Troubleshooting a 5V Apple III

[Mike Maginnis]

On 8/22/2010 12:19 PM, Richard wrote:
> In article<4C7160FF.4060009 at gmail.com>,
>      Mike Maginnis<mmaginnis at gmail.com>   writes:
>
>> Can anyone suggest a starting point for tracking this down?
>
> I'm not familiar with the Apple III schematics.  Does the motherboard
> include video?
>
> If so, then it sounds like everything's good but you have a bad video
> section.  I'd start looking at capacitors and if you have a high
> bandwidth scope it might be instructive to look at the video out to
> see if you're getting any sort of video timing at all (sync signals,
> etc.).

The motherboard has both composite and digital XRGB video outputs.  I've 
been working with a composite monitor, as I don't have a compatible RGB 
model.  Unfortunately, I don't have a scope or anything more advanced 
than a multimeter to troubleshoot with.

- Mike