Re: //e with ZIP Chip not booting

[sean@macassist.com.au (Sean McNamara)]

In article <9WGM9.11989$i%.2270703@localhost>, tturner@ecn.ab.ca () wrote:

> Mark Percival (markREMOVE@syndicomm.com) wrote:
> : On Fri, 20 Dec 2002, (Sean McNamara) wrote:
> 
> : >Any thoughts would be very much appreciated, via e-mail or in the group.
> : >If anyone knows of any Sydney-based hobbyists who can lend a hand, that'd
> : >be great, too :)
> 
> : The first thing I would try would be to replace the Zip Chip with a
> : normal 65C02.  My guess is that the Zip Chip died.  I've heard that
> : there was a design problem with certain models of the Zip that would
> : cause them to fail after extended use.
> <snip>
> 
> --> Wasn't there a way to bypass part of what the zip chip did
>     (speed things up) by pressing ESC (or some other key, or key-
>     -stroke combo) to get it to boot `normally'?  I know I can do
>     this with my Rocket Chip IIe - so I'm assuming that something
>     similar can be done during the boot process with a zip chip...
> 
>     Perhaps this should be checked-out before giving up on the zip
>     chip entirely.  And what about re-seating the chip? Or even
>     checking all the chips, including the RAM chips?  Chip creep
>     may be part of the problem.  Good luck on your quest to get
>     the system up and running.

Tried ESC, and reseating the ZIP Chip, no go either way, but thanks for
the suggestions.

Regards

Sean

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