Re: Minimum IIe test

["Bill Garber" <willy46pa@comcast DOT net>]

"David Wilson" <david@uow.edu.au> wrote in message
news:40ce9084$1@news.uow.edu.au...
: willik@verizonmail.com (Willi Kusche) writes:
: > What should happen when you hook power and
: > a monitor to a bare IIe motherboard (nothing
: > attached - no keyboard, no cards in any slot)?
:
: As has already been pointed out, without a keyboard
: plugged into it the Open & Closed Apple keys (aka
: PB0 & PB1) will be detected as pressed so the self
: test will repeat until an error is detected or power
: is removed.

I've used unplugging the keyboard as a method of
testing motherboards I receive in lots of stuff.
Just unplug the keyboard, start it and go to bed.
If it's still testing in the morning, then it's
good, otherwise an error occurs.  :o)

: If the speaker is not plugged in the red LED near
: the speaker connector will flash each time the
: speaker would have chirped.

Now that I didn't know. Thanks David.

Bill @ GarberStreet Enterprizez };-)
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