On or about: 07-15-06  18:29, Russell Tiedt did engage James Bradley
regarding, but not limited
to: USR-PCI "Boot>" prompt

 
 JB> I'll say. You can expect it waking up in a data mode now and again,
 JB> but even the other ati#s look bunked too.
 
 JB> I wonder if a lightning stike made it through, just enough to scramble
 JB> a few of the right bytes. I'll shelf it for now, and hopefully flash
 JB> it in a controlled way when it returns to service.

 RT> Well it could be a lighting strike, something similar happened to my
 RT> original  28800 USR Sportster a few years back ...

A friend bought a new computer, (Retail, of all things.) for which I bought
an el'cheapo power
bar for them. One spring, all their neighbours phone equipment was fried,
and so was the modem
terminal on the power bar, but their new 'puter remained safe. It's so nice
when a $40 IC doesn't
protect a three-cent fuse.

Come to think about it, we did have a few lightshows around the time mine
went dumb. My AC
is all on UPSes or rather good power bars, but I may have circumvented the
phone line, in order
to reach a device, or to avoid me from finding another cable...




... James

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