Date : Mon, 22 Jul 1991 15:47:41 GMT
From : dog.ee.lbl.gov!hellgate.utah.edu!cc.usu.edu!slsw2@ucbvax.Berkeley.EDU
Subject: Re: Televideo CP/M system?
In article <CMM.0.90.2.680031965.ephillip@magnus.acs.ohio-state.edu>, Earl
W Phillips <ephillip@magnus.acs.ohio-state.edu> writes:
> I just picked up a machine that comes with a cp/m disk. The machine
> says televideo all over it; the screen and the cpu. When I try to
> fire it up, all it does it give me rows and rows of dots. Does anyone
> know anything about this one? Oh yeah, it has a single 5-1/4" floppy
> drivr, with an area on the right for a harddrive, but {there is none
> there. Can anyone give me any info on this? Thanx in advance!
Sounds to me like your machine is configured to a satellite machine on a
Mmmost network. It's looking to boot from the network server rather than from
a local disk. There's a dipswitch that controls whether or not it does that,
but I haven't the foggiest which.
Assuming it's an 802 or 803, that is...
Roger Ivie
slsw2@cc.usu.edu