Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Path: utzoo!watmath!clyde!burl!ulysses!mhuxj!ihnp4!zehntel!dual!amd!zentec!qumix!ittvax!ittral!stottlem From: stottlem@ittral.UUCP (Bill Stottlemyer) Newsgroups: net.micro.cbm Subject: C64 reset problems Message-ID: <465@ittral.UUCP> Date: Thu, 25-Oct-84 12:54:14 EST Article-I.D.: ittral.465 Posted: Thu Oct 25 12:54:14 1984 Date-Received: Sun, 28-Oct-84 05:37:13 EST Lines: 16 Some time ago I installed a momentary make push button across terminals 1 and 3 on the user port. No additional circuitry was used. The reset method worked very well for a while and saved me from several devastating crashes. A few months later the computer went south. It didn't even wave good-bye. The screen just filled up with random characters and the keyboard refused to be recognized. Power supply voltages all checked OK. I strongly suspect my reset modification had something to do with the trip. Being the technically inquisitive type, I did exactly what any self respecting engineer would do- I mailed it back to the factory for repairs. Commodore in turn did exactly what any cash conscious company would do- they junked my computer and sent me a new one. I would now like to reconnect my reset button but a still small voice deep inside me whispers "Ya gotta leak in yer sun roof, Bunky?" Question: Has anyone figured out how to SAFELY arrange a system reset without recycling the power or resorting to obsene gestures. Please post to the net as I'm sure there are others like me. There are, aren't there.....?