Get well soon!

D12 and D13 seem to be shorted on the CPU and on the PCB at the CPU but not on the processor direct slot. Very strange. Anyway, the next task will be removing the CPU and cleaning up all the pads. For a supposedly 33MHz part it's getting a little too warm in one corner for my liking at 25MHz. Maybe ...

Well, the LCIII is home. First checks: No shorts. Power rails good. The CPU is getting a 25MHz clock. Reset stays low and then goes high. /HALT not asserted. A single HIGH->LOW on address lines. I've yet to check /DTACK etc. though surely if /DTACK wasn't asserted the address would stay on the bus a...

I've got the LCIII home and done the quick tests:

No shorts
Power rails OK.
Clock getting to the CPU.
/HALT not asserted.

The CPU is doing absolutely nothing though. It's sitting as if it's a dumb hunk of silicon. Nothing on any pin.

I may start a new thread for the attempted repair.

Car still not fixed, but will be tomorrow. Cost of the spring, shock absorber and bushes.. £850!

Still, not quite enough to buy a Falcon.

I know. Mail order is such a pain, especially if you can't specify the type of postage to use.

"It's like millions of people cried out and were suddenly silenced."

I feel a disturbance in The Force.

Happy bunny...


I think I'll refactor my F1/2 memory board so that it fits in an XI. It's actually simpler as it will not need the expansion header stuff and be fixed at 512K.

The car is at the garage and the keyboard is back together and fully functional.

Now I can type easily I can have a proper look at what's on the hard drive.

I just want them to say that they can't fix and then transport it to the BMW garage!