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From: bill@bilver.UUCP (Bill Vermillion)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.tandy
Subject: Re: Thanks!
Message-ID: <945@bilver.UUCP>
Date: 1 Sep 90 17:28:00 GMT
References: <5730@plains.NoDak.edu> <137@rwing.UUCP>
Reply-To: bill@bilver.UUCP (Bill Vermillion)
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Organization: W. J. Vermillion - Winter Park, FL
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In article <137@rwing.UUCP> nanook@rwing.UUCP (Robert Dinse) writes:
 
>     Lastly, has anyone experienced problems with port lock-ups on the
>multi-port interface cards and found a solution. I know three people aside
>from myself running dial-up systems with these and they are all experiencing
>the same trouble and to date I haven't found a solution. Tandy has recommended
>half a dozen wiring configurations and suggested it's a hardware problem even
>though I've tried three different machines, three different cards and know
>three people other than myself who are also experiencing this problem. It's
>not new to 3.02.00, it's been a problem since the earlier 1.02.xx at least.
>Also it does not happen on the two internal ports, they work fine.

I have seen this happen routinely on external ports since 1984.  What I
have observed though is that it only occurs on tty06 (if running one port
board. I don't know if that moves to 09 or both 06 and 09 lock if more than
one).

I have found that nothing short of a poweroff will restore this port.

I have also noted another variance with this port, and don't know whether
it is related.   I have asked about this and get no answers, or "I have
never heard of that" type answer, and it stops right there.

On a terminal logging in to all ports (except 6), if you logout, the screen
is repainted and the login prompt appears at the top of the screen.  Port 6
only moved the cursor down and redisplayed the prompt. Port 6 is strange!



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