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From: WLIM@MIT-XX@sri-unix.UUCP
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Subject: XT Boot Problem
Message-ID: <4566@sri-arpa.UUCP>
Date: Thu, 25-Aug-83 20:25:00 EDT
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Posted: Thu Aug 25 20:25:00 1983
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From:  Willie Lim <WLIM@MIT-XX>

I occasionally run into problems with booting the XT.  After the power
up sequence, the XT will come up asking for the date.  But it doesn't
seem to take what I type in and instead generates a string of some
character (usually the "-" character).  I have to type ctrl-alt-del to
get it to reboot and the problem disappears.  It has happened about
half a dozen times since I got the XT (i.e. about 4 months).

Has anyone out there experienced the same problem?

By the way, I was running DOS 2.0 on a standard XT with a Racal Vadic
VA3455 modem connected to its RS232 port.

Willie