Date   : Sun, 30 Oct 2005 16:31:48 +0000
From   : Neil Ward <neilw01@...>
Subject: Flying Blind

Greetings

Just had a weird afternoon !  I decided to try a BBC B I had bought ages 
ago (from 8BS) for the first time.  We have an "old" tv that the kids 
use but is perfect for tuning in the Beeb - until the kids decided to 
move it and dropped the thing !  (The tv, not the Beeb !).  So - no 
usable tv for now until I can get my CUB monitor from its storage place 
in the loft.  Our "modern" tv is hopeless at tuning in and you need a 
science degree to figure it out :-(

Anyway, I plugged the Beeb in and turned it on to make sure at least it 
did what it should.  But all it did was give a constant beep.  Not good 
!  So I investigated further.  It has an additional ROM board installed 
and I noticed the pins were not seated all the way home in the sockets 
on the main board.  I removed the keyboard, removed the ROM board and 
re-seated it.  Then put the keyboard back and made sure all the 
connections were sound.  I then switched it on again and got the 
familiar 2 tone beep.

Now to the question - Is it likely that the machine could have been 
damaged by the extra ROM board not being fully seated when I first 
switched it on ? 

Now that I get the 2 tone beep, is this a good indicator that all is 
well ? 

Thanks and Regards

Neil Ward