[Coco] Re: Nitros9 and the 86 GIME again

[Charlie]

Mark, have you tried booting Nitros9 with the 86 GIME and the 512K SIMMS
upgrade installed?

Charlie

<mmarlett at isd.net> wrote in message
news:4162a599.64d5.0 at isd.net...
>
> This is REALLY a bad case if true. All the more reason to move off the '86
> GIME.
>
> I don't advertise that I have extras, but I have about six '87 GIME
> (TCC1014A) at Cloud-9. Please contact me privately if interested. Please
> note that a PLCC tool is highly recommended to be used on the removal.
>
> Mark
> Cloud-9
>
>
> >Charlie wrote:
> >> This is strange. Let me explain.
> >>
> >> Someone was kind enough to give me a replacement Performance
Peripherals
> >> 512K upgrade. Unlike my old one, this one had all the same type chips
on
> it.
> >> :-) (Thanks!) So, I put this new upgrade in my 86 GIME, USA made CoCo3,
> >> replacing the stock 128K that was in that computer.
> >>
> >> I now have no troubles at all booting Nitros9 on this coco with an 86
> GIME.
> >> This is the same computer that would crash consistently trying to boot
> >> Nitros9. All I did was change the memory. I've booted Nitros9 at least
> 50
> >> times trying to see if it would crash and it just wont. 80, 40, or 32
> column
> >> boot screens, all work fine now.
> >>
> >> I'd like try moving the memory and 86 GIME over to my backup Korean
made
> >> coco3 and see if I have the same results. However, now that my coco is
> >> working so well I'm reluctant to keep handling the hardware. :-)
> >>
> >> Charlie
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >This may indicate that the '86 GIME has memory refresh problems in
> >certain modes. The stability of 512K upgrades could then be a critical
> >factor.
> >
> >If an alteration of the add on memory boards is a critical factor, that
> >needs to be identified. However, in the meantime most users with this
> >problem should stick to a 32 col screen during the boot.
> >
> >
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