Subj : Re: Computer Broken
To   : tenser
From : apam
Date : Tue Sep 09 2025 09:11 pm

  Re: Re: Computer Broken
  By: tenser to apam on Wed Sep 10 2025 06:48 am

 te> Can you hook up a UART?  Throwing some debug prints out of the serial port
 te> is usually a pretty good place to start.

Unfortunatly not, there's no serial port, and I don't have anything to plug in that would give it a serial port.

 te> You may want to try resetting all BIOS settings, which you can usually do
 te> with a jumper.  It sounds a bit like there's some corruption in the system
 te> configuration.

I didn't try looking for a jumper, but I did remove the CMOS battery and replace it.

I did find a second computer and it did the same thing (which you would think would narrow it down..) however I removed some of the memory and it started working. At least I got grub to load - my OS didn't but that could be a software problem.

Anyway, I've packed it up for now and will continue with QEMU. Interestingly (though off topic) Virtual box no longer works - it wont even boot grub, I guess it no longer supports setting vesa modes?

Oh well QEMU works, and last time I checked VMWare works too, so that will have to do for now until I can motivate myself to attempt to fix things.

I have gotten my telnet program to work properly with Synchronet (it required a bit more telnet protocol stuff) so I can connect to Constructive Chaos and have it detect ansi and telnet and work correctly. I've also gotten TinyCC to work, so I can enter programs and compile them and the output runs.

It would be nice to have it work on a real PC again, but it's a 32bit OS with no usb stack - so finding a computer with a PS/2 mouse and Keyboard port is tricky - sometimes that USB compatibility works, sometimes it doesn't, but I guess what I really need is a USB stack - so maybe that will be my next project.

Andrew
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