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Thanks oh great and powerful Gazoo!

Can I use one of my myarc hfdc just as a disk controller with no hard drive attached? Seems to me I remember having to add a switch or something to be able to do this?

Wow. That is a cool looking device!

I should have known due to the date of the software. The f18 wasn't around then. Maybe when I finally get around to setting up one of my Gennies I'll get to see what the mdc looks like. Thanks for the info guys.

Just tried both disk versions on my f18 equipped console. Opening screen is great but once you do a directory of anything the characters go crazy and unreadable. Oh well.

That's good news. I'll take whatever you might want to send my way. Just want to back up my originals so I don't screw them up by using them. Thanks again! -Ralph.

I asked Ray if I should send the ps along with the motherboard and he said no need because he will be putting a saver on the motherboard as part of the repair. So if my ps is the likely killer the saver will protect it this time around.

"You might as well pick up your quarter now kid"

Gee I love pinball, wish I lived nearby so I could ask to come play. Remember some of the first talkies and multiballs like fire power, gorgar, black knight and alien poker? I used to be able free game those pretty consistently in my "yout". Play a whole lunch hour many times on just one quarter.

Boom... boom.dsk

I asked Ray about sending the ps along and he said I wouldn't need to because he has designed a protection circuit that he installs that will keep a bad ps from cooking chips. All I had to send was the motherboard. I'm hoping its just that hot ram but you never know.

Must be a line printer, eh?

Thanks very much!

Thanks guys The computer is going to be boxed up and shipped to Ray this weekend for him to work his magic on. Those traces for the hot ram chip are too tiny and delicate for my weary old eyes. Plus if the ram ain't the issue it will be in the hands of a guy who can fix it.

Hey thanks pal. I can wait. I'm kinda new to the c64 scene even though I've owned one since the 90's. lemme know what I owe ya. Ralph

I'm wondering if anyone would be willing to send the set of disks for Maverick 5.03. I have some original game disks that I'd like to make copies of so I don't ruin the originals. -Ralph...

Gosh, chris I don't know. They were files from a standard issue infocom game.

Thanks for the info sm3. I'm fearful of removing the hot chip because the traces are so damn tiny. Wish I could find somebody who repairs c64's here in Phoenix. If I place a good ram on top of the hot one it might give an indication of the issue?

Speaking of the hfdc, can I run one in my second system with no hard drive attached? I tried plugging one in a couple months ago and I just got a white screen, no ti opening screen.

FYI Just had my second system hooked up to a nanoPEB. Tried the verify function and grom failed, rom was ok. Removed nanoPEB and hooked up real iron ti system. Tried verify and cart passed grom and rom. Did not remove cart from console or reload 5/9 xb27. Maybe xb27 and nanoPEB don't play well together? This was on a system with no f18a on board.

Chris I got the same thing until I tried the game1 and game2 files off one of my disks. I tried hitchhiker and zork1.

I think We have success. I just tried my copy of hitchhiker and my copy of zork 1 and it seems to work pretty darn good. My previous error was trying to load from boot, it didnt like that. Tried ea5 from a real cart and all seems well. Thank you for your efforts and your intelligence.

Yeah, me too with a 40 track disk using a myarc controller. Although mine just says file error. Damn. Thought we had 'er.

Yeah, I think I have the same disk as you. Booting the 80 column version gives a screen full of funky characters. The game looks like its there but you can't read it. Thanks for looking!

Anybody know of an 80 column infocom loader that works with the f18?