WTW101@psuvm.psu.edu (Bill Warner) (09/02/90)
From the first day I bought my AT bridgeboard in May I have had nothing but problems with it. This is my second AT board (the first one I got replaced) and now the problems are appearing again all over. Basically, when binddrivers is run the janus.library fails to load, or execute properly. Half the time it works fine, and half the time it fails. Also, when my AT board does boot it will lock up at random, sometimes while booting and sometimes 5 or 10 minutes into a session. Has anyone else had similar problems? Have there been any Janus software bug fixes since 2.0? Have there been any AT bridgeboard hardware fixes? Can I just return the damn thing for a refund? I don't want to get stuck with a $1500 worthless board after my warrenty runs out. I am taking this board back to get AT bridgeboard number 3. Hopefully that one will work.
aduncan@rhea.trl.oz.au (Allan Duncan) (09/03/90)
From article <90244.140935WTW101@psuvm.psu.edu>, by WTW101@psuvm.psu.edu (Bill Warner): > > From the first day I bought my AT bridgeboard in May I have had nothing but > problems with it. This is my second AT board (the first one I got replaced) > and now the problems are appearing again all over. > > Basically, when binddrivers is run the janus.library fails to load, or execute > properly. Half the time it works fine, and half the time it fails. Also, when > my AT board does boot it will lock up at random, sometimes while booting and > sometimes 5 or 10 minutes into a session. > > Has anyone else had similar problems? Have there been any Janus software > bug fixes since 2.0? Have there been any AT bridgeboard hardware fixes? Can > I just return the damn thing for a refund? I don't want to get stuck with a > $1500 worthless board after my warrenty runs out. I am taking this board back > to get AT bridgeboard number 3. Hopefully that one will work. I have similar troubles with the 2088 board. When it occurs, I pull off the lid and reseat the board. I fhtat fails, I move on to flex the board and push all the socketed ICs home. Serious failure mode requires removing the board and prising up all the ICs and researing them. I had to go through phase one the other day after I carted the 2000 around in the car - once where I took it, and once when I got back. It will run for months w/o touching normally. Tinned sockets and tinned IC leads are a certain recipe for delayed disaster (tin oxide is an insulator in this context, and is very tough). Allan Duncan ACSnet a.duncan@trl.oz (03) 541 6708 ARPA a.duncan%trl.oz.au@uunet.uu.net UUCP {uunet,hplabs,ukc}!munnari!trl.oz!a.duncan Telecom Research Labs, PO Box 249, Clayton, Victoria, 3168, Australia.