I believe you; but it is not planned or expected...will have to
investgate...

On Thursday, July 30, 2015, Keith Johnson <[email protected]> wrote:
> Steve,
>
> I don't know. I tried it again today.
>
>  I load up IntSol. Shut the main power switch off clearing all the Ram. I
"call 63012" to have IntSol appear. Click IntSol and it loads up IntSol.
>
> I then hit crtl + reset +break then cycle the main power switch. "call
63012" and same result as above.
>
> Lastly before I left for work this morning. I turned off the memory
switch. 9-10 hours later I get home. Turn the switch back on.... "call
63012" IntSol starts up.
>
> Please know, I'm not trying to argue. I'm just explaining what I'm
experiencing. I think REX is one of greatest things I've ever used. It is
amazing.
>
>  Once I reflash my REX again I'm deleting IntSol from my NADSbox.
>
> Keith
>
> On Wed, Jul 29, 2015 at 6:45 AM, Stephen Adolph <[email protected]>
wrote:
>>
>> Keith,
>> That doesn't quite ring true with me so I will try it. You should not
have to reflash rex.
>> Everything you say sounds plausible until that last point- needing to
reflash to recover.
>> Otherwise I can see conflicts potentially with file names and directory
entries. That can happen. But not overwriting the base image in Rex.
>>
>> Power cycling after a cold boot should guarantee your abiity to 'call
63012' and reinstall Rex manager.
>>
>> Steve
>>
>> On Tuesday, July 28, 2015, Keith Johnson <[email protected]> wrote:
>> > Well I did a bunch of testing, as promised. I don't know if it is a
fault with my M102 or a bad image. This is the results of my testing.
>> >
>> > IntSol works fine so long as I don't leave it as the active optrom
when I shut the computer off.
>> >
>> > IntSol doesn't create a entry on the menu (Yesterday I thought it
was). The only way to start it is open Rexmanager, and activate the ROM in
REX. It runs as normal. I can play around, switch back to TS-DOS or
SuperRom and then shut the machine off... no problems.
>> >
>> > If IntSol is the active ROM (again no menu entry) and I shut the
machine off. When I turn it on... all my files are gone. REX manager
disappears and then becomes IntSol. At which point I can only start IntSol
and I have to reflash the REX as I did yesterday.
>> >
>> > I see on the OptRom zip file on the wiki, that IntSol was updated? I'm
not sure if I have the most up to date ROM image. I think my images are
from when REX was first release to the public.
>> >
>> > I'm not really worried about this one ROM image. I haven't really
touch my M102 in a while and I was just playing around.
>> >
>> > I just figured I would report what I found... in case anyone else uses
IntSol. If it helps great, if not I won't clog up the mailing list.
>> >
>> > Again many thanks
>> > Keith
>> >
>> > On Tue, Jul 28, 2015 at 12:08 AM, Willard Goosey <[email protected]>
wrote:
>> >>
>> >> On Mon, Jul 27, 2015 at 10:25:38PM -0400, Keith Johnson wrote:
>> >> > Tomorrow I will test out intsol again. See if I can duplicate the
issue. At
>> >> > least I didn't kill my REX. I'll report back in case you are
interested.
>> >>
>> >> I briefly tried IntSol when I got my REX (4.8). It worked then, but
>> >> didn't impress me.
>> >>
>> >> Willard
>> >> --
>> >> Willard Goosey  [email protected]
>> >> Socorro, New Mexico, USA
>> >> I search my heart and find Cimmeria, land of Darkness and the Night.
>> >>   -- R.E. Howard
>> >
>> >
>

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