Help with IBM 5100 - ROS error - test-drb@ccmp.vtda.org

17 Aug 2004

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  Date: Mon, 16 Aug 2004 18:08:17 -0400
 From: Dave Dunfield &lt;dave04a(a)dunfield.com&gt;
 Subject: Help with IBM 5100 - ROS error
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 According to the maintenance manual, line 1 cols 1 and 2 should contain the ID of
the module it is looking for (18) and > 5 and 7
contain an error code (07).
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 I have not been able to determine what '07' means ... Perhaps its in the
manual, but I have not found it yet. (Please > > bear with me, I
haven't seen a real live 5100 in aver 20 years, and I have never worked
on one before).

My 5100 maintenance manual is buried, but my 5110 manual says that error
"07" is a CRC error in the ROS.  I have notes diagnosing a similar
problem indicating that one possible solution is to remove any tape in
the tape drive before powering on.  Seems unlikely that this would work,
but you never know.

-W