action, but will operate ok again after
a half hour or so of rest.  Has anyone seen this or know the likely cause
of it?  My unit is the basic C64, probably 4 years old or so.

George Shevchuk
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