Path: utzoo!utgpu!watserv1!watmath!att!att!linac!pacific.mps.ohio-state.edu!zaphod.mps.ohio-state.edu!uakari.primate.wisc.edu!ames!dftsrv!hq!par From: par@hq.af.mil (Paul A. Reitelbach) Newsgroups: comp.sys.zenith.z100 Subject: Re: Cannot boot a Z-100 Message-ID: Date: 16 Nov 90 13:13:44 GMT References: <28635@shamash.cdc.com> Sender: par@hq.afcsa.af.mil Organization: HQ US Air Force, The Pentagon Lines: 14 In-reply-to: mcad@shamash.cdc.com's message of 13 Nov 90 20:18:55 GMT > I have a Z100 that will not boot from hard drive or floppy. Just turned it > on one day and no boot. I am even unable to activate the ROM monitor (and g > the "finger" prompt). Just a flashing cursor when I turn it on. No other > activity. Bad ROM? If so, where can I get a new chip? Have you tried taking all the boards out and setting them back in again? Sometimes this helps, because all the connections on the boards are not making good contact. -- Paul A. Reitelbach * There's a way to do it better - Computer Programmer/Analyst * find it. United States Air Force Civilian * Pentagon, Washington, D.C. * Thomas A. Edison (1847 - 1931)