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Trumpcard 500 AT
« on: February 20, 2008, 06:29:41 PM »
Recently got one off of Ebay (sold as-is, so I'm stuck with it), but when I turn the A500 on, it just flashes the red power light continuously and a blank screen.  It did not come with the optional power supply and has no RAM modules.

Also, I only have kickstart 1.2.  I know that 1.3 is required for autoboot.

Anyone have any experience with these?
 

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Re: Trumpcard 500 AT
« Reply #1 on: February 20, 2008, 07:43:27 PM »
That's sort of what I figured the problem might be, but I'll probably have to rig up a power supply for it since none came with it.  Do you have any pin-out info for the power connector?
 

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Re: Trumpcard 500 AT
« Reply #2 on: February 20, 2008, 08:18:50 PM »
Thanks for the info, everyone.  I'll peruse my local e-junkyard this weekend to try and locate the appropriate parts.

BTW Orjan, I drive the same stretch of road everyday that effectively killed Mr. Seymour Cray.  Surprisingly, it's not the scariest highway in this city to drive on.
 

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Re: Trumpcard 500 AT
« Reply #3 on: February 20, 2008, 09:20:59 PM »
Yes, I would definitely like a scan of the manual.

The scariest highway I've routinely driven is a little 1-lane jobber (SH 94) that dips through a valley that occasionally fills with a soupy fog.  There are many cars and lots of extremely slow dump trucks that people try to pass, even in the blind.  There are several little bridges that ice over in the winter; it heads out east to a small town and an AFB that has roughly 5000 cars on it every morning, some of which are tired satellite operators who haven't adjusted to the graveyard shift yet and are essentially asleep at the wheel.  Any time there's an accident on it, the traffic stops and turns into an 8-mile long traffic jam.  The AFB is a small one, and an average year sees about 1-3 people from the AFB die on that stretch of road.  I ended up orthogonal to the roadway one day as my old, rear-wheel drive Buick lost all traction in an icy fog.  After that, I bought a 4-wheel drive truck.  It's routinely listed as one of the top 5 most dangerous roads in El Paso County, CO.