On Mon, 27 May 2002 at 13:15:28, Mel LaVerne wrote: (ref: <000301c205a2$db4ea380$919250d8@pavilion>)
(Sent days ago but never arrived) > >It seems like the old story - It used to work, then I changed something and now >it doesn't ! I'm appealing to the collective wisdom of the group for a >clue, at >least, as to what I've done wrong > >First, the original hardware: QL motherboard, SGC 2.49, Minerva 1.97, Super >Hermes, Di-Ren interface, USR external modem, bus mouse (2 button), 2 425 MB >HD's, 2 ED &1 HD 3.5 floppies, 1 DD 5,25 floppy, Oh, and Quplane. > >The above operated under (still does) SMSQ/E 2.91 and Qubide 1.37. > >With that setup, everything went smoothly. Using QTPI, I logged on both John's >and Jochen's QBox sites, even did a bit of Internetting with assistance from >Lynx and Pine. The BEEP command dutifully beeped; the Reset button did >a proper >reset; the mouse (and the mouse pointer) did its thing; all was right with the >world. > >Then I succumbed to the lust for the latest: I got an Aurora. The QL >motherboard was duly replaced with the Aurora mounted on Roy's "Braquet" (sp?) >and things haven't been the same since. (All other hardware is unchanged) > >BEEP no longer works; a minor point perhaps, but annoying. You might have plugged into the worng Aurora board plug. > >Reset brings up the Minerva screen with a date of 2050 Aug 18 around midnight ! >Then a blue screen appears briefly, followed by the old 3 part screen (white, >red, black) with a blinking (but totally unresponsive !) cursor. At this point >the only recourse is to shut down. I am puzzled - you say have sH _and_ Di-Ren interface. Keyboard interface? Do you really plug sH into the Di-Ren kbd interface? That sounds very dodgy. > >On a "normal" (or as normal as it gets) startup, the Minerva screen now shows >the current date (It varies; I've had dates as late as 2059 !). But the final >date on screen is 15 March 02, around midnight ! Because my clock >loses time, >I have a correction routine in the boot file. Since the correction is always >positive, the final date can never be earlier than the initial figure. >Clearly, >something is awry. What Minerva - MKI (without RTC) or MKII (with RTC)? If MKII, LRUN miniconfig_bas, check Minerva clock, and check the other values. Mind you SGC imposes its own clock setting to the system. PROT_DATE 0 to set the clock (via SDATE) and PROT_DATE 1 to protect it. Minerva clock should be reliable (has Xtal). If you have MKII Min, then following code (in boot) will restore Minerva clock after SGC has sat upon it - you must have PROT_DATE 0 set of course before calling the code: <URL:http://www.firshman.demon.co.uk/ftp/minerva/setdate.zip> >Any thoughts on what I may have done wrong ? Plugged something in backwards ? >Or in the wrong place ? Or ??? > >I plan on bringing the machine to the QL Show this coming weekend. I'd >appreciate any assistance before, during, or after ! Give us the details asked for above and we might get a mite closer. -- QBBS (QL fido BBS 2:252/67) +44(0)1442-828255 tony@<surname>.demon.co.uk http://www.firshman.demon.co.uk Voice: +44(0)1442-828254 Fax: +44(0)1442-828255 TF Services, 29 Longfield Road, TRING, Herts, HP23 4DG
