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From: blgardne@esunix.UUCP (Blaine Gardner)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.hardware
Subject: Re: 68020 dilemma
Message-ID: <1830@esunix.UUCP>
Date: 25 Feb 90 09:28:39 GMT
References: <9779@cbmvax.commodore.com>
Organization: Evans & Sutherland Computer Corporation
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From article <9779@cbmvax.commodore.com>, by daveh@cbmvax.commodore.com (Dave Haynie):
>                            If that doesn't help things, you can at
> least get an idea of what could be wrong by running the monitor's 
> memory test.  Go to the mode list and type an upper-case "M".  Once
> in the monitor, type "T 200000 400000".  This will indicate a memory
> failure if it finds one.

Dave are you saying that the A2620 has some built-in diagnostics? Is
there some trick to accessing this monitor program and the diagnostic?

After reading this I tried it without any success. I rebooted, and held
down both mouse buttons to get the CPU select screen ("mode list",
right?). But once there, typing "M" in ANY case had no visible effect.

What should happen to show that you're in the monitor? Is this only
present in certain revs of the A2620 boot ROMs? Are there any other
goodies in there (assuming I can get in there in the first place)?

-- 
Blaine Gardner @ Evans & Sutherland  580 Arapeen Drive, SLC, Utah 84108
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