ffastback wrote:
You altered the contents of the board. Whats to say you didn't fry the board with a static discharge pulling the ROMS off? What exactly should they do for you with the ROMless board at this point anyway?
That's a nice way to denigrate people...
I removed the ROMs AFTER testing the board. I put them in another 1200 and I didn't fry it.
I received the board in a flimsy piece of folded card wrapped in bubble foam that can generate static electricity...
When you power up a working 1200 board with nothing attached, it first displays a balck screen then it shows the color checkmark with the floppy animation asking for a WB disk. This board didn't even give any video signal and a connected power LED wouldn't even light.
I sold a lot of antique electronics, mostly VIC-20 and C64 stuff on eBay. Check my feedback, it is 100% positive. They should have done just like I do, check and test before shipping.
I am not going to get myself a 100$ phone bill to get service from them.