PCjr Error Codes

From: swolfe <swolfe1_at_mail.gcnet.net>
Date: Fri Dec 17 15:56:05 1999

Yes, that's it...

The system is working again. I'm going to run through it again and see if I
can find any bad memory chips that I'll have to replace...
Thanks a bunch!

Shane Wolfe
CS Student
Frostburg State University







----- Original Message -----
From: Tony Duell <ard_at_p850ug1.demon.co.uk>
To: Discussion re-collecting of classic computers
<classiccmp_at_u.washington.edu>
Sent: Friday, December 17, 1999 1:57 PM
Subject: Re: PCjr Error Codes


> > I just got a PCjr, with a Quadram Floppy drive extension, and a parallel
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> >
> > sidecar... It worked fine for a couple days, and then I booted it up and
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> >
> > it checked up to 128k, and then reported Error A... does anyone have an
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> >
> > error code list for the PCjr?
>
> I've got a ROM BIOS source listing...
>
> Assuming I'm reading it right, the 'customer' error codes are the first 2
> characters (high byte) of the full 'manufacturing' error codes. Code 0A
> is a planar bd (motherboard) RAM problem
>
> -tony
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>
>
Received on Fri Dec 17 1999 - 15:56:05 GMT

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