Date   : Mon, 30 Aug 1982 19:36:57-EDT (Mon)
From   : Keith Petersen <w8sdz@BRL>
Subject: [Mike Meyer: Re: ithaca stuff..]

This probably should have gone to Info-Cpm instead of Info-Micro,
so I am forwarding it.  Replies to address below please.

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Date: 27 Aug 1982 11:19:41 EST (Friday)
From: Mike Meyer <mwm@Okc-Unix>
Subject: Re: ithaca stuff..
In-Reply-to: Your message of 27 Aug 1982 02:22 EDT
To: Herb Lin <LIN@Mit-Mc>
Cc: info-micro at Brl, mwm at Okc-Unix
Via:  Okc-Unix; 27 Aug 82 12:26-EDT
Via:  Brl; 30 Aug 82 8:15-EDT
Via:  Brl-Bmd; 30 Aug 82 8:52-EDT

This problem is not something that can be patched in the BIOS. Here is what is
going on:

        Normally, all goes well & I can boot the caching BIOS with typeahead

        Sometimes, that BIOS won't boot. Everything else does: the
        caching BIOS without typeahead, the non-caching BIOS with typeahead,
        and the normal BIOS

       I open the box, push in the USARTS on the I/O card, and all will be
       well again (for a while). It will flake out the same way later.

I haven't found a solution (if somebody out there has one, let me know!), but
I haven't been looking to hard - I spend most of my time doing things where
I don't want caching (they do exist!), or I don't want typeahead.

This is the ONLY problem I've had with their stuff in over 2 years of work on
this machine, and casual use of about 30 others. The only other major problem
I've seen with Ithaca h'ware was a flakey power supply in a beta test site of
their z8000 system. They eventually flew somebody out to look at that.

       mike




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