• Re: My A2K died :"

    From Neil Williams@2:250/607 to DENNIS SMITH on Sat Sep 13 11:51:40 2003
    Hi,
    On Monday August 11 2003, Dennis Smith said to ALL:

    If there ever was a reason for getting an AmigaOne, I got one!!
    My '020 A2K died last night. Does anyone remember what the purple
    screen of doom signifies? I know it's a motherboard failure, but what?

    I had something similar on an A500 - try pressing down on each of the socketed chips, they may have worked loose.

    I think we can say that at least your CPU is working (the blinking power LED).

    So, I using my old WB2.1 A2K. It has problems, but it bootsup! :) I'm writing this with CynusED v4.2 and Q-Blue v2.4 =:o Eeks, I fell into
    time warp.

    One option is to swap components between these two A2000s - either to locate the fault, or to bring your old machine up to the spec of the other one :)

    I'm thinking of letting SoftHut do the repairs. Should I fix or not
    will depend on estimate. Any info will helpful...

    As you're getting some action from the machine, it sounds like only one component is bad. I'd expect a repair to be cheap(ish).


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  • From David L. Stevens@1:3613/44 to All on Sat Sep 13 11:21:16 2003
    Neil Williams wrote:

    Hi,
    On Monday August 11 2003, Dennis Smith said to ALL:

    If there ever was a reason for getting an AmigaOne, I got one!! My '020 A2K died last night. Does anyone remember what the purple
    screen of doom signifies? I know it's a motherboard failure, but what?

    I had something similar on an A500 - try pressing down on each of the >socketed chips, they may have worked loose.

    I think we can say that at least your CPU is working (the blinking power LED).

    So, I using my old WB2.1 A2K. It has problems, but it bootsup! :) I'm writing this with CynusED v4.2 and Q-Blue v2.4 =:o Eeks, I fell into
    time warp.

    One option is to swap components between these two A2000s - either to locate >the fault, or to bring your old machine up to the spec of the other one :)

    I'm thinking of letting SoftHut do the repairs. Should I fix or not
    will depend on estimate. Any info will helpful...

    As you're getting some action from the machine, it sounds like only one >component is bad. I'd expect a repair to be cheap(ish).



    And try swapping the two CIA chips. They are identical but are connected differently and perform
    different functions. Sometimes swapping them works.


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  • From DENNIS SMITH@1:120/228 to NEIL WILLIAMS on Mon Sep 15 23:28:00 2003
    Hi Niel,

    At 11:51 AM on 13 Sep 03, Neil Williams said to Dennis Smith:

    Hi,
    On Monday August 11 2003, Dennis Smith said to ALL:

    If there ever was a reason for getting an AmigaOne, I got one!!
    My '020 A2K died last night. Does anyone remember what the purple
    screen of doom signifies? I know it's a motherboard failure, but what?

    I had something similar on an A500 - try pressing down on each of the socketed chips, they may have worked loose.

    I think we can say that at least your CPU is working (the blinking power LED).

    I even checked with a meter with 4.5 to 5 volts;same on KSrom. It's pin#31
    on both chips. So, who signals the CPU to do its jmp start vector?
    KSrom was swapped to a good one-- no change. BTW, this A2K was stock and
    came from Ebay. Clean machine. Ebay stuff & SoftHut stuff went into it.

    ...

    One option is to swap components between these two A2000s - either to locate the fault, or to bring your old machine up to the spec of the
    other one :)

    Well, I would like to determine a component/device first. Let's look at
    that CTRL+(L)Amiga+(R)Amiga. What's the eletrical equivalent of these keystrokes? How is a reset carried out by a device. When I turn on the
    A2K, what events & devices actually tell KS to jump to Startup? Whaaaah,
    my toy is broke! I don't know how it works? :-\

    I'm thinking of letting SoftHut do the repairs. Should I fix or not
    will depend on estimate. Any info will helpful...

    As you're getting some action from the machine, it sounds like only one component is bad. I'd expect a repair to be cheap(ish). I swapped the
    CIAs around (there are two) didn't change anything. Normal is to read a
    one flash 'caps lock' light at startup and I get that. I'll check this one
    out after shut down.=:D

    I was there the other night and could not find their repair policy; read
    it a long time ago. They may have dropped the service! Oops, time is not looking good for the old Amigas.


    Neil Williams, neil@zeusdev.co.uk - Uni, ug00026 at sees bangor ac uk
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    This is kind ironic my A2K WB2.1 is Zeus powered! =:o
    The infamous PPS Zeus '040. :Dennis

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  • From DENNIS SMITH@1:120/228 to DAVID L. STEVENS on Tue Sep 16 22:45:00 2003
    Hi David,
    At 11:21 AM on 13 Sep 03, David L. Stevens said to All:

    Neil Williams wrote:

    Hi,
    On Monday August 11 2003, Dennis Smith said to ALL:

    If there ever was a reason for getting an AmigaOne, I got
    one!!
    My '020 A2K died last night. Does anyone remember what the purple screen of doom signifies? I know it's a motherboard failure, but
    what?

    I had something similar on an A500 - try pressing down on each of the >socketed chips, they may have worked loose.
    [...]
    One option is to swap components between these two A2000s - either to locate
    the fault, or to bring your old machine up to the spec of the other
    one :)

    I'm thinking of letting SoftHut do the repairs. Should I fix or
    not
    will depend on estimate. Any info will helpful...

    As you're getting some action from the machine, it sounds like only
    one
    component is bad. I'd expect a repair to be cheap(ish).



    And try swapping the two CIA chips. They are identical but are
    connected differently and perform
    different functions. Sometimes swapping them works.

    Thanks for that idea!! But, it didn't change anything. I get one 'Caps
    Lock' light flash and trying to bootup. Is that normal?

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    Mozilla on the AmigaOne is nice too!. Better might be Amozilla! =:o
    I'm looking forward to IBrowse 2.3 in OS4. :)
    :Dennis

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  • From Rene Laederach@2:301/133 to DENNIS SMITH on Thu Sep 18 21:46:18 2003
    DENNIS SMITH wrote to NEIL WILLIAMS:
    This is kind ironic my A2K WB2.1 is Zeus powered! =:o
    The infamous PPS Zeus '040. :Dennis

    The BBS software and the 040 board bear the same name, but not quite the same functionality....




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  • From Todd Sullivan@1:3613/1275.12 to DENNIS SMITH on Sat Sep 20 07:53:56 2003
    DENNIS SMITH and DAVID L. STEVENS will demonstrate tag-team My A2K died :". Everyone take notes.

    And try swapping the two CIA chips. They are identical but are
    connected differently and perform
    different functions. Sometimes swapping them works.

    Thanks for that idea!! But, it didn't change anything. I get one 'Caps Lock' light flash and trying to bootup. Is that normal?

    Is that a warm or cold boot? I get the same thing when doing the
    three-finger salute.

    The difference may be crucial.

    Todd Sullivan

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  • From DENNIS SMITH@1:120/228 to RENE LAEDERACH on Sun Sep 21 16:51:00 2003
    Hi Rene,

    At 9:44 PM on 18 Sep 03, Rene Laederach said to Dennis Smith:

    DENNIS SMITH wrote to NEIL WILLIAMS:
    This is kind ironic my A2K WB2.1 is Zeus powered! =:o
    The infamous PPS Zeus '040. :Dennis

    The BBS software and the 040 board bear the same name, but not quite the same functionality....

    I know! :) Should I kill Zeus and go with my '020 & OS3.9? Wasted a lot of time long ago on trying to get Zeus to work with KS3.1. Problems were it's non-auto configuration and memory pooling. I decided that it's own Rom was
    too far behind the times. It probably ran into problems with OS3.0! It
    works fine staying in Wb2.1. Did you know it sold for $2500 new back in '92-'93. I saw the Amiga World mag. '93 issue on the A3000T which sported
    a sticker price -- $5000. Yep, the Zeus'040 was featured.

    Anyway, so your thinking about an AmigaOne -- cool! I think OS4 will
    debute around this Christmas. So, that will be a nice Christmas gift. Are
    you on Santa Claus's list? :-))

    BTW, checkout the AmigaOne-Lite at soft3.com before deciding anything!

    :Dennis

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  • From DENNIS SMITH@1:120/228 to TODD SULLIVAN on Tue Sep 23 01:00:26 2003
    Hi Todd,
    Guess what? I finally got my AmigaOne to dialup the Eastpointe BBS! =:o
    Damn linux drives me batty! Im using a terminal program called Miniterm.
    Oh, my modem is a Creative - ModemBlaster v92. I tryed the internet way,
    but I prefer dialup. I like this format better :)

    As for the A2K, cold boot does nothing to power LED. It's a steady
    bright light and nothing else. :-/ It's a hard problem to determine
    what's wrong. My KSrom is new, cpu signals look good. I've been reading
    in the "Amiga Intern" on Rom and restart. So, I'm wondering if I lost
    my chip ram. Yeah-- chip ram, like the Fat Lady took a dive! :-))

    I don't know anymore! I'm just tickled the AmigaOne is stepping in and
    working out good. I'm choking for the release of OS4. Then this linux
    box is out here. =:o

    OK, it getting late...
    :Dennis

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  • From Wendell Watanabe@1:3613/44 to DENNIS SMITH on Tue Sep 23 18:47:30 2003
    On the subject of My A2K died :", DENNIS SMITH had this to say...

    [snip]

    Anyway, so your thinking about an AmigaOne -- cool! I think OS4
    will
    debute around this Christmas. So, that will be a nice Christmas
    gift. Are you on Santa Claus's list? :-))

    While I was quite 'cool' to the idea of the AmigaOne, I am actually
    thinking I might like one! course, the release of OS4 will certainly
    help me decide!

    BTW, checkout the AmigaOne-Lite at soft3.com before deciding
    anything!

    What's this all about? I went to soft3.com but having trouble figuring
    it out as it's all in spanish!

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  • From Rene Laederach@2:301/133 to DENNIS SMITH on Fri Sep 26 20:23:32 2003
    DENNIS SMITH wrote to RENE LAEDERACH:

    I know! :) Should I kill Zeus and go with my '020 & OS3.9? Wasted a lot of
    time long ago on trying to get Zeus to work with KS3.1. Problems were
    it's
    non-auto configuration and memory pooling. I decided that it's own Rom
    was

    The Zeus had a special configuration, and this was known even back then. I stuck to Phase5 and didn't run too badly. Even repairs of P5 products are still
    possible here in Europe, but the price is hideous if one looks at the performance of the hardware.

    '92-'93. I saw the Amiga World mag. '93 issue on the A3000T which sported
    a sticker price -- $5000. Yep, the Zeus'040 was featured.

    I remember the prices. I also know that 2 GB of 266 MHz registered ECC RAM cost
    me something like 500 US-$ now. It's just insane. I have more than 480 MB of diskspace on my BBS machine (4x120 in RAID5, 2x120 in RAID1), and I'm slowly starting to fill up that space. snoop.alphanet.ch simply has too much horsepower now,

    I'd need to find a way to transfer my measly 7 GB of files from my old A2k to
    Unix machine and extract the data in the file descriptions, but this could turn out to be very interesting. Since all my Amigas with SCSI are dead, this is not easily possible as I used PFS instead of FFS.

    Unless of course somebody knows to read a PFS filesystem under Linux....

    Anyway, so your thinking about an AmigaOne -- cool! I think OS4 will
    debute around this Christmas. So, that will be a nice Christmas gift. Are you on Santa Claus's list? :-))

    I don't know if Santa registered a special present for me, but I already have
    IBM RS6000 with two PowerPC CPUs, running on AIX (I need a platform that
    will
    run SAP for me).

    BTW, checkout the AmigaOne-Lite at soft3.com before deciding anything!

    www.soft3.com is a website in Spanish, and my Spanish ain't really good.


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  • From Rene Laederach@2:301/133 to DENNIS SMITH on Fri Oct 3 23:58:24 2003
    DENNIS SMITH wrote to TODD SULLIVAN:
    Guess what? I finally got my AmigaOne to dialup the Eastpointe BBS! =:o Damn linux drives me batty! Im using a terminal program called Miniterm. Oh, my modem is a Creative - ModemBlaster v92. I tryed the internet way, but I prefer dialup. I like this format better :)

    Minicom should work as well and it's pretty easy to use once you got the hang of it. But somebody should port Olsen's term to Linux....

    my chip ram. Yeah-- chip ram, like the Fat Lady took a dive! :-))

    Have you had a look at the capacitators on your miggy motherboard - with the old age, they might well have leaked...



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  • From Craig Hutchison@3:634/383 to Rene Laederach on Sat Oct 4 21:47:08 2003
    G'day Rene,

    In a message dated 03 Oct 03 you wrote to Dennis Smith:

    my chip ram. Yeah-- chip ram, like the Fat Lady took a dive! :-))

    Have you had a look at the capacitators on your miggy motherboard - with the old age, they might well have leaked...

    It's been my experience that electrolytic capacitors don't normally leak, but simply dry out. That's not to say that it's not possible, just that I've never seen it.

    Cache Ya,
    Craig.

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