On Thu, 23 Jun 2011, Ray Arachelian wrote:
On 06/23/2011 08:14 AM, Steven Hirsch wrote:
> I picked up a two-port parallel card for my Lisa 2/10. Unfortunately,
> it fails the POST diagnostics with error '92'. The system does
> correctly identify which slot it's in, FWIW.
>
> Does anyone know what the system firmware is poking around for? Is it
> asserting a checksum test on the card's EPROM? Checking for an
> interrupt response?
>
> The label covering the parallel card EPROM erase window is long gone,
> so I'm wondering if it was left in the sunlight and partially erased.
>
> Does anyone have an image of the EPROM?
That's a ROM checksum error. Do you see the ports
in the boot menu?
Even if the ROM is bad, as long as it's good enough to present the card
ID to the Lisa, you might still be able to make use of the card. The
ROM is really only used for booting. That and providing icons and an ID
to the ROM and OS.
So if the ID is still there, you'll likely still be able to use it under
LOS/MW+ anyway.
Thanks, Ray. I sort of suspected it was checking the ROM. After some
digging, I found an image for the parport ROM on the web and blew another
2716.
Presto! It now passes diagnostics and will happily boot a ProFile from
the upper or lower port :-).
The image that came on the card doesn't look at all like the working one.
Is it possible it predated the 2/10 and may have been intended for use on
a Lisa 1?
Steve
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