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RESET SWITCH

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FILENAME(S): RESET SWITCH

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000010A0: 52 45 53 45 54 54 49 4E  47 21 0D 1A              |RESETTING!..    |
IF YOU'RE A COMMODORE 64 USER YOU'VE PRO
BABLY BEEN IN THE SITUATION BEFORE WHERE
 YOU WERE EITHER WORKING ON OR WRITING A
 PROGRAM AND THE COMPUTER CRASHED!  AND 
TO GET OUT OF THAT NASTY LOOP YOU HAD TO
 TURN THE COMPUTER OFF AND THEN BACK ON 
TO RECOVER.  WELL, IN DOING SO YOU LOST 
YOUR PROGRAM, RIGHT?  THAT WOULD NOT BE 
THE CASE IF YOU COULD HAVE USED A RESET 
SWITCH TO REGAIN CONTROL OF YOUR COMPUTE
R.  HOWEVER, COMMODORE WAS NOT INTELLIGE
NT ENOUGH TO PUT A RESET SWITCH ON THE C
-64 OR THE 64-C (HOWEVER, THEY DID INCLU
DE THE REST SWITCH ON THE C-128).  I WIL
L DETAIL HOW YOU CAN INSTALL SUCH A SWIT
CH ON YOUR 64, WHATEVER THE MODEL NUMBER
...THROUGHOUT THE COMPUTER IS A CIRCUIT 
CALLED THE RESET LINE.  THIS RESET CONNE
CTS TO THE 6510A MPU, THE 6526 CIA, THE 
6581 SID, THE EXPANSION PORT, THE USER P
ORT, AND ON SOME 64'S TO THE SERIAL PORT
.  WHEN THIS RESET LINE IS CONNECTED TO 
GROUND THE COMPUTER PERFORMS A COLD STAR
T, WHICH IS JUST LIKE TURNING THE COMPUT
ER OFF THEN BACK ON.  THE GOOD THING HER
E IS THAT ANY PROGRAM HELD IN RAM IS NOT
 DESTROYED.  YOU CAN RECOVER RIGHT WHERE
 THE PROBLEM BEGAN.  IF YOU'RE IN BASIC 
THEN YOU'LL HAVE TO USE A UTILITY PROGRA
M THAT RESETS BASIC'S POINTERS BACK TO T
HEIR PROPER PLACE BEFORE THE RESET OCCUR
ED.  IN ADDITION, ANY PROGRAMS HELD IN T
HE 1764 REU WILL STILL BE THERE!..I MENT
IONED THAT THE RESET LINE IS CONNECTED T
O THE SERIAL BUS IN SOME 64'S.  THE SCHE
MATIC SHOWS SUCH; HOWEVER, IT APPEARS TH
AT EARLY 64'S HAD THE SERIAL BUS/RESET L
INE CONNECTION AND LATE 64'S DID NOT.  I
 FOUND THAT MINE DID NOT.  IF YOU HAVE N
O CONNECTION BETWEEN THE RESET LINE AND 
THE SERIAL BUS, THEN YOU CAN INSTALL TWO
 (2) RESET SWITCHES; ONE FOR THE COMPUTE
R ITSELF AND ONE FOR ANY PERIPHERALS YOU
 HAVE CONNECTED...NOW, TO BEGIN.  THE RE
SET LINE IS FOUND AT THE USER PORT, PIN 
3; THE EXPANSION PORT, PIN C; AND THE SE
RIAL PORT, PIN 6 (MAYBE).  YOU CAN USE A
N OHMETER TO DETERMINE IF PIN 6 OF THE S
ERIAL PORT IS CONNECTED TO EITHER OF THE
 OTHER TWO PINS MENTIONED.  PIN 3 OF THE
 USER PORT IS ON TOP, THIRD FROM THE LEF
T WHEN VIEWED AT THE BACK OF THE COMPUTE
R.  THIS IS WHERE THE MODEM ATTACHES.  P
IN C OF THE EXPANSION PORT IS ON THE BOT
TOM, THIRD FROM THE RIGHT.  THIS IS WHER
E A GAME CARTRIDGE OR THE RAM EXPANSION 
ATTACHES.  PIN 6 OF THE SERIAL PORT IS T
HE CENTER PIN.  THIS IS WHERE THE CABLE 
FOR THE DISK DRIVE AND PRINTER ATTACHES.
  IF YOU FOUND THAT THE SERIAL BUS IS CO
NNECTED TO THE RESET LINE THEN YOU CAN C
ONNECT TO PIN 6.  IF NOT, THEN THE NEXT 
BEST PLACE IS PIN 3 OF THE USER PORT.  T
HIS PARTICULAR PIN RUNS TO A FEED-THROUG
H HOLE THAT CONNECTS A TRACE ON THE BOTT
OM OF THE PCB TO A TRACE ON THE TOP.  US
ING A 22 GAUGE WIRE, YOU CAN SIMULTANEOU
SLY MELT THE SOLDER AND INSERT THE WIRE 
IN THIS HOLE.  USING ANOTHER 22 GAUGE WI
RE, CONNECT IT TO THE GROUND PATH THAT R
UNS ALONG THE BACK SIDE OF THE PCB.  THI
S GROUND IS RATHER LARGE IN AREA AND CAN
 BE CONNECTED TO IN QUITE A FEW PLACES. 
 TAKE THE OTHER ENDS OF THESE TWO WIRES 
AND ATTACH THEM TO A MOMENTARY SPST CONT
ACT NORMALLY-OPEN PUSH BUTTON SWITCH.  R
ADIO SHACK SELLS ONE THAT WORKS VERY WEL
L.  IT MOUNTS IN A 0.25" HOLE.  THEIR P/
N 275-1547.  MOUNT THIS SWITCH WHEREVER 
IN THE CASE OF THE COMPUTER YOU LIKE.  I
 INSTALLED MINE IN THE RIGHT REAR, JUST 
ABOVE MY RAM EXPANSION.  THIS SWITCH WIL
L RESET THE COMPUTER ALONE IF THERE IS N
O CONNECTION BETWEEN THE RESET LINE AND 
PIN 6 OF THE SERIAL BUS.  IF YOU WOULD L
IKE TO RESET YOUR PERIPHERALS, AS WELL, 
INSTALL A SECOND SWITCH TO PIN 6 OF THE 
SERIAL BUS AND TO GROUND.  IF YOUR COMPU
TER HAS A CONNECTION BETWEEN RESET AND P
IN 6 YOU WILL RESET EVERYTHING WHEN YOU 
USE THE RESET SWITCH.  ADDITIONALLY, IF 
YOU HAVE THE COMMODORE 1670 MODEM, YOU W
ILL RESET THE MODEM WHEN YOU RESET THE C
OMPUTER.  YOU WILL THEN HAVE TO COMMAND 
THE MODEM TO NOT PICKUP THE PHONE ON THE
 FIRST RING...HAVING SUCH A RESET SWITCH
 WILL POTENTIALLY LENGTHEN THE LIFE OF Y
OUR COMPUTER.  TURNING IT OFF AND THEN B
ACK ON AGAIN IS NOT THE BEST THING FOR A
N ELECTRONICS ITEM.  IT IS MUCH NICER TO
 SIMPLY PUSH A SWITCH TO REGAIN CONTROL 
OF THE COMPUTER.  AGAIN, ATTEMPT THIS TA
SK ONLY IF YOU ARE SKILLED ENOUGH TO DO 
THE JOB RIGHT!  DON'T RISK DAMAGING YOUR
 COMPUTER WITH IMPROPER TECHINQUES.  I W
ILL ASSUME NO RESPONSIBILITY FOR YOUR LO
SSES.  HAVE FUN RESETTING!..
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