Re: [cobalt-users] Raq3 ROM update anyone? Cobalt input welcome!

[Chris Adams <cmadams@xxxxxxxxxx>]

Once upon a time, Jeff Lovell <jlovell@xxxxxxxxxx> said:
> Chris Adams wrote:
> > Have you ever had the card with the bitmapped display (I can't remember
> > if it is the ARC or the NMC) go partway through boot and change the
> > display to "HELP"?  We had to leave it powered up that way for the
> > office to see. :-)
> 
> I pretty sure it is the NMC that has the display.
> 
> I would have rather seen it go to "HELP" then nothing.  At least that
> would have given me some hope the card survived the update process to
> a degree. :)

As soon as someone got through to 3Com support and told them it said
help, they passed him directly to the RMA department (no questions
asked).  Fastest RMA we've ever had.

> > Now, if my RaQs could figure out when there is a problem and put that on
> > the LCD so I didn't have to spend time debugging failures ...
> 
> We'll just have the LCD scroll by..
> 
> "Dave....my mind is going...." - HAL9000

As long as you don't add a sound card and have them start singing! :-)

I've got a TiVo (http://www.tivo.com/), and the front of the Phillips
version has a big round black plastic cover over the IR receiver in the
middle.  Given how the TiVo "learns" what you like to watch, I thought
about replacing the cover with a glowing red one. :-)
-- 
Chris Adams <cmadams@xxxxxxxxxx>
Systems and Network Administrator - HiWAAY Internet Services
I don't speak for anybody but myself - that's enough trouble.