PDP-11/44 boot prompt

From: Allison J Parent <allisonp_at_world.std.com>
Date: Sun Nov 1 20:35:14 1998

< That is also a nice ability. But, BASIC isn't present in 386+ PCs.
< Does anyone know if there is some kind of commercial solution to this?

It's called POST, the last time I bought a POST board it was 59$ and
that was 3 years ago. it displays a two digit code that points to the
failed subsystem.

IBM systems also displayed a code to the CRT (if working) that also told
the problem.

Generally I've troubleshot PCs with nothing more than a VOM. Frequently
less.

Allison
Received on Sun Nov 01 1998 - 20:35:14 GMT