[net.micro.pc] XT Boot Problem

WLIM@MIT-XX@sri-unix.UUCP (08/26/83)

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