Since my original post is going on a year old (already? damn!) figured I would start a new one. I'm making one last ditch effort to fix my Atari XE game system (which was sold to me as fully working!).
The system (after cleaning, etc.) does work (it definitely wasn't tested as most of the games would not fire up until I thoroughly cleaned everything). Original game cartridges fire up and joysticks work fine.
When I fire up the system with just the keyboard plugged in, it boots to the basic
Hi,
Some good hints already were mentioned. It´s very improbably, but maybe worth a try: Check my post about XEGS keyboard issue
Here´s the code for the XEGS MMU, if you want to try it with a new GAL. You must take a 16V8 one. Speed rate 25ns or faster is fine.
Logic equations: MMU_XEGS.TXT
JEDEC file for GAL burning: MMU_XEGS.JED
Good luck!