(02-10-2024, 11:47 PM)ChickenMan Wrote: Hi and welcome to the forum
That Hello program should work if Basic is running. The computer should also sound a beep when it enters Basic soon after you turn it on. Have you been able to measure voltages from the Regulator. Are you able to remove the top cover and take a photo of the coreboard and also what you see on the video screen and paste them here?
So this is the rumoured chickenman everyone has ben talking about ...
Thanks for responding chikenman!
No i havent measured the voltage from the regulator yet but will as soon as i can! I also struggle to upload anything, the images are to large, and the website doesnt seem to insert google drive URL's as valid images, so i will have use my pc later today, ill be back soon with photos! An thanks yet again for the response!
(04-10-2024, 05:43 PM)CheshireNoir Wrote: Hi Oxidewolf,
No worries it all!
I think Robert was asking was " Instead of spamming "hello" down the page, what happens? Does it give an error message?
When it starts up, does it give you a welcome message? It should be something along the lines of:
Applied Technology MicroWorld Level II Basic. Ver 5.10
Copyright Matthew Starr 1982 for Microworld
>_
but may be a bit different depending on the version of the ROMs.
If you're not getting that, are you getting a solid block cursor? (The system may have been upgraded to a DRAM disk unit, later on in it's life.)
If you're getting a block cursor, try holding down the M key while you turn it on. Should take you into the machine code monitor. This will show if the system is working.
Cheers!
John
Thanks for pointing that out! I really misunderstood his message 😅 also, the machine is booting fine, i get the message, the cursor is normal, and the machine is not a disk unit. When typing a program in basic, i write a command, press BREAK to go down, and press RETURN to run it, after making my initial post i noticed that when pressing ENTER it would only run the last written command, should i use other keys? Or is something wrong with the machine in this case?