christ@sci.ccny.cuny.edu (Chris Thompson) (06/25/91)
In an earlier posting (#2884) I described how the DOS version 5 upgrade had bombed out a friend's machine. The solution has come from his Tandy dealer: 1. Disconnect your battery. 2. Bring in your system unit. Apparently, what needs to be done is that the CMOS needs to be completely cleared for the machine to reboot. We don't even know yet that DOS version 5 is compatible with the built in ROM DOSv3.3...We'll find that out tomorrow. One reply (from Harrey Pullet, I think) suggested that we disconnect the hard drive jumpers and boot from the floppy that way, and I think that will work. I (like Harry) take no responsibility for suggesting that, and disclaim any resposibility for damages that might result from anything I say here. (Sorry, it has to be done). Anyway, there is apparently nothing in the upgrade package about dealing with a ROM OS, so you might want to take that into account when you are deciding to upgrade your system...... Chris Thompson & Vinny Amella COMPLETE DISCLAIMER: We may be completely wrong about this. Microsoft Corp. may have--and probably didn't--do anything wrong by not including anything- if they did exclude it---about OS in the ROM. We love DOS version 5. Or we will when it runs. We guess. -- "Never count a human dead until you've seen the body. And even then you can make a mistake". -Lady Fenring
christ@sci.ccny.cuny.edu (Chris Thompson) (06/25/91)
In article christ@sci.ccny.cuny.edu (Chris Thompson) (that's me) writes: >In an earlier posting (#2884) I described how the DOS version 5 upgrade had >bombed out a friend's machine. The solution has come from his Tandy dealer: > 1. Disconnect your battery. > 2. Bring in your system unit. > >Apparently, what needs to be done is that the CMOS needs to be completely >cleared for the machine to reboot. We don't even know yet that DOS version >5 is compatible with the built in ROM DOSv3.3...We'll find that out tomorrow. >One reply (from Harrey Pullet, I think) suggested that we disconnect the hard >drive jumpers and boot from the floppy that way, and I think that will work. >I (like Harry) take no responsibility for suggesting that, and disclaim any >resposibility for damages that might result from anything I say here. Harry said disconnect the E3-E4 jumper, whichi is the CMOS jumper. I still don't take any responsibility for this, nor do I hold Microsoft Corp. in any way responsible for excluding any mention of this potential disaster--if they did indeed exclude, which I don't claim--in any way, shape or form. Chris Thompson & Vinny Amella PS: I also think that it is DOS Version 3.1 in Tandy ROM in Vin's machine. PPS: Vin just told me the earlier posting was correct- it is version 3.30.10. -- "Never count a human dead until you've seen the body. And even then you can make a mistake". -Lady Fenring