On Thu, 4 Oct 2001, Feldman, Robert wrote:
Yes, providing a default ROM monitor program would be
useful and
simple to implement.
The Otrona Attache would go into terminal mode if it couldn't
boot the OS. It also provided a set of diagnostic routines
that could be run from terminal mode.
I agree with you that error messages should be more informative.
One problem is that they often just tell you the last of a series of
errors. "No ROM Basic" accurately describes the last "error," but it
might be more useful to the user to also know that the system got to
that point because it couldn't boot from disk.
Hasn't anyone ever heard of "consultants"?
:)
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