Re: Transwarp IIe revisited

[Warren Ernst <wernst@gmail.com>]

On Dec 5, 6:57 pm, mspangler <mspang...@gemsi.com> wrote:
> On Dec 5, 6:10 pm, mdj <mdj....@gmail.com> wrote:
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>
>
> > Certainly not normal... It's highly likely that you've got a bad RAM
> > chip on there... I had some crashing problems with mine a few years
> > ago so I replaced the RAM and all was well. If you've got a spare
> > 65C02 that's rated high enough, you can save a little power and heat
> > by switching to that...
>
> > Matt
>
> That reminds me of one of the oddest bugs ever. A transwarp in a IIe
> that would not boot Prodos 1.1.1, or anything newer. But Dos 3.3 and
> Prodos 1.0.1 booted, no problem at all. And it was Prodos, not Basic
> System. I ran Prodos 1.0.1 and Basic System 1.1 (or whatever came with
> Prodos 1.1.1) for a couple years until the CPU fried.
>
> I did change the RAM, which did not help. AE tech support was
> completely unhelpful, they denied it was even possible for that to
> happen. Never did figure it out.
>
> Mike.

I have a transwarp //e with the 1.3 ROM, and it has never had a
problem booting into any version of ProDOS. Sounds like something's
wrong with the card you have...


-Warr