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1541 Flash Problem.

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From: Gail Miklos
Date: Fri, 26 Sep 1986 17:17
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I have used the Skyles product now for almost two years.
When doing rapid head movements such as the Commodore
Assembler does when compiling, some strange characters would
enter the source and cause faulty compilation.
I always had to switch "down" to avoid this problem.  I though
that the physical shaking/vibrating was causing the clipped on
leads to drop a bit occationally.  So I soldered them on the
chip pins very carefully.  The problem went away.
But then I noticed that games that change scenes using the disk
would start to corrupt after about 1/2 hour of play.  
It looked like a heat problem (which may or may not be due to
the additional Skyles hardware).  I have an oooooold 1540 white
disk drive, ROM upgraded to a 1541 when I bought the 64, and now
ROM upgraded for Flash!.  Anyway, boring a hole in the top and
mounting a Radio Shack blower fan for $20 seems to have fixed the
problem again.
Hope this helps a buyer with questions.
(I cannot stand to use a slow 64 now.  I would rather read a book.)
Scott McPhee @ U of Eh? (only in Canada, pity)
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Subject: 1541 Flash Problem.
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Date: Fri, 26-Sep-86 13:17:53 EDT
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Posted: Fri Sep 26 13:17:53 1986
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