12 Jan
1999
12 Jan
'99
5:24 a.m.
On Tue, 12 Jan 1999, Christian Fandt wrote:
I haven't figured out for sure if its software blanking or a hardware
problem, but it looks like the latter. I figured out how to get a login
What kind of manufacturer names are on this thing?
It's a Lance Deeco (great name). It looks like they merged with another
company about a month ago, so Deeco is no more.
Long shot: the
display blanks after a few minutes, and hitting a key (it
has a keyboard port) or touching the screen doesn't unblank it. Any
Hard to tell without knowing something about the software written for the
thing. Of course, it is not hung on the original machine at this time so
there could be some sort of interconnection which would keep the controller
running. Though the display blanks this could be related to a feature in
just the display panel, not so much the controller. I feel the CPU is
halted early on as there are no periferals to be found, so the OS hangs
thus not keeping the display 'alive'. from the serial port (QNX looks slightly like Unix,
except for device
management -- I could use a manual if somebody has a spare), so I
can
continue using the box after the dispay blanks.
-- Doug