On Fri, Jun 23, 2023, 6:33 PM Fred Cisin via cctalk <cctalk@classiccmp.org> wrote:
> On Fri, 23 Jun 2023, Bill Degnan via cctalk wrote: > > It boots fine, did I say it did not boot? I don't remember. There is no > > arcnet card, it's not the later model PCs LIMITED box, does not match the > > red label logo that came out in 1986 > > You did not say it did not boot, but it was implied by saying that you got > an error message when booting. > Many of us misinterpreted that to mean an error message with unsuccessful > boot, and asked questions about the configuration, and attempted to give > some suggestions of things to try. > > Sorry for the misunderstanding. > > Still don't understand the questions about password reset/backdoor; 5160s > do not generally have a password, and some folk conflated that question > with CMOS (sometimes password protected) on 5170. > > -- > Grumpy Ol' Fred ci...@xenosoft.com Well, I appreciate that people answered my question. I sometimes ask questions and then proceed to work on it until I figure it out. There is a THESYS "MULTI/RAM card and that was the card with the password ROM. I found the dip switch "PW" and turned it off. Problem solved. The Turbo error #04 is still a mystery, but it does not prevent me from using the system. I am thinking there's an incorrect but incidental switch setting. It could be a RAM chip but I have no proof. Chkdsk returns an full 640K. Bill > >
