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Re: Diags Software

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From: John Beardmore
Date: Sat, 02 Dec 1995 00:00
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In article <817715139snz@bitmap-brothers.co.uk>
           SteveC@bitmap-brothers.co.uk "Steve Cargill" writes:

>In article <817690933snz@wookie.demon.co.uk>
>           wookie@wookie.demon.co.uk "John Beardmore" writes:
>
>> In article <118821699wnr@xabcs.demon.co.uk>
>>            Julian@xabcs.demon.co.uk "J A F Bradbury" writes:
>> 
>> >Simply used to do a "dirt cheap" m/b diagnostics card for ?16ukp?
>> >No idea what it did (hopefully not a card, resistor and LED ;)
>> 
>> Probably just shows the post codes.
>
>Correct, but it's well worth the 16 quid.  One really useful thing it
>does ( not documented anywhere, I found out by playing ) is in the
>AMI WIN-BIOS machines if the RAM isn't seated properly the machine
>doesn't start ( black screen ).  The POST code sticks at D3 which it
>does before it starts counting from 00 as normal.
>
>Jensen are on 0800 833246, not the cheapest, but a good selection.

Thanks, I'll give them a call !

-- 
John Beardmore
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From: John Beardmore <wookie@wookie.demon.co.uk>
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