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C64 Dead Test Diagnostic Manual

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The Diagnostic Manual, C-64 Dead Test is Commodore's 16-page manual for the "C64/C128/C128D Diagnostic Dead Test Rev 781220" cartridge, PN-314139-02, January 1988. The scan has a text layer. It is listed in the Commodore Test Cartridge Index.

Contents

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  • How the cartridge starts from $E000 without using the machine's ROMs
  • The power-up RAM test and its flash codes
  • The RAM flash-code chart and system RAM chart for the Commodore 64 Rev A/B, B-3 and E boards and for the C128 and C128D
  • The zero page, stack, screen RAM, colour RAM, RAM and sound tests
  • The lower-screen time-of-day clock check

What this document does not contain

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No schematic of the cartridge and no ROM listing. It covers the dead test cartridge only.

Pages that cite this document

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Download: C64 Dead Test Diagnostic Manual (314139-02, 1988 Jan).pdf