Forgot the date code of 1988, 9.

On Mon, Jul 4, 2016 at 8:03 PM, Josh Malone <[email protected]> wrote:

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> ​Well - on closer inspection, they are *all* soldered, but I'm not sure
> that they were soldered at the factory. The left-most chip was clearly done
> by hand -- although I suppose it might still have come from the store that
> way.
>
> The left-most chip (M9) is different from the rest - it's an NEC D4464 vs
> the other 8464 ICs.
>
> Model is 26-3803, Serial 809001955. I'm guessing it's a later "revision"
> where they added the final 8k once RAM prices dropped enough to sell it
> fully-loaded. The uncleaned flux on the top of the board clearly looks
> hand-soldered to me. Do you figure this is the most likely place to start
> looking for a bad chip? Any reason to suspect the NEC over the other 3
> chips. I don't recognize the logo (serif capital F with horizontal bars
> above and below).
>
> Hope the large pictures go through. :-/
>
> -Josh
>
> On Mon, Jul 4, 2016 at 6:44 PM, Mike Stein <[email protected]> wrote:
>
>> *All* of them? Are you sure? Even the left-most one?
>>
>> I always believed that there were only two models (in NA):
>>
>> 26-3801, an 8K base memory version with three expansion sockets, and
>> 26-3802, a 24K base memory version with only one expansion socket.
>>
>> What's your model (and serial) number?
>>
>> m
>>
>> ----- Original Message -----
>> *From:* Josh Malone <[email protected]>
>> *To:* Model 100 Discussion <[email protected]>
>> *Sent:* Monday, July 04, 2016 5:38 PM
>> *Subject:* Re: [M100] 32k M102 suddenly showing 24k
>>
>> No, they're all soldered. I was hoping a reseat would be warranted, but
>> alas.
>>
>> On Jul 4, 2016 3:39 PM, "John R. Hogerhuis" <[email protected]> wrote:
>>
>>> If you have socketed ram chips you may need to reseat then.
>>>
>>> -- John.
>>>
>>> On Monday, July 4, 2016, Josh Malone <[email protected]> wrote:
>>>
>>>> Thanks. For some reason, finding the 100 cold-start procedure via
>>>> Google wasn't working for me.
>>>>
>>>> However, the free memory hasn't changed. It's still stuck at 24k. I
>>>> guess it's time to get out the scope/meter/etc. and see what's going on.
>>>> Not looking forward to this and not exactly sure what to try next.
>>>>
>>>> BTW - shouldn't your sig take the Model 100 into account? :)
>>>>
>>>> -Josh
>>>>
>>>> On Mon, Jul 4, 2016 at 8:04 AM, Ron Lauzon <[email protected]> wrote:
>>>>
>>>>> Hold the reset button on the back, then press Control-Break.
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> On Mon, Jul 4, 2016 at 7:07 AM, Josh Malone <[email protected]>
>>>>> wrote:
>>>>> > What procedure should I use for a cold start? I figured the memory
>>>>> power
>>>>> > should do it.
>>>>> >
>>>>> >
>>>>> > On Jul 3, 2016 10:52 PM, "John R. Hogerhuis" <[email protected]>
>>>>> wrote:
>>>>> >>
>>>>> >> Sounds like it is crashed.  Try cold starting it and see if memory
>>>>> is back
>>>>> >> to normal. The typical ways this happens is running an ML program
>>>>> with a bug
>>>>> >> or attempting to load a untokenized basic program with a BA
>>>>> extension.
>>>>> >>
>>>>> >> Logical operators can be used for masking and whatnot. But to shift
>>>>> in
>>>>> >> BASIC you need multiplication and division by powers of two.
>>>>> >>
>>>>> >> -- John.
>>>>> >>
>>>>> >> On Sunday, July 3, 2016, Josh Malone <[email protected]> wrote:
>>>>> >>>
>>>>> >>> So,
>>>>> >>>
>>>>> >>> I was sitting down to hack on some basic code
>>>>> >>> (
>>>>> https://www.reddit.com/r/retrobattlestations/comments/4qs0f3/july_is_basic_month_the_challenge_turtle_graphics/
>>>>> )
>>>>> >>> and typed in a quick basic statement to verify that Tandy 102
>>>>> basic has
>>>>> >>> bitwise operators (it seems to). The command was something like
>>>>> "print c and
>>>>> >>> 2" or something stupid like that. To my surprise, my 102 reset
>>>>> itself. All
>>>>> >>> my files were gone (backed up, so no real loss) but now the menu
>>>>> is showing
>>>>> >>> 21446 bytes free. Some gremlin has stolen 8k of my RAM!
>>>>> >>>
>>>>> >>> I'm so perplexed by this, I just opened up my 102 to visually
>>>>> verify is
>>>>> >>> has 32k (indeed, all 4 RAM chips installed - although 1 is a
>>>>> different chip
>>>>> >>> than the other 3). I've let the system sit for >1 hour with memory
>>>>> switch
>>>>> >>> off and power removed. No change.
>>>>> >>>
>>>>> >>> What on earth could have happened?
>>>>> >>>
>>>>> >>> Last clue I have is that I re-loaded FILSIZ.BA and when I run it,
>>>>> I get
>>>>> >>> OV error on line 9.
>>>>> >>>
>>>>> >>> Thanks for any help anyone can provide.
>>>>> >>>
>>>>> >>> -Josh
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> --
>>>>> Ron Lauzon - rlauzon at acm dot org
>>>>>    Homepage: http://webpages.charter.net/rlauzon/
>>>>>    Weblog: http://ronsapartment.blogspot.com/
>>>>>
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>>>>>
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>>>>>
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>>>>
>>>>
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