Re: Super Serial Card help

[schmidtd <schmidtd@my-deja.com>]

On Mar 17, 4:46 pm, j...@magrathea.plus.com (jim) wrote:
> jim <j...@magrathea.plus.com> wrote:
> > > In addition, shouldn't CTRL-A bring up a different prompt? It does
> > > nothing here.
Given your switch config, I think so.  Ctrl-I (the letter "i") will
bring up the prompt when it's in printer mode, but your switches
aren't set that way.

> > I should also point out that I've done an IN #2 (card is in the second
> > slot) before trying this. Nada.

Second slot for a IIe, but third slot for II or II+ (they have a slot
#0).  I have a firm grasp of the obvious, I know.  Just thought it
warranted mention.

> Ah. I _think_ I may have found the problem. Capacitor C13 looks like it
> may have been damaged - the top looks knocked and there's a wee hint of
> metal there.

Seems like it ought to be able to do some firmware stuff either way -
if the cap has to do with the communications out the wire as opposed
to other device control.  What's in the first several bytes of $C200?
Also, I've had situations where I needed to reset or reboot before I
could get a card to talk to me with Ctrl-A - might be a possibility
there too.