Neil Riley wrote:
> Chaps.
>
> I've been lucky enough to obtain a Super Gold Card ( For which I am a
> happy chap)
> The downside is that it's experiencing problems whilst booting my QL.
> If i describe the
> screen that comes up whilst booting maybe itll sound familiar. Firstly,
> there isn't much of
> a delay before the following screen appears.
>
> Basically, the screen is the same every time, mainly a semi repeating
> pattern with plenty
> of Black and white and a few familiar greens and Red. More
> interestingly, Nearer the top
> of the screen are area's of letters, i.e. not just a pattern but some
> real letters which I
> am taking as being a good sign that the SGC is not actually dead. ok,
> the QL has crashed
> but.... Also, i removed the 68008 from my QL motherboard and tried
> again with the exact
> same result.
What ROM? Minerva displays a row of three, which is a RAM fail.
>
> At no time has my QL actually booted correctly.
>
> I am due to send this off to Tony Firshman, hopefully re-setting the
> chips will do the trick,
> I just thought Id post this in case others had experienced something
> similar.
>
> Thanks, Neil ( new member and a little wet behind the ears )
>
b
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