< That is also a nice ability. But, BASIC isn't present in 386+ PCs.
< Does anyone know if there is some kind of commercial solution to this?
It's called POST, the last time I bought a POST board it was 59$ and
that was 3 years ago. it displays a two digit code that points to the
failed subsystem.
IBM systems also displayed a code to the CRT (if working) that also told
the problem.
Generally I've troubleshot PCs with nothing more than a VOM. Frequently
less.
Allison