Re: Carte Blanche dead (again)

[Nama <forums6000@mac.com>]

On Apr 8, 1:19 am, "Charlie" <charlieD...@verEYEzon.net> wrote:
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> > I powered up my machine a few days ago and the VGA monitor connected
> > to the CB card would not show anything. I powered down and powered up
> > again and the JAT menu sprang to life. Since then the issue kept
> > repeating and getting rapidly worse. Today...nothing. Dead, even
> > though all the LED's are lit as usual.
>
> Try to determine if the CB is running and you are just not seeing it. Use
> another monitor on the Apple II's video output and after power up, press
> control-reset and then press the right arrow key to make sure you are on a
> JAT menu item and then press return.  Now type PR#n (where n is the slot
> your CB is in) and if the CB is working it should boot a .nib image.
>
> If it does boot an image check the VGA ribbon cable connector to the CB
> card.  It can come loose pretty easily.
>
> > I have even tried re-
> > programaing the firmware with my Xlinix cable, but I get an error.
>
> If you mean a Xilinx iMPACT error, make sure your JTAG connections are good
> and try reseating the Carte Blanche card in the Apple II slot.
>
> > I have tried doing a 'IN#' command to the CB card directly to boot of
> > the SD card, but the computer fails to do anything and drops into the
> > monitor displaying some code.
>
> With JAT you can't boot directly from the card unless you have mounted an
> image first.
>
> Charlie

Yes, I pressed return first which would select prontodos if JAT was
working, then I did the IN# command which should then launch
prontodos. It didn't.

Phil