keith@Apple.COM (Keith Rollin) (04/13/89)
Folks, Just a couple of updates: 1) A little while ago, someone assumed that there wasn't going to be a fall AppleFest because s/he did not see it listed on the back of Apple Direct. How- ever, s/he wasn't patient enough, as the listing of events that was displayed there did not reach far enough into the future to cover AppleFest. The new Apple Direct will soon be out, and at the bottom, in full living blue and white, it states that AppleFest will be showing in San Francisco on 9/22-9/24. You can all breathe a sigh of relief now... 2) There was a question concerning what the error numbers meant from the Apple IIGS diagnostics. I didn't know what they meant at the time, but Matt Deatherage was kind enough to forward this to me so that it could be posted: Apple IIGS: System Diagnostic Errors This article last reviewed: 10 November 1988 Here's the currently available, though incomplete, list, with explanations, of error codes generated by the Apple IIGS when running system diagnostics for the Apple II Family (V1.0B1). Apple IIGS error codes have the form AABBCCDD. Test numbers AA Error Code (AA) Test --------------- ---------------------------- "RM"/01 Checksum 02 RAM Moving Inversions 03 Softswitch 04 RAM Address 05 FPI Speed 06 Serial I/O 07 Real Time Clock 08 Battery RAM 09 Front Desk Bus 0A Shadowing 0B Interrupts AA=06 serial test BB Meaning -- ----------- 01 Register R/W 04 Tx Buffer empty status 05 Tx Buffer empty failure 06 All sent status fail 07 Rx char available 08 Bad data AA=03 RAM test BBCC= Address AA=01 ROM Checksum BB= Failed checksum DD=1 Bad RAM AA=05 Speed BB=1 speed stuck slow BB=2 speed stuck fast AA=08 Battery RAM BB=01 address test failure and CC= bad address BB=02 memory failure and CC = pattern, DD = Address AA=02 Softswitches Bb= Statereg bit CC= Read softswitch address AA=04 Front Desk Bus BBCC= Bad checksum found DD=01 FDB toolcode encountered a fatal error and no checksum computed AA=04 Ram Adddress BB= failed bank No CC= failed bit AA=06 Clock Test BBCCDD=not used DD=01 a fatal error occcurred after the test to within a second AA=0A shadow register functionality AA=0B Mega II and VGC capability of generating interrupts. BB=01 VBL interrupt timeout BB=02 VBL IRQ status fail BB=03 1/4 SEC interrupt BB=04 1/4 SEC interrupt BB=05 --- BB=06 VGC IRQ BB=07 SCAN Line Copyright 1988 Apple Computer, Inc. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Keith Rollin --- Apple Computer, Inc. --- Developer Technical Support INTERNET: keith@apple.com UUCP: {decwrl, hoptoad, nsc, sun, amdahl}!apple!keith "Argue for your Apple, and sure enough, it's yours" - Keith Rollin, Contusions
jm7e+@andrew.cmu.edu (Jeremy G. Mereness) (04/14/89)
> *Excerpts from ext.nn.comp.sys.apple: 13-Apr-89 A couple of updates Keith* > *Rollin@Apple.COM (3084)* > Just a couple of updates: > 1) A little while ago, someone assumed that there wasn't going to be a fall > AppleFest because s/he did not see it listed on the back of Apple Direct. How- > ever, s/he wasn't patient enough, as the listing of events that was displayed > there did not reach far enough into the future to cover AppleFest. The new > Apple Direct will soon be out, and at the bottom, in full living blue and > white, > it states that AppleFest will be showing in San Francisco on 9/22-9/24. > You can all breathe a sigh of relief now... One important point, however. Will this Fall Applefest ALSO be 25% Mac oriented? This outrage for the Spring 'Fest has caused many software companies to boycott and announce the abandonning of Apple // projects. Some companies, as I recall, were Electronic Arts and Activision. jeremy mereness ============= jm7e+@andrew.cmu.edu (Arpanet) r746jm7e@CMCCVB (vax.... Bitnet)
bsherm@umbio.MIAMI.EDU (Bob Sherman) (04/14/89)
in article <IYFC6fy00Xon80akZq@andrew.cmu.edu>, jm7e+@andrew.cmu.edu (Jeremy G. Mereness) says: > In-Reply-To: <28882@apple.Apple.COM> > > One important point, however. Will this Fall Applefest ALSO be 25% Mac oriented? > > This outrage for the Spring 'Fest has caused many software companies to boycott > and announce the abandonning of Apple // projects. Some companies, as I recall, > were Electronic Arts and Activision. If there is in fact a fall Applefest, don't count on it being 25% Mac. Apple has given Cambridge the word, the next Applefest will be near 50% Mac. Apple wanted many more Mac items on the seminar agenda this time, but Cambridge won out and pulled many of them except the beginners ones. But Apple has told them they want the percentages to equal the amount of Mac space they give at their exibit, and the plans for fall are 45-50%.. You said that Electronic Arts would not be at Applefest. Please check your facts, as from what I was told they have NOT pulled out, just cutback by 50% or more on the size of their booth as has Broderbund. Activision, MDIdeas, and TML are among those who will NOT appear in Boston. As of 2 weeks ago only one new Mac vendor had signed up for the show. It seems as though they prefer the Mac only shows to spend their money at. It should be interesting, As Keith has said, the Fall Applefest is now listed, but if Cambridge does not make money this time around, or if instead of growth there is loss in size and/or attendance, who knows if they will want to promote another show.. The name belongs to Apple, but the show is theirs. -- Internet -- bsherm%umbio@umigw.miami.edu UUCP -- {uunet!gould}!umbio!bsherm Miami's Big Apple 305-948-8000 300/1200 baud 24 hours 8 years online