11 Jan
2001
11 Jan
'01
6:14 p.m.
I found an installed rom based diagnostic and ran through some non-invasive
tests.
One of the rom based tests lets you set up both the portables IP address and
a host machines IP address and then "Ping" Between the two. Also on this
diagnostic ping page they call out by "number" the "boot" device,
which with
no link connected, defaults to "NONE". Yet there is another maintenance
screen where you can select the AUI ethernet port as the "Boot Device".
If you set the ethernet port as the boot device, and then comeback to this
screen, I wonder whether you just ping, or initiate a boot?
Obviusly I don't want to kill it until I understand how to establish a
"link" to revive it. I think I have all the tools, I just hope the AIX
CD-ROM can be loaded from a Non-AIX based server host- Perhaps just a PC
with an X windows session, or FTP HOST running.
Plinking away.
Sincerely
Larry Truthan
11 Jan
11 Jan
7:24 p.m.
Obviusly I don't want to kill it until I
understand how to establish a
"link" to revive it. I think I have all the tools, I just hope the AIX
CD-ROM can be loaded from a Non-AIX based server host- Perhaps just a PC
with an X windows session, or FTP HOST running.
Does it by chance have an external SCSI connector? My guess is that you
need an external SCSI CD-ROM drive. It wouldn't really make sense to have a
system that *had* to be loaded over the net. OTOH, we are talking about IBM
and Aches :^)
Zane
7:26 p.m.
New subject: Tandy Model 102 -answer-
A couple of weeks ago, I posed a question to the group
concerning the Tandy Model 102 I had aquired and it's mysterious
option ROM. Well today I finally got the 102 connected to my 486
laptop (used as a file server) and backed up all the files I'd been
working on so that I could experiment with the option ROM a bit. It
turns out to be a Point-of-sale program! It even has 'Payroll' and
data transfer options. It was meant to be used by more than one
store (it asks for a store # upon install) and is also password
protected.
Anyway, it's pretty interesting and I figured some of you
might find it so as well. I also managed to dig out the NEC PC-8221A
printer and got it working again. Too bad it's print seems to fade
to near-nothing in a year or so, though it starts out black. It does
work nicely with the 102 and doesn't even require formatting software.
Jeff
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