Doug,
I just revived my GRiD 1530 (and it was a pain)... Tandy still sells parts
for these (not many and pricey too!)
I bought a new mother board (only to later find out that my old one just
lacked memory) and a technical reference manual (what a waste of money).
What are you trying to find out?
Arfon
At 07:59 PM 5/18/1999 -0400, you wrote:
>
>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/
>
>
>
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Received on Wed May 19 1999 - 07:58:36 BST