bh11+@andrew.cmu.edu (Braddock John Hathaway) (04/22/91)
I have recently acquired a MacSprint II board (essentially a fast-ram cache
for the 68020 on the original Mac II) which I have installed in my Mac II.
The board is made by Orchid Technologies. Their tech support is helpful but
slow (I've gotten a software upgrade, a hardware upgrade, and spend *HOURS*
on the phone with them over the 1.5 months I've had the card ... lots of
phone tag).
The following problems have cropped up since I started using the board:
1) Seemingly randomly, the system will freeze. (not crash, just freeze ...
mouse movement is still there, but nothing else seems to be happening)
It's like a call to the processor was sent by a program, but nothing
ever came back. This is annoying (making the system unusable with the
card activated), but not so unnerving as the following ...
2) When this hanging happens, restarting the computer causes it to go on
a search for a bootable volume ... which it doesn't find. I get the
"give me a disk, dummy!" flashing "?" graphic. This is what happens
if I try to reboot immediately after problem (1) happens. If I wait a
while before rebooting (like 5 minutes or more), boot-up goes as normal
except it seems to take a lot longer during the "happy mac" startup
graphic. At this point, we return to problem (1).
I am running quite a few inits (too many to list here) that I have not tried
de-installing yet ... but I don't think that this is the problem. Why would
an init wait for 5-10 minutes before actually doing anything that would cause
a problem? After Dark is turned off by the way.
Any/all clues on this matter would be appreciated. If none are forthcoming,
I will be accepting offers of $50 + shipping on a lovely, hardly used
MacSprint II card (original cheap mail order cost was $259).
Thanks in advance,
Brad
PS: If I do get the thing going again, I *CAN'T WAIT* until system 7.0
is actually released ... which I'm sure will provide me with many
more problems.rudd@calvin.stanford.edu (Kevin Rudd) (04/22/91)
<Source message edited for space conservation...> In article <gc4VGdK00WBME1uEVF@andrew.cmu.edu> bh11+@andrew.cmu.edu (Braddock John Hathaway) writes: >I have recently acquired a MacSprint II board (essentially a fast-ram cache >for the 68020 on the original Mac II) which I have installed in my Mac II. >The board is made by Orchid Technologies. > >The following problems have cropped up since I started using the board: > >1) Seemingly randomly, the system will freeze. > >2) When this hanging happens, restarting the computer causes it to go on > a search for a bootable volume ... which it doesn't find. > >I am running quite a few inits (too many to list here) that I have not tried >de-installing yet ... but I don't think that this is the problem. Why would >an init wait for 5-10 minutes before actually doing anything that would cause >a problem? After Dark is turned off by the way. > >Thanks in advance, > >Brad Needless to say, INITs seem to be both a blessing and a curse. Your first action should be to remove as many INITs as possible (i.e. all except the ones that your system won't run without). Then try again. My best guess is an init conflict. Not everyone playes by the rules, not all the rules are known, and the rules are subject to change without notice. The ancient rule ``caveat emptor'' applies... -- Kevin -- questions, comments, free two page monitors, contact kevin@trump.Stanford.EDU complaints, bills, other crises, contact guido@outback.Mob.COM