You guys and gals are probably getting tired of my little GRiD updates,
but here goes anyway...
I am typing this message on the GRiDCase. So the modem works. 2400bps.
I found Rob's GRiDBoard website, and from there found out that AST keeps
the configuration files for a lot of old GRiDs on its website.
I downloaded conf1520.exe from there.
Now I have my doubts about this machine even being a GRiDCase 1520. Most
of the configuration options don't work or are meaningless to this
particular machine. Like the thing to set the backlighting on the display
- my machine has a gas plasma display. And it seems to be telling me that
my machine doesn't have a modem... so what the heck am I using right now?
It did let me configure my expansion RAM from EMS to XMS... or was that
the other way around? And it let me change my processor speed. But it
wouldn't let me do anything with the hard disk and a whole bunch of other
weird things.
It's a '286 machine, magnesium alloy case, 1.44MB floppy, had a 20MB HD in
it, has a 2400bps internal modem, standard PC ports, gas plasma display,
two ROM sockets under a trapdoor above the keyboard... could this thing
be anything other than a 1520?
Note that is says "GRiDCASE 1500 Series" above the display.
Now I suppose it's time to see if I can have the machine work *without* a
hard drive installed. I just got a _very_ scary message about JVC drives
seizing and taking HD controllers with them. (Thanks for the warning,
Jason!)
Of course, as the drive that was in the machine when I got it was seized
up, the damage may already be done. And maybe that's why I'm still unable
to access the HD. :(
--
Doug Spence
ds_spenc_at_alcor.concordia.ca
http://alcor.concordia.ca/~ds_spenc/
Received on Tue May 18 1999 - 18:59:01 BST