Hello Jerry,
"Jerry J. Haumberger" wrote:
> In a few weeks I'll have a week's vacation, so I should probably take
> the time to do as you suggest. The PC/XT looks almost like new, but
> you could very well be correct about the so-called "chip creep" effect.
> I don't have a chip-pulling tool, though, so what would be the easiest
> method to pull them up without one -- are they usually too firmly set
> to safely dislodge them with my fingers?
I use a small flat tip screw driver to pry the chips up. If you are
careful, and pry from both sides, one side at a time, they will come out
easily, and without damage.
>
> I'm still curious about the "102" IBM diagnostic error message and what
> it means, precisely -- and the "60000 (s)" part of the "Parity Check 1"
> error on the AT.
I see that 102 is, "system board timer failure". I don't really know
what that means, practically speaking, However.
I don't know about the 60000 number.
> I may have discovered the problem with Net-Tamer and Edit.exe. A few
> moments ago, I decided to move Edit.com into Net-Tamer's main directory
> in case it would work better there and discovered that the path for
> my auxiliary editor was "c:\nt\red.com", the default editor! When I
> first configured Net-Tamer for the AT, I had replaced (and removed)
> the Red.com program with Edit.exe, and Edit.exe was in a different
> directory. For some reason I must have changed that setting (can't
> remember when or why), and Net-Tamer must have been crashing without
> seeing Red.com. It's odd that it would still look for Edit.exe and
> only crash occasionally! To avoid any other possible instability,
> I've also put the Red.com program (and its accompanying help files)
> back in the Net-Tamer directory. If I encounter any more errors, I'll
> proceed as above with the chip re-seating.
Nettamer will definitely crash if no editor is present. I have gotten
the directory wrong, or forgotten to copy red over, before :-)
Chad Fernandez
Michigan, USA
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