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|    Terry Raymond to All    |
|    Super CPU problem (not heat related)    |
|    08 Jul 20 14:50:20    |
      From: traymond160@gmail.com               Hi all,               During my work with making the CGSC Sid collection more useable, mainly with       most of the Sid music files I ran into a small problem that involves the       CMD Super CPU. This doesnt seem to be a cooling problem.               This problem first occured on my C64C,        Had my V1 Super CPU plugged in (the Ramcard is broken) I use it for the       speed and Jiffy Dos mainly.               I used my UIEC2SD set at Device#8        I used the Stereo Player V10.3. Using this with the above player you first       have to disable FASTLOAD it isnt compatible with the UIEC2SD, save that       configuration and then its ready to load Sid files.               So after the computer had been on for about 4 hours I went to load a Sid       file to test but it wouldnt load, and the activity light on the UIEC2SD would       not come on, but the computer didnt lockup.               I powered down, removed the Super CPU, tried again and then the Sid files       would load just fine.               I tried all this again on my NTSC 128DCR,        V2 Super CPU with 16mb Ram        Had this running for 4 hours it still then at that time wont load a Sid file.        I remove the Super CPU and the Sid files load just fine.               All I can come up with is maybe the StereoPlayer must have some       compatibility problem with the Super CPU, or maybe it is a heat issue.                      BTW my V2 Super CPU I found a way to mount a small CPU cooling fan in the       side of the main case, it works really well. I also tested this to see if the       Ram would stay cool enough so there were no lockups, this has worked very well       for quite a few        years.               Oh I even tried a different drive but the Sid files still wouldnt load up        again still on for 4 hours, so its not the UIEC2SD either.               So yeah swapping the SCPU out proves the Super CPU is causing the Stereo       Player not to load any files, again the drive light wont even come on but the       computer isnt locked up.               The Stereo Player though is coded with ML so is there anyway to issue any       poke statements in basic to possibly optimize the Super CPU with the Stereo       Player?       I wonder if that is the cause?               I would appreciate any suggesions or possible cures.              --- SoupGate-Win32 v1.05        * Origin: you cannot sedate... all the things you hate (1:229/2)    |
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