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I am posting this for a friend who does not have net access, so please
respond directly to me.  

My friend has a C-64 with 1541 diskdrive and 1702 monitor.  All pieces
are less than 2 years old.  Today, when he turned on the power to the
C-64 and then the monitor everything worked okay for a while then the
monitor blacked out.  After turning the C-64 off, waiting 10 minutes
or so, the everything worked fine for 30 minutes or so.  Then things
got worse.  Recycling power did not cause the monitor to come up.  It
took many continuous flicks of the C-64 power switch to get the
monitor to come alive.  Now all that happens is that one can see a
momentary power line travel down the screen when the initial power is
applied.  After that nothing happens.  The screen remains blank.

My guess is that the monitor is bad.  Is it fatal?  Can it be fixed?
At home?  At the shop?  Which shop(s)?  Is it cheaper to by a new
monitor?  Is it the C-64?  What might have caused this problem and
what can be done to prevent future occurrences?

I know I'm asking alot, but please help.

Thanks a lot in advance.

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Jerry DiGennaro

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