On Sun, Sep 8, 2019 at 7:12 PM John R. Hogerhuis <[email protected]> wrote: > > I'd say #1 problem with units off of eBay is their memory power switch is on > but they have been in storage long enough that the nicd power is low and the > ram state has decayed just enough that the machine doesn't function properly > even with a cold start until everything is drained and then the nicd charged > up again. > > Second would be corrupted ram state due to a CO program run amok or tsdos > used to inload a DO as a BA. > > Both of these are more software than hardware though. > > -- John.
You bring up a good point that I hadn't covered in my slides yet -- namely the cold-start procedure. Pretty critical step in diagnosing issues. Thanks.
