Some Idiot (most likely me) set a BIOS password. I didn't have time
to monkey with it today (daughters birthday party tonight) but I need
to either remove the RTC battery for a few minutes or reset the
password with a jumper (I'm sure it's in there somewhere).

I'll work on it tomorrow night and reply back.

Thanks again for your help.
Steve

--- In turbocnc@yahoogroups.com, Art Eckstein <art.eckstein@...>
wrote:
>
> good luck and look forward to hearing how it goes.
>
> At 11:18 AM 11/17/2008, you wrote:
> >Bubba,
> >Oh yeah, it runs and boots directly to DOS 6.22. I'll dig around
in
> >the BIOS setup this afternoon and see what I can do.
> >
> >I have been doing some searching on the HobbyCNC group and it
appears
> >that the latest boards will run on 3.3v fine. You are probably
right
> >on the nose that there are some power management issues taking
place
> >that I can disable (I am running on the 120VAC power supply,
however).
> >I'll check it out and report back after lunch.
> >
> >Thanks again,
> >Steve
> >
> >--- In turbocnc@yahoogroups.com, Art Eckstein <art.eckstein@>
> >wrote:
> > >
> > > Steve,
> > > Nope, have to be in plain dos (not a DOS window) .
> > >
> > > The management needs to be turned off in the BIOS. Can you boot
> >the
> > > machine up at all??
> > >
> > > At 10:34 AM 11/17/2008, you wrote:
> > > >Bubba,
> > > > Yes, I copied autoexec.bat and config.sys to .old
extensions
> >and
> > > >blew them away. This is a late 90's vintage Compaq... I'm
guessing
> > > >if I'd left Windows 98 on the machine, I could have disabled
the
> > > >battery management and run in a DOS window? (Best laid plans
of
> >mice
> > > >and men...)
> > > >
> > > > Any suggestions?
> > > >
> > > >Thanks for your help,
> > > >Steve
> > > >
> > > >--- In turbocnc@yahoogroups.com, Art Eckstein <art.eckstein@>
> > > >wrote:
> > > > >
> > > > > Steve,
> > > > > As a wild guess, you may have been bitten by the 3.3V
parallel
> >port
> > > > > on the laptop or possibly the battery management functions
that
> > > > > control things like hard drive activity, etc.
> > > > > Also, I am assuming you have eliminated all refrences to
emm and
> > > >other drivers?
> > > > >
> > > > > bubba
> > > > >
> > > > >
> > > > > At 05:37 PM 11/16/2008, you wrote:
> > > > > >Hi All,
> > > > > > Long time lurker, first time poster...
> > > > > >
> > > > > > Just got my system (HobbyCNC EZ board) up running on a
> >Tiger
> > > >400mhg
> > > > > >P2 under DOS 6.2. Tried TurboCNC V4.00 and it works great
> >(after a
> > > > > >little twiddling).
> > > > > >
> > > > > > I thought, "hey, wouldn't it save alot of space on the
> >bench
> > > >if I
> > > > > >used a laptop?..." and dug out an old Compaq Presario 1210.
> > > > > >Reformatted the HD and installed MSDOS 6.22.
> > > > > >
> > > > > > One other variable... I managed to load TCNC 4.00 on
the
> > > >desktop,
> > > > > >and TCNC 4.01 on the laptop. Not sure how I managed
that...
> > > > > >
> > > > > > Problem is, while my steppers step smartly on the big
> >machine,
> > > >they
> > > > > >jerk and stop on the laptop, all the same settings. I've
> >removed
> > > >all
> > > > > >high memory references and drivers... what am I missing?
Is
> >there
> > > > > >something quite different from V4.00 to V4.01?
> > > > > >
> > > > > >Thanks,
> > > > > >Steve Charette
> > > > > >
> > > > >
> > >
> >
>