More Apple II fun - 4116s...

[Gordon JC Pearce]

On Thu, 2009-04-30 at 12:32 +1200, falco at ihug.co.nz wrote:

> My real question is - 9 faulty out of 48, spread across both machines,
> seems very high. Are 4116s that unreliable? Or perhaps they're quite
> sensitive to power supply problems?

Even in the early 80s when 4116es weren't especially cheap, I always
replaced all eight in ZX Spectrums, and the tranny in the DC-DC
converter.  It saved a lot of bounced repairs.

If one goes, the abnormal load it presents on the power supply seems to
spack the rest in short order.

Gordon