The 'NL's at the top of the dialog box when you first boot indicates the clock battery needs to be replaced. The OS is trying to display the time and date and is retrieving junk from the RTC. GRiDMan was programmed by a software engineer named Rudy (I don't remember his last name) and he also programmed a game called "Flak Attak". His nickname was "Rude Boy". He once wore an all red leather outfit for a GRiD Systems Christmas party. I spent many an wasted hour playing this game. I even once won the "GRiDMan" contest at a GRiD Picnic and received a rubber PACMAN ball as 1st prize. The 1980s were the wild west era of the computing industry in Silicon Valley. I'm glad I was involved then, but I would hate to be in the industry today.
On the original Compass, we used the intel 8086/8087 and their support chips. There were no 'chipsets' back then. I don't remember what RTC was used, but this picture shows the battery that needs to be changed - the pink/black axial lead component. oldcomputers.net/pics/grid1101-bubbles.jpg
The 'NL's at the top of the dialog box when you first boot indicates the clock battery needs to be replaced. The OS is trying to display the time and date and is retrieving junk from the RTC.
GRiDMan was programmed by a software engineer named Rudy (I don't remember his last name) and he also programmed a game called "Flak Attak". His nickname was "Rude Boy". He once wore an all red leather outfit for a GRiD Systems Christmas party.
I spent many an wasted hour playing this game. I even once won the "GRiDMan" contest at a GRiD Picnic and received a rubber PACMAN ball as 1st prize.
The 1980s were the wild west era of the computing industry in Silicon Valley. I'm glad I was involved then, but I would hate to be in the industry today.
Do you recall which RTC chip was in use?
On the original Compass, we used the intel 8086/8087 and their support chips. There were no 'chipsets' back then. I don't remember what RTC was used, but this picture shows the battery that needs to be changed - the pink/black axial lead component.
oldcomputers.net/pics/grid1101-bubbles.jpg
Oops - pink/white in this photo. Also, the three lumps are the bubble memories - 128K each, for a total of 384K.
Hmm - a picture of the component side of the circuit board, but not enough resolution to determine chip numbers.
oldcomputers.net/pics/grid1101-mb.jpg
Do you still have any manuals (esp. technical) or software for 11xx models and peripherals (GRiD Server for example)?
Hi, do you still have GRiDMAN image?
Tune sounds just like Jodey Kendrick, proper braindance squelcher bringing the funk. Track ID, we cry!!
"Mind validator" by Lamb (2005) -- demozoo.org/music/104562/