Yes, I believe a cold start is crtl+ break + reset, then cycle the on-off switch (side switch). That is exactly what I did.
Second I, turned the memory switch (under the laptop) off for 9 or so hours. After 9 hours turned it back on and same result. On Fri, Jul 31, 2015 at 7:36 AM, Stephen Adolph <[email protected]> wrote: > 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 > >> > > >> > > > >
