looks to me like the 32768 hz crystal is dead. On Fri, Jul 4, 2025 at 8:56 AM Thomas Morehouse <[email protected]> wrote:
> Friday update: > > Batteries replaced with fresh AA alkalines yesterday (Thursday). Left > powered off overnight to recharge backup battery. Powered up this morning, > but no change. See attached screen photo. > > The screen clock seems to be working, but date never changes from 1/1/1900. > Top four lines of screen appear normal, but below that, definitely not > normal. > > The "center" screen line consists of constantly changing characters. > Lowest screen line appears to be reiterations of "Bytes free" - without the > "Byt". > > None of the keyboard keys have any effect; when "cursor" is over BASIC, > hitting Enter changes nothing - screen remains unchanged. > > I've done several Cold Starts (CTRL+Pause/Break+Reset) and > (CTRL+Pause/Break+Power switch), but no apparent change. > > Note: when I do a Power On, the screen quickly shows the correct original > default M100 screen, then immediately changes to the garbled screen. > > Onward through the fog! > Thanks. > Tom M. >
