Re: Videx Ultraterm Installation

["Liam Busey" <buseyl@yahoo.com>]

"Steven N. Hirsch" <shirsch@adelphia.net> wrote in message
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-snip Ultraterm installation problems-

>
> Just a WAG, but the Ultraterm draws a respectable amount of current.  Do
> you have another power supply you can try?  With the firmware onboard,
> it tries to initialize and crumps the supply.  No firmware = no load,
> perhaps?
>
> (And, no, they are light years different from the Videoterm boards - in
> answer to another followup).

Thanks for the suggestion. Last night I swapped the ][+ power supply for a
//e's but unfortunately it didn't work. I tried an old SCSI hardcard in
place of the Ultraterm and the ][+ plus came up fine. Experimenting further,
I put the Ultraterm into a IIgs and set slot 3 to your card. The IIgs
powered up normally but a "pr#3" had no effect on the Ultraterm's output.
Perhaps it needs a special incantation?

Supposedly, there's a jumper or switch on the Ultraterm to set up the board
for ][+ or //e operation but I don't have a clue which one that is. I
wouldn't be surprised if this board is incompatible with the IIgs. Too bad I
don't have a working //e to try it in.

Liam