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From: Elliott Lee <tenchi@shell.jps.net>
Newsgroups: scee.yaroze.problems.pc
Subject: Re: Starting Problems
Date: Sun, 09 Aug 1998 22:37:20 -0700
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Roman und Gregor Dashuber wrote:
> 
> Hello,
> 
> I'm still strugglin with my NY. I followed the advice of James
> Russel and pushed the cable in the Playstation firmly. After that
> i started Siocons again, the >> didn't appear. I pressed enter a
> few times (about a minute), but the prompt didn't appear. I

If you didn't get a prompt then right away you have a problem.
Loading batch files or whatnot won't help if you can't get the
prompt.  Try this problem-solving step-by-step guide:

	1) Boot the Yaroze.  Make sure that you see bricks and the
	   screen has the "TERMINAL SPEED 9600 BPS" on it.  If not,
	   then you have a Yaroze problem---stop and scream for help.
	2) Make sure that the cable between the Yaroze and the PC is
	   in firmly.  Pop up your MS-DOS prompt window.  Load your
	   DJSETUP.BAT file.  Type "set" (or "set | more") at the
	   prompt and you should see the following variables set:

		DJGPP
		DTLH3000
		GO32
		TMP

	   If you don't, then you have a batch file problem---stop
	   and ask for help!
	3) Run SIOCONS.  Press Enter a couple of times.  If you do
	   see the ">>" prompt, then everything is OK---stop and 
	   celebrate!
	4) Try to edit your DJSETUP.BAT file and change the line
	   reading "set DTLH3000=0x2f8,3,9600" to one of the
	   following:

		set DTLH3000=0x2f8,1,9600
		set DTLH3000=0x2f8,3,9600
		set DTLH3000=0x3f8,2,9600
		set DTLH3000=0x3f8,4,9600

	   After changing the line, save the BAT file, run
	   DJSETUP.BAT to reload the settings, and try Step 3
	   again.  If one of these succeeds, stop and rejoice!
	5) Check your computer to make sure that other devices
	   are not conflicting with the Yaroze.  Common ones 
	   include serial mice, internal modems, and Palm Pilot
	   HotSync.  :)  Check the system devices and see which
	   ones are requesting one of the COM ports that should
	   be used by the Yaroze.  Temporarily disable
	   unnecessary devices.

If none of the above works, then you may have a hardware problem
in your Yaroze serial cable.

> pressed F3 to execute the batch0 file. After that I got the
> binary write error as described in my first two Mails. I also
> tried out the method George from SCEE told me and restarted the
> Yaroze after i've typed "djsetup.bat" and "siocons", but
> it also didn't help. I pressed a few times enter but no prompt
> (>>) appeared.
> 
> If anyone has got an idea of what is wrong with my NY, pleas help
> me.
> 
> Regards, Roman
> 
> e-mail : d-twinz@gap.baynet.de

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