Subject: Re: Error colors for Amiga boot (fwd)
To: Bruce Drake <bruce@synxcti.com>
From: Oldin' McGroin <L.A.Guest@comp.brad.ac.uk>
List: port-amiga
Date: 12/11/1996 15:26:29
On Wed, 11 Dec 1996, Bruce Drake wrote:

> My excellent authority, Jim Cooper, forwarded the following information to
> me from the Commodore archives at BIX.  Note that the descriptions of the
> colors do not attempt to diagnose the reason for the fault, only that the
> fault was detected for some reason.
> 
> These colors are valid for all versions of AmigaDOS since 1.3.  However,
> there were several more colors in 1.3 than there are with anything after
> 2.x.  The colors below are common for all versions.
> 
> I will follow up soon with the complete information from the undocumented
> RAMSEY feature as soon as I can get it all.
> 
> ------------------
> Bruce Drake
> Synectics, Inc.
> (919) 872-1275 USA
> 
> ---------- Forwarded message ----------
> Date: Tue, 10 Dec 1996 19:50:07 (-0500)
> From: Jim Cooper <jamie@interpath.com>
> To: bruce@syngate.synxcti.COM
> Subject: Error colors for Amiga boot
> 
>  Red:        An error in ROM was detected
>  Green:      An error in CHIP RAM was detected
>  Blue:       An error in the custom chips was detected
>  Yellow:     The CPU encountered an error before the system's
>              error-trapping code (the code that calls up the
>              Guru) was in place

Are there any extra colours for 3.x?

If possible could you send me a complete list with extra colours for 1.3,
2.xx and 3.x?

all thanks,
Luke

> 
> 
> 


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