Re: Engineering 101

[bill malcolm <wm65805@alltel.net>]

I guess the rom is ok -- most roms have code that does a checksum at boot time.
Roms without the label can be left out in the bright sun and it would take 20
YEARS to erase. This is what the EPROM makers said back in the 1980's.

bill.

Petar Puskarich wrote:

> Hello out there in the GS world.  It's been a long time since I have played
> in the newsgroups but I am back.
>
> I have just recently come across a Rev C. Ramfast.  The long card version.
> It came with the 3.0 Roms. BUT the U16 chip had it's UV sticker fall off and
> I think it is causing it to malfunction.
>
> I delved into my old reliable parts box and found in my collection all the
> old roms from my previous boards.... BUT none seem quite right...
>
> I have U15 1.09 with U16 1.0 and it comes up but doesn't sense the hard
> drive right. It thinks it has 0 blocks...
>
> U15 2.01 with U16 1.0 just passes through the scan like it doesn't exist
>
> U16 3.0 with U16 1.0 gives the familiar 3.0 startup text but then drops out
> and the 0 key trick does nothing.....
>
> I also tried a U9 2.01 in the mix but it does nothing.. Then again I think
> that went with my REV D card :)
>
> I put everything back to normal and nothing seems friend...   Anyone have an
> old complete set of U15 and U16 roms they would like to sell or burn me a
> copy???  I'll provide whatever is needed to make this work
>
> If you want to swap for any of the roms I am open to that as well.  I also
> have like 4 different rom revisions of the manuals too!
>
> Thanks to everyone!
>
> Petar Puskarich
> ppuskari@hotmail.com