Main power switch doesn't cold start or clear ram. Memory power is under
the laptop. Are you certain you are cold restarting correctly? You must
power cycle the laptop power to reset REX.

Steve

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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