Re: Ultima V doesn't like my Phasor

[dempson@atlantis.actrix.gen.nz (David Empson)]

In article <3g49bd$be1@lastactionhero.rs.itd.umich.edu>,
Sean McAfee <mcafee@umich.edu> wrote:
> 
> So, I had to run Ultima with the case sitting about an inch forward, off
> its mounts.  It all turned out to be futile, though, since Ultima hung
> when I told it there was a Phasor card in slot 2.  I was puzzled, and
> ran the AE Phasor software on the GS; it worked perfectly.
> 
> Does anyone have any idea what might be going on?

Did you have the IIgs set to "Slow" speed?  I don't know if that would
be a factor, but it would be worth trying.

> By-the-by, something I did when trying to get the computer to work with
> the sound card sticking out caused the system settings to revert to their
> default values.  Anyone have any idea what could cause this?

Might you have shorted out the battery, e.g. by touching the underside
of the motherboard to a large metal object?  Shorting out at least one
of the pins on the clock/battery RAM chip would have the same effect.


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