23 Jun
2023
23 Jun
'23
1:59 p.m.
It boots fine, did I say it did not boot? I don't remember. There is no
arcnet card, it's not the later model PCs LIMITED box, does not match the
red label logo that came out in 1986
On Fri, Jun 23, 2023 at 9:06 AM Chris Zach via cctalk <cctalk(a)classiccmp.org>
wrote:
That was it, Remote Program Load. Simple protocol, ran
at the MAC layer
if I recall, and worked. However it had an issue with routers and I
think BOOTP was easier to use with a "helper" on the switch or router to
handle it.
Old stuff. But yes pull that ROM chip or Arcnet card and it should boot
to floppy or HD.
CZ
On 6/22/2023 11:46 PM, Ken Seefried via cctalk wrote:
cctalk(a)classiccmp.org>
BOOTP
load of a DOS from a Netware or 3Com server.
Could that be RPL? I have a WD800x ethernet card with netboot PROM sold
with a "Netware ready" or some such workstation that it took me a bit to
figure out was looking for an RPL boot server, not BOOTP/TFTP.
On Wed, Jun 14, 2023 at 9:11 PM Chris Zach via cctalk <
wrote:
> Sitting here paging in old stuff from my brain. I'll bet you have an
> ArcNet card, and on the card it has a BIOS bootloader that was designed
> to do a BOOTP load of a DOS from a Netware or 3Com server.
>
> Pull the card and it will probably boot normally off the floppy.
>
> CZ
>
> On 6/14/2023 7:16 PM, Bill Degnan via cctalk wrote:
>> Guys...I just wanted to know if anyone has either an original user/tech
>> guide or worked with the actual specific machine. Maybe there is a
>> password reset util disk image floating around specific to the original
> PCs
>> Limited system, or a backdoor password ...that's what I am after...the
>> original stuff that came with it.
>>
>> I learned ctrl+alt+ - toggles Turbo/ regular mode, by trial and error.
>>
>> Bill
>>
>> On Wed, Jun 14, 2023, 6:36 PM Fred Cisin via cctalk <
> cctalk(a)classiccmp.org>
>> wrote:
>>
>>> What cards are plugged into the motherboard?
>>>
>>> What video do you have connected?
>>>
>>> On 3 digit error codes, 4xx was monochrome video problems
>>>
>>> Do you get any beeps?
>>>
>>> Does it have a dipswitch (SW1)? What are the current settings of it?
>>> With all cards removed, and SW1 (if it has one) switches 5 and 6 off,
do
>>> you get beeps?
>>>
>>>
>>> Do you have any other 5160s available? (consider swapping BIOS ROM)
>>>