[QuadList] OT - ACE 25 booting

[C. Park Seward]

Hi Ted,

No, you don't get anything until it finishes booting. They didn't want it to look like a DOS computer. You do everything from their custom screens after boot.

Yes, the monitor may be a problem. Worked last time I used it. And I don't have another TTL monitor.

No, no visible scan. But since it is a TTL, perhaps nothing until it is spoken to? Since it is old, it is a little dark and I don't remember seeing a raster. I did see a glitch once when turning on an ACE that was connected.

Best,
Park

C. Park Seward
Cell: 818-535-2747
Home: 541-476-6657
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On Aug 23, 2011, at 9:19 AM, Ted Langdell wrote:

> Hi, Park,
> 
> Does the ACE normally put up anything on the screen as it boots up... like PC's do?  Self tests, BIOS screens, > prompts or anything like that? 
> 
> Maybe it's got a command waiting for a response, but it never gets one... since you can't see anything on the screen.
> 
> Since you're getting the same behavior out of all three, but can't see anything, I'm wondering whether the monitor is the problem.
> 
> How does the monitor behave?  When you turn it on and off, do you see any evidence of the CRT being scanned-- like a collapsing raster or other "CRT" centric behavior?
> 
> Can you sub another monitor? (I know you said this monitor is TTL.)
> 
> Ted
> 
> Ted Langdell
> Secretary
> 
> 
> On Aug 23, 2011, at 8:08 AM, C. Park Seward wrote:
> 
>> H Gary,
>> 
>> Yes, good stuff from Scott and Don.
>> 
>> One of the three systems has a hard drive. I can hear it spin up and the head reads. After it hits on the hard drive, it then goes to the A and B floppies. And then nothing.
>> 
>> I do have a V6.2 DOS disk than can boot the ACE. But we have to get it to load the data from the disk.
>> 
>> Best,
>> Park
>> 
>> C. Park Seward
>> Cell: 818-535-2747
>> Home: 541-476-6657
>> 2" Quad and 1" "C" transfers
>> The Transfer Lab at Video Park
>> Visit us: http://www.videopark.com
>> 
>> 
>> 
>> On Aug 23, 2011, at 6:46 AM, Gary Adams wrote:
>> 
>>> Good info from Scott.  Sorry as I don’t know the hardware.  Does this have a hard drive or does it just boot and run from the floppy?  I have some 3.5” DOS boot disks for the TLC.  I always keep DOS machines running.  Even have a laptop that will boot from a disk.  If you want a copy, I can send one.  Probably a reset of the BIOS will help. 
>>>  
>>> Gary
> 
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