Alpha Micro 1000?

Joe, The AM systems did not detect the presence of a terminal, so this would not inhibit booting. IIRC, the six is not a six, it is a lower case B (for "booting"). It is probably looking for directory structure and a monitor file on the disk. You can use any VCR on the video in/out ports, but unless you have one of the AM VideoTrax[1] VCRs you will have to manually press "Play", "Record", etc.. I think I have one of these laying around, but when I tried to use it as a plain ol' VCR a few years back it didn't work. I think I can still get in touch with someone who is a walking tech reference for all things AlphaMicro. If you like, I will try to contact him and see if he will talk to you. Let me know. Larry [1] The VideoTrax was a Zenith unit modified by AM to get the transport control signals from the computer. -----Original Message----- From: cctalk-admin(a)classiccmp.org [mailto:cctalk-admin@classiccmp.org]On Behalf Of Joe Sent: Wednesday, July 30, 2003 3:38 PM To: cctalk(a)classiccmp.org Subject: Alpha Micro 1000? Is anyone familar with this system? I can't find anything on AM's site and only one brief description on the net. I know it runs AMOS and has a 68000 CPU. This one has a 190 Mb hard drive and appears to have 4 Mb of RAM. It also has a PIICEON add-in card that adds 8 additional serial ports. It's also hanging up with a status code of 6 when I power it up. There' s no terminal attached so that MIGHT be the problem. I found a manula for a new AM system and it doesn't list a stat code of 6. Does anyone have a list of the codes for this system? Anybody know where I can find an Owner's or user's manual for this? Or what are the Video In, Video Out and Video I/O ports for? Joe