KulorXL Posted November 30, 2005 Share Posted November 30, 2005 Just scored me a Commodore 64, but it's acting sorta strange. Strange as in everything is way too friggin' fast! I don't have any games that I can test on it (yet), but just tapping the spacebar or the delete key sends it several characters forwards or backwards, making things impossible. It acts like a modern PC running a C64 emulator at max speed, basically. This all started not to long after I plugged in the 1451. So what did I do to "overclock" my C64, and how do I get it back? Help appreciated! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Famicoman Posted November 30, 2005 Share Posted November 30, 2005 It would seem that the sensitivity is too high, or the keys are sticking. Does it do this with every key? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KulorXL Posted November 30, 2005 Author Share Posted November 30, 2005 Nope, just space and backspace (that I've noticed). Also, it's worth mentioning that the cursor blinks incredibly fast. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Famicoman Posted November 30, 2005 Share Posted November 30, 2005 Theres probobly something more to it, but I would start out by trying to clean the keyboard as much as possible. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
supercat Posted November 30, 2005 Share Posted November 30, 2005 (edited) Theres probobly something more to it, but I would start out by trying to clean the keyboard as much as possible. 973915[/snapback] I once had a C64 with a flakey PIA that would interrupt constantly if you held down the A and semicolon keys simultaneously (or certain other combinations). I don't have the C64 memory map handy, but there's a location you can poke to disable keyboard repeat. If you do this, holding any key should not affect the cursor blink. So if holding a key does affect the cursor blink, that would mean something is amiss. Of course, when a key is repeating that will affect the cursor blink, so for this test you need to disable key-repeat first. Edited November 30, 2005 by supercat Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KulorXL Posted November 30, 2005 Author Share Posted November 30, 2005 Yeah, I disabled key repeats, but pressing keys made the flickering slow down. Something's wrong! Should I return it while I still can? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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