[QuadList] OT - ACE 25 booting

[Ted Langdell]

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
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>
> 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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