Date   : Fri, 20 Mar 1998 15:49:11 +0000
From   : Mike Tomlinson <jasper@...>
Subject: Re: Wierd Hardware Problem!

In article <Pine.SUN.3.91.980320095406.12336B-100000@...>, Chris
Johns <cmjohnj@...> writes

>From what I understand, and this may well be wront, the "burrrrrrrrr" bit is 
>the sound chip before its gets initialised, I think the "beep" is when the OS
>initialises the sound system, and does a VDU7.

I think the "burrrrrrrrr" is the result of garbage on the slow data bus
before the OS initialises the system 6522.

The burrrrrrrrr-beeep of the BBC's power up sequence was IMHO one of its
most endearing features.

-- 
Mike Tomlinson
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     Please reinstall universe and reboot  +++