yorgle Posted October 1, 2009 Share Posted October 1, 2009 My faithful 1200xl started acting up today. If I try to reboot when it's warmed up, it hangs up. Let it sit for a few minutes and it's fine. Half the time it will give me a rolling blue screen. The other half of the time, it gets to the ATARI colored waterfall logo, but the image is all messed up (random pixels splattered across the top of the screen like someone blew it up. In either case, it won't load from disk or cartridge. Bad ROMS? It has the RAMBO 256k mod, if that matters. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+bob1200xl Posted October 1, 2009 Share Posted October 1, 2009 It only fails when you try to re-boot after it's warm? Once it's up OK, it runs fine? It doesn't crash after it warms up? It never boots from a cart? Cold or hot? Bob My faithful 1200xl started acting up today. If I try to reboot when it's warmed up, it hangs up. Let it sit for a few minutes and it's fine. Half the time it will give me a rolling blue screen. The other half of the time, it gets to the ATARI colored waterfall logo, but the image is all messed up (random pixels splattered across the top of the screen like someone blew it up. In either case, it won't load from disk or cartridge. Bad ROMS? It has the RAMBO 256k mod, if that matters. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ClausB Posted October 2, 2009 Share Posted October 2, 2009 (edited) x Edited October 2, 2009 by ClausB Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ClausB Posted October 2, 2009 Share Posted October 2, 2009 From the Rambo manual: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rybags Posted October 2, 2009 Share Posted October 2, 2009 Even my 130XE does that at times... seems to need over 5 seconds powered off to guarantee a proper coldstart. A preferred way to coldstart is to just type "BYE" then press RESET. Saves the wear & tear of constantly cycling power which isn't really good on any computer. Not sure if that coldstarts a 1200XL though... I think it probably should. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+bf2k+ Posted October 2, 2009 Share Posted October 2, 2009 From the Rambo manual: I noticed that the first time I ever installed a Rambo - Back in the 80's. Of course I didn't RTFM so I never knew why until now. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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