14 Jan
1999
14 Jan
'99
8:31 p.m.
OK, it's not strictly a classic, but it's collectible because it's a
prototype: an "AJ" or Duo 2300 prototype. I finally learned enough about
Macs to almost sort of get this thing working. Here's the current
problem, I can boot it up from a 7.6 disk, but as soon as it finishes the
start-up stuff, it says something like "reserve power is low, shutting
down in 10 seconds" and then proceeds to shutdown.
Problem is, it does this under AC power. It's confused. Where does the
confusion lie, do you think? If it's firmware, is there a way to flash
new firmware? Would I destory its "prototypeness" if I did that? If it's
hardware, where is the voltage sensing circuitry so I can probe to find
what it's seeing?
-- Doug