I have a Grid 386 SX laptop which will not boot from a floppy (although the
floppy does work.)
It's got a Phoenix BIOS, although the usual Ctrl-Alt-Esc and Ctrl-Alt-S
don't bring up a setup program.
Was there a setup program? How do I get into it?
Thanks,
manney(a)lrbcg.com
"Un sot trouve toujours un plus sot qui l'admire."
<Characters lean to the right, and the display moves all over the screen.
<Usually the motion is quickly to the left while also moving upward, thoug
<sometimes it stabalizes and just moves upward.
<
<Is there an adjustment to control this somewhere?
Yes in or on the monitor. The system board video is clocked off the
system crystal and stable. There are two adjustments for H&V position
but they aren't likely the problem.
The common problem is the monitor either the 4n25 opto isolator in the
interface or more common video problems that tubes incur.
Allison
In a message dated 98-06-09 13:44:45 EDT, Paul E. Coad put forth:
<< ARDI has a mac emulator (Executor). From their web page: >>
yes, my brother gave me a cd with something called executor2 and that's what
it is; a mac emulator. it doesnt support anything over system7 and has certain
problems with sound but seems to work just fine on my machine. unfortunately,
im having some problems trying to unstuff mac files from disk, evidently
because of the mac's forked files.
david
>I remember a program, actually a sound driver, that was written for
>computers without sound cards. I think it was intended for Windows
>3.1 or something like that to allow simple .wav files to be played
>--- in lue of a sound card -- simply used the internal pc speaker.
>
Go to http://sunsite.unc.edu/~boutell/faq/winsound.htm
Ignore the stuff about Mosaic.
-- Kirk
In a message dated 6/8/98 8:21:29 PM Eastern Daylight Time,
maxeskin(a)hotmail.com writes:
<< A few months ago, PC World did a similar thing, only they made real
hardware problems. Cutting the IDE cable on some machines, and
rearranging RAM in others (so the SIMMS were no longer paired). Noone
solved this. Better yet, the next issue, they published a letter
saying that these were clearly artificial problems, and I quote,
"IDE cables just don't fail". The guy said that a tech would never
think to look at it. >>
yes, someone at work told me about it and i just had to read it myself. it was
amazing to say the least, but not really surprising. I work at a help desk and
i've talked with both end users and these servicers and ive seen all types.
some servicers will condemn a bad system board simply because they dont have
the jumpers set so it can post! ive also noticed most servicers just swap
parts until it works and most dont even seem to check it out before they give
it back to the customer. either A+ certification is bogus, or every servicer
needs it.
david
A plant at which I work is retiring a PDP11/34 and two Industrial I/O
racks later this month. This machine has at least two sets of spare
boards and even a spare hard drive as well as a complete set of
manuals. It has been under a DEC service contract and has been running
24/7 for the last 20 years. After I transfer control of the furnaces to
AB PLC's later this month, the DEC has been promised to a scrap yard in
the Dallas area. If I can pry it away from the scrapper grasp, would
anyone want it. I'm not into mini's so I don't want it, but I hate to
see it get recycled for the metal.
Also, I know where a HP 3000 can be picked up for probably under a
$100. It has a hard drive, at least a med of ram, a 9 track tape drive
(requires 3ph 208v), 10-12 HP2392 (as I recall) terminals, all of the
cables, boards, expanders, a modem and was running when removed. If
anyone is intrested, let me know and I'll pass your email adress to this
guy.
James
I have a Wang PC-001. It is about half the width, almost 50% higher
and 25% longer than the original IBM PC (if memory serves me right..
I'll confirm these dimensions tonight). It has a 5 1/4" half height 20
MB hard drive, presumeably a Seagate ST-220 although I've never popped
the cover. Floppy drives I'll check tonight as well, I seem to
remember one 5 1/4" half height. The cards in the rear are mounted
horizontally as well. One interesting part of this pc is that the
monitor has a steel mounting bracket (on one end it holds the monitor,
on the other it has a clamp for the edge of a desk) which is angled at
45 degrees so the monitor can be elevated above the user's desk to
free a desk of all but the keyboard (with the system unit on the
floor).
Marty
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Subject: Wang PC-002 ??
Author: classiccmp(a)u.washington.edu at internet
Date: 6/9/98 2:26 PM
Greetings,
I saw a very large Wang box at a thrift store yesterday, I *think* the
little sticker on it said "PC-002". I didn't see the keyboard, but I
didn't look.
The machine was really big, I think about twice the height of an old
IBM-PC and about the same width. It was longer than it was wide.
It had two full-height 5.25" floppy drives.
>From the back it looked like it had several large horizontally-mounted
cards inside, including one with two coaxial cable connectors and another
with two female DIN connectors.
I would have paid close attention to it had my arms not already been full.
I didn't see the keyboard, but it was probably stacked up in the pile with
all the normal PC crap keyboards.
If I am to go back for it, I'll have to take the car as I doubt I'd be
able to survive the walk to the bus while trying to carry that thing.
Does anyone know what this thing is?
Doug Spence
ds_spenc(a)alcor.concordia.ca
http://alcor.concordia.ca/~ds_spenc/
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Does any of you have any details on the JC Penney Video Sports
pong-type console system? I just picked one up, and am curious for
more details on the unit, such as production numbers, current rarity
(or lack thereof), and other interesting things about it.... if there
are any.
Are these things as common as a house-fly?
Thanks,
CORD COSLOR
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I'm reading _Build Your Own Macintosh and Save a Bundle_ and it has an
interesting reference to early Mac clones. The book states:
"The same Apple Macintosh Powerbooks that legitimized the whole Macintosh
portable area have spelled the death knell for most other third-party
Macintosh portable builders who cannot compete with Apple's overwhelming
manufacturing economies of scale. While Outbound continues to
flourish-thanks to a wisely forged legal agreement and clever positioning
of their Macintosh portable models versus the Apple Powerbooks-I question
their long-term staying power. Most other third-party Macintosh portable
vendors have either gone out of business entirely or have quietly dropped
their portable offerings."
Does anybody know anything about these "thrid-party Macintoshes?" I'm
familiar with the Outbound computers, I have never even heard of any
other early Mac clones. Any info?
Thanks,
Tom Owad
