Date   : Mon, 03 Sep 2007 17:25:34 +0100
From   : robert@... (Rob)
Subject: Last one I promise (I hope anyway!)

On 03/09/07, Chris Priest <chris.priest@...> wrote:
>
> Starts up OK, attempt to do *HELP or *ROM starts to list roms, get's
> halfways (usually) and then displays garbage usually (OSCLIOSCLICHROSCLIO)

> It doesn't do this with the ATPL board not installed, however I have
> tried it with two ATPL boards with the same results.

> My next step is to replace the rom sockets on the mainboard that the
> ATPL fits into, as the sockets are a peculiar sort, like half a socket
> only for want of a better word!
>

Yes do that; I had problems with ATPL boards deforming the sockets
they plugged into, causing all sorts of issues!  Yours certainly sound
like it's having problems reading the ROMs, and if the ROM and ATPL
board are known good, then it's got to be the connections!

i think the pins on an atpl board are quite thick - thicker than the
legs of a ROM chip, which is all the sockets were designed for.
replace them with new, turned pin, sockets, and you should be fine.