Weird find, QNX, and cooling

From: Doug Yowza <yowza_at_yowza.com>
Date: Tue Jan 12 13:24:00 1999

On Tue, 12 Jan 1999, Christian Fandt wrote:

> What kind of manufacturer names are on this thing?

It's a Lance Deeco (great name). It looks like they merged with another
company about a month ago, so Deeco is no more.

> >Long shot: the display blanks after a few minutes, and hitting a key (it
> >has a keyboard port) or touching the screen doesn't unblank it. Any
>
> Hard to tell without knowing something about the software written for the
> thing. Of course, it is not hung on the original machine at this time so
> there could be some sort of interconnection which would keep the controller
> running. Though the display blanks this could be related to a feature in
> just the display panel, not so much the controller. I feel the CPU is
> halted early on as there are no periferals to be found, so the OS hangs
> thus not keeping the display 'alive'.

I haven't figured out for sure if its software blanking or a hardware
problem, but it looks like the latter. I figured out how to get a login
from the serial port (QNX looks slightly like Unix, except for device
management -- I could use a manual if somebody has a spare), so I can
continue using the box after the dispay blanks.

-- Doug
Received on Tue Jan 12 1999 - 13:24:00 GMT