Apple //c wobbly video [SOLVED]

François

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I’ve got an Apple //c whose video output (from the RCA jack) wobbles horizontally back and forth rapidly and continuously, with a slight pause less than half a second every second and a half. And there’s regularly a glitch across the screen, as if the signal was cut very briefly.

What might be the cause, and how to fix it?

Checked the capacitors visually : no leakage, no bulging

Measured the 5V line : rock steady @ 4.97 V
 
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François

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Aug 9, 2022
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FALSE ALERT !!!

The Apple //c is perfectly fine. I was using an "old" LCD TV (Philips 20PF4121) and this model don’t seem to like the //c funky video signals, especially here in SECAM land!

Checked with the Apple 9" monitor, and a big CRT TV: no wobbliness whatsoever.

Quite the relief!
 
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