Front Panel LEDs and Other Issues

[Geoff Harrison]

Originally Posted by TomL_12953

Thanks for the quick reply! That's my problem. You say "you should" but my system doesn't work at all (no entry possible from front panel, no switches work at all) until I hit Stop and Reset. I was just wondering if this was normal behavior.

Yep, mine is the same. Although, since it starts up in an unknown state, once in about 20 or so restarts it comes up looking like it's ready to go, but I just automatically hit stop/reset to be sure.

Some third party CPUs (CCS 2810, for example) had an option to jump to a specific address on power on to run a boot loader or system monitor. Does anyone know if they worked correctly in the 8800? I thought the stop/reset salute was necessary to bring the front panel into a working state, not just the CPU board.

Geoff.