Messages in this thread | | | From | doctor@fruitbat ... | Subject | Re: NO ROM BASIC | Date | Mon, 7 Dec 1998 01:17:55 -0800 (PST) |
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Nicholas J. Leon mumbled something about ... > > On Thu, 3 Dec 1998 doctor@fruitbat.org wrote: > > # Seriously, this almost sounds like a virus has infected your boot block. > > Do you perchance work for Compaq support? They always claim "its a virus" > if they don't really understand what is happening[1].
No, I don't (and, no, I'm not tech support in any case ;-) A virus in the boot-block is always a possibility if you have multiple O/S's on your machine. Just because it's often asked doesn't make it unlikely. I had completely forgotten about the old XT's booting into Basic if no disk-bootable image could be found. However, being used to many other old "personal-computers" and various "game-machines" I recalled them dropping into Basic under the same circumstances. Why a more modern BIOS would attempt to start a non-existance Basic is beyond me (perhaps there's come copyright on the BIOS that requires this code/option).
> <vent> > [1] My friend who had a Compaq called one day when his built-in cdrom > drive stopped responding. Their answer "its a virus. Reinstal Windows". So > he did (?) and it still didn't work. He called them and they said "its a > virus, reinstall." "But I just installed. If there is a virus, it came > from YOUR quick restore disk." "No, no virus there, but you DO have a > virus. My paper in front of me says so." > > He took it back and bought a Gateway. > > This is one of my major problems with compaq. They apprently have "Its a > virus" on the support help form. If they don't understand what the problem > is they blame it on virii. I cant' wait until Y2k so that all the problems > with Compaq machines can be blamed on THAT.
Didn't you know? Y2K *is* a virus !-)
> [ps: if there are any compaq support people reading: burn in hell and die] > </vent>
-- Peter A. Castro (doctor@fruitbat.org) or (pcastro@us.oracle.com)
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